1.3 Operating Environment

VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes are available in the following environments.

Table 1.1 Operating Environment
Target	Environment
Platform	Windows environment platform where ETERNUS SF Manager is operating
Required Software	ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser ETERNUS VASA Provider (*1) When using Version 2: Version 2.1.10 or later is required. When using Version 3: Version 3.0.6 or later is required. VMware vSphere (version numbers that support the VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes function) VMware vCenter Server (version numbers that support the VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes function)
Optional Software	ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Required when using the virtual machine backup function.
Required License	ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Standard Edition
Optional Licenses	ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Local Copy License Required when using the virtual machine backup function. ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Optimization Option (*2) Required when using Automated Storage Tiering. ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Quality of Service Management Option Required when using Automated QoS.
Connection Configuration with the Business Server	Connection through Fibre Channel Connection through iSCSI
Storage Devices	ETERNUS DX S5/S4 series (excluding the ETERNUS DX60 S5/S4) (3) ETERNUS DX S3 series (excluding the ETERNUS DX60 S3) (3,4) ETERNUS AF All-Flash Arrays (3) ETERNUS DX200F (3, 4)

*1: ETERNUS VASA Provider is included in the ETERNUS VMware Support Package. Refer to the Installation and Setup Guide for installation details about ETERNUS VMware Support Package.
*2: Not required when using one layer Tier pool alone.
*3: Two CM models are required.
*4: Firmware version numbers that support the VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes function is required.

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ETERNUS SF Manager and ETERNUS VASA Provider must be installed in the same server.
VMware vCenter Server must be installed on a server different from the one where ETERNUS SF Manager and ETERNUS VASA Provider are installed.

This product automatically creates one FTV of the capacity shown in the table below for each storage device in a Tier pool constituting a VVOL datastore so as to store the configuration information about the Virtual Volumes on the storage device.

Storage Device Name	Required Disk Space (Unit: MB)
ETERNUS DX100 S5/DX200 S5 ETERNUS DX500 S5/DX600 S5 ETERNUS DX100 S4/DX200 S4 ETERNUS DX500 S4/DX600 S4 ETERNUS DX100 S3/DX200 S3 ETERNUS DX500 S3/DX600 S3	1,040
ETERNUS DX900 S5 ETERNUS DX8900 S4 ETERNUS DX8700 S3/DX8900 S3	4,160
ETERNUS AF All-Flash Arrays ETERNUS DX200F	1,040