IBM CIM Agent for Data Systems(DS) Open API Compatibility Matrix

Listed are the supported OS platforms for each version of IBM CIM Agent for Data Systems(DS) Open API. Refer to the CIM FAQ and Installation Guides for OS specifics and more requirements.
 

IBM CIM Agent for Data Systems(DS) Open API version	Supported Platforms
IBM CIM Agent Data Systems(DS) Open API version 5.1	Windows™ 2000
	Windows™ 2003
	Red Hat ® Advanced Server 3
	AIX 5.1
	AIX 5.2
	AIX 5.3
IBM CIM Agent Data Systems(DS) Open API version 5.2	Windows™ 2003
	Red Hat ® Advanced Server 3
	SLES (SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server) 9
	Any listed running on VMWare™ ESX Server 2.0 or higher
	AIX 5.3
IBM CIM Agent Data Systems(DS) Open API version 5.3	Windows™ 2003
	Red Hat ® Advanced Server 3
	SLES (SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server) 9
	Any listed running on VMWare™ ESX Server 2.0 or higher
	AIX 5.3
IBM CIM Agent Data Systems(DS) Open API version 5.4	Windows™ 2003
	Red Hat ® Advanced Server 3
	SLES (SUSE Linux® Enterprise Server) 9
	Any listed running on VMWare™ ESX Server 2.0 or higher
	AIX 5.3

Listed are the minimum LIC and Bundle versions supported by each version of IBM CIM Agent for Data Systems(DS) Open API.

Refer to the IBM TotalStorage support web page at http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/ to find the recommended LIC or Bundle version for your storage device.

Users - Refer to the IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center technical support web page at http://www.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/software/tpc/ to find the correct CIM agent version for your Productivity Center installation.

IBM CIM Agent for Data Systems(DS) Open API version 5.1 Enterprise Storage Server(ESS)

IBM CIM Agent for Data Systems(DS) Open API version	Minimum ESS LIC version for 800 model	Minimum ESS LIC version for FXX models	Minimum ESSCLI version *
5.1.0.14 5.1.0.17 5.1.0.40 5.1.0.47 5.1.0.50	2.4.1.54	2.3.3.89	2.4.1.50
5.1.0.51 5.1.0.55 5.1.0.62 5.1.0.67 5.1.0.68 5.1.0.73	2.4.1.54	2.3.3.89	2.4.4.70

* ESSCLI on Linux® platform requires IBM Java™ v.1.3.1

IBM CIM Agent for Data Systems(DS) Open API version 5.1

IBM CIM Agent for Data Systems(DS) Open API version	Minimum bundle version for DS6000 model	Maximum bundle version for DS6000 model	Minimum bundle version for DS8000 model	Maximum bundle version for DS8000 model
5.1.0.14	6.0.0.397	6.0.0.437	N/A	6.0.500.30
5.1.0.17 5.1.0.40 5.1.0.47	6.0.0.438	N/A	6.0.500.31	N/A
5.1.0.50 5.1.0.51 5.1.0.55 5.1.0.62 5.1.0.67 5.1.0.68 5.1.0.73	6.0.600.25	N/A	6.0.500.31**	N/A

** Recommended minimum bundle version is 6.1.600.52

IBM CIM Agent for Data Systems(DS) Open API version 5.2 (ESS)

IBM CIM Agent for Data Systems(DS) Open API version	Minimum ESS LIC version for 800 model	Minimum ESS LIC version for FXX models
5.2.0.674*** 5.2.0.706*** 5.2.1.75 5.2.1.78 5.2.1.84 5.2.1.93 5.2.1.118 5.2.1.139	2.4.3.56	2.3.3.89

*** 5.2.0.xxx Versions of the CIM agent are deprecated. Use 5.2.1.xxx versions of the CIM Agent instead.

IBM CIM Agent for Data Systems(DS) Open API version 5.2

IBM CIM Agent for Data Systems(DS) Open API version	Minimum bundle version for DS6000 model	Minimum bundle version for DS8000 model****
5.2.0.674*** 5.2.0.706*** 5.2.1.75 5.2.1.78 5.2.1.84 5.2.1.93 5.2.1.118 5.2.1.139*****	6.0.600.23	6.1.0.44

*** 5.2.0.xxx Versions of the CIM agent are deprecated. Use 5.2.1.xxx versions of the CIM Agent instead.
**** Not applicable when using embedded CIM agent. Refer to the CIM FAQ for DS8000 bundle and CIM agent levels for embedded CIM agents.
***** The VolumeDistribution feature supported in 5.2.1.139 is only available with DS8000 FW levels that support this feature(bundle versions 62.42.83.0 or higher).

IBM CIM Agent for Data Systems(DS) Open API version 5.3/5.4 (ESS)

IBM CIM Agent for Data Systems(DS) Open API version	Minimum ESS LIC version for 800 model	Minimum ESS LIC version for FXX models
5.3.0.110 5.3.0.142 5.3.0.147 5.3.0.150 5.4.0.86 5.4.0.98	2.4.3.56	2.3.3.89

IBM CIM Agent for Data Systems(DS) Open API version 5.3/5.4

IBM CIM Agent for Data Systems(DS) Open API version	Minimum bundle version for DS6000 model	Minimum bundle version for DS8000 model***
5.3.0.110 5.3.0.142 5.3.0.147 5.3.0.150 5.4.0.86 5.4.0.98	6.0.600.23	6.1.0.44