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Dell EqualLogic and VMM 2012 support

July 25, 2012 Leave a comment

With the release of VMM 2012 SP1 CTP2, Microsoft added support to the SMP storage provider.

Now VMM 2012 with SP1, supports the following types of storage providers:

Besides the new SMP provider type, the VMM 2012 SP1 release adds the following new functionality:

Supports auto (dynamic) iSCSI target systems, such as the Dell EqualLogic PS Series. System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager supported only static iSCSI target systems.
Supports the thin provisioning of logical units through VMM. Your storage array must support thin provisioning, and thin provisioning must be enabled for a storage pool by your storage administrator

September 1, 2011 Leave a comment

In SCVMM 2012, in
order to have Storage and Load Balance integration you will need the Provider.

For the Storage you
will need the SMI-S provider and for the Load Balance you will need their
custom provider.

If you are looking for
the download links for the SCVMM 2012 Storage and Load Balance Providers, here
is the list:

Type	Manufacturer	Version	Link/Instructions	Additional Information
Load Balancer	F5	3.0.0.175	Click here	Registration required
Load Balancer	Citrix	0.9.0	Click here
SMI-S Provider	NetApp	4.0 X2	Click here	Registration required
	EMC	4.2.1	Click here	Registration required
	HP	9.3	Built-in to HP StorageWorks CommandViewEVA	Requires SMI-S CIMOM to enabled
	Dell		Click here for MD32x0/i and MD36x0/i Storage Array	Registration required

Storage : SMI-S Provider tested for vs.1.4

Vendor

Brocade

Dell

EMC Corporation

Hewlett-Packard

Hitachi

Huawei Symantec

IBM

LSI, Engenio Storage Group

PMC-Sierra

Source : http://www.snia.org/ctp/