Compatibility and requirements

This section specifies the compatibility and requirements of version 3.3.0 of IBM® Spectrum Control Base Edition.

Note: For information about the compatibility and requirements of previous versions, refer to relevant release notes of IBM Spectrum Control Base Edition or IBM Storage Integration Server.

Supported storage systems
IBM Spectrum Control Base Edition version 3.3.0 supports different IBM storage systems as listed in the following table.
Supported operating systems
The IBM Spectrum Control Base Edition software can be installed on the following Linux versions.
Supported operating systems for containerized environment
Table 1 lists requirements for installation of the IBM Storage Enabler for Containers add-on, when deployed with Kubernetes orchestration system.
Minimum server hardware requirements
The Linux server upon which IBM Spectrum Control Base Edition is installed should meet the following minimum hardware requirements:
Supported VMware platforms
Version 3.3.0 of IBM Spectrum Control Base Edition supports the following VMware platforms and frameworks.
Included cloud interfaces
Version 3.3.0 of IBM Spectrum Control Base Edition includes the following cloud interfaces (plug-ins):
Supported browsers
IBM Spectrum Control Base Edition can be accessed and managed with the following web browsers:
CPU and memory consumption on vRealize Orchestrator
When the IBM Storage Plug-in for VMware vRealize Orchestrator is used, the CPU and memory consumption impact on the vRealize Orchestrator server is minimal: approximately 2% CPU usage at peak, and less than 1% memory usage.

Parent topic: Release notes