Compatibility and requirements

This section specifies the compatibility and requirements of version 3.4.0 of IBM® Spectrum Connect.

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

Supported storage systems
IBM Spectrum Connect version 3.4.0 supports different IBM storage systems as listed in the following table.
Supported operating systems
The IBM Spectrum Connect software can be installed on the following Linux versions.
Supported operating systems and orchestration platforms for containerized environment
The following tables list requirements for deployment of the IBM Storage Enabler for Containers add-on.
Minimum server hardware requirements
The Linux server upon which IBM Spectrum Connect is installed should meet the following minimum hardware requirements:
Supported VMware platforms
Version 3.4.0 of IBM Spectrum Connect supports the following VMware platforms and frameworks.
Included cloud interfaces
Version 3.4.0 of IBM Spectrum Connect includes the following cloud interfaces (plug-ins):
Supported browsers
IBM Spectrum Connect 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