VMware vSphere 6.0 with the new Virtual Volumes (VVol) storage architecture is in the market since 9 month now. Many vendors have adopted the technology and the list of supported storage arrays has grown massively in the last couple of month. This post takes a look on the current status and which vendors are supported today:

Atlantis

DataCore

Dell

EMC

Fujitsu

Hewlett-Packard

Hitachi

Huawei

IBM

NEC

NetApp

NexGen

SANBlaze

Hewlett-Packard

HP was one out of four vendors with day one VVol suppor with their high-end flash optimized storage 3PAR StoreServ. The HP XP7 Storage supports VVOLs since microcode version 80-03 which has been released in September 2015.

Solutions Brief - HP 3PAR StoreServ integration with VMware Virtual Volumes (PDF)

Solutions Brief - Best-in-class storage for VMware Virtual Volumes (PDF)

Test Validation - Evaluation of HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage with VMware VVOLs (PDF)

Technical white paper - Implementing VMware Virtual Volumes on HP 3PAR StoreServ (PDF)

VMware vVol and HP 3PAR Technology Preview (YouTube)

HP 3PAR StoreServ 10000 Storage

HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage

HP XP7 Storage

IBM

IBM was one out of four vendors that offers hardware with day one VVol support. Their XIV Storage System and the IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC) is currently supported for VVol. While XIV offers first day support, SAN Volume Controller release V7.6, which supports VVol was released in November 2015.

IBM XIV Storage System and VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes Announcement

IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software V7.6 with VVOL support Announcement

vSphere Virtual Volumes (VVOL) with IBM XIV Storage System (YouTube)

IBM XIV

IBM SVC (SAN Volume Controller)

NEC

NEC was one out of four vendors with day one VVol support. Their M-Series Storage Disk Arrays offers scalability and performance from low-end to high-end environments.



White Paper - VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes Changes the Virtualization Environment (PDF)

NEC iStorage M110

NEC iStorage M310

NEC iStorage M510

NEC iStorage M710

SANBlaze

SANBlaze was one out of four vendors with day one VVol support. It's not a common storage vendor, but a pioneer in storage emulation solutions. SANBlaze VirtuaLUN target emulation systems are available as physical appliance or as virtual appliance.



SANBlaze VVOL Storage Emulation Solution at VMworld Announcement

SANBlaze VirtuaLUN 7.3 VMware Certified for VASA 2.0 and VVOL

Configuring SANBlaze VirtuaLUN for use in VMWare VVOL Environment (YouTube)

SANBlaze VirtuaLUN

NetApp

NetApp was the 5th vendor that appeared in VMwares HCL to support VVols. NetApp was a very early VVol adopter and the only vendor that had a virtual Clustered Data ONTAP simulators available for customers, to set up a virtual environment and try VVols. A NetApp V-Series is also available with VVol support.

NetApp Unlocks the Power of VMware VVOLs

NetApp FAS3200 Series

NetApp FAS6200 Series

NetApp FAS3210

NetApp FAS3220

NetApp FAS3240

NetApp FAS3250

NetApp FAS3270

NetApp FAS6220

NetApp FAS6250

NetApp FAS6290

NetApp FAS8020

NetApp FAS8040

NetApp FAS8060

NetApp FAS8080

NetApp V3270

EMC

EMC VMAX3 storage systems are listed in VMwares HCL since December.

EMC VMAX and Virtual Volumes

VMAX3 Unleashing the Full Potential of VMware Virtual Volumes

EMC VMAX 100K

EMC VMAX 200K

EMC VMAX 400K

Dell

Dell offers VVol support for their EqualLogic PS storage systems with firmware release 8.0. Curently there are 51 systems listed in VMwares HCL.

VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes on Dell PS Series

Dell EqualLogic: Creating Virtual Volumes Datastores

www.dell.com/virtualvolumes

EqualLogic PS4000E

EqualLogic PS4000X

EqualLogic PS4000XV

EqualLogic PS4100E

EqualLogic PS4100X

EqualLogic PS4100XV

EqualLogic PS4110E

EqualLogic PS4110X

EqualLogic PS4110XV

EqualLogic PS4210E

EqualLogic PS4210X

EqualLogic PS4210XS

EqualLogic PS4210XV

EqualLogic PS6000E

EqualLogic PS6000S

EqualLogic PS6000X

EqualLogic PS6000XV

EqualLogic PS6000XVS

EqualLogic PS6010E

EqualLogic PS6010S

EqualLogic PS6010X

EqualLogic PS6010XV

EqualLogic PS6010XVS

EqualLogic PS6100E

EqualLogic PS6100S

EqualLogic PS6100X

EqualLogic PS6100XS

EqualLogic PS6100XV

EqualLogic PS6110E

EqualLogic PS6110S

EqualLogic PS6110X

EqualLogic PS6110XS

EqualLogic PS6110XV

EqualLogic PS6210E

EqualLogic PS6210S

EqualLogic PS6210X

EqualLogic PS6210XS

EqualLogic PS6210XV

EqualLogic PS6500E

EqualLogic PS6500ES

EqualLogic PS6500X

EqualLogic PS6510E

EqualLogic PS6510ES

EqualLogic PS6510X

EqualLogic PS6610E

EqualLogic PS6610ES

EqualLogic PS6610X

EqualLogic PS-M4110E

EqualLogic PS-M4110X

EqualLogic PS-M4110XS

EqualLogic PS-M4110XV

Hitachi

Hitachi offers VVol support for their Virtual Storage Platform and for their NAS 4000 Series.

Hitachi Software-Defined Storage for VMware Virtual Volumes (VVOL)

Hitachi Data Systems with Virtual Volumes

Hitachi Storage for VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (VVol) Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)

Hitachi NAS 4100

Hitachi NAS 4060

Hitachi NAS 4080

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 (Hitachi VSP G1000)

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G200 (VSP G200)

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400 (VSP G400)

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G600 (VSP G600)

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G800 (VSP G800)

Hitachi Virtual Platform F400 (VSP F400)

Hitachi Virtual Platform F600 (VSP F600)

Hitachi Virtual Platform F800 (VSP F800)

Atlantis

Atlantis offers VVol support for their Atlantis USX serives.

Atlantis Partners with VMware To Extend Virtual Volumes

Atlantis in VMware HCL

Atlantis USX VVOL Availability Announcement

Atlantis USX

Fujitsu

Fujitsu offers VVOL support for their ETERNUS DX storage platform.

ETERNUS DX with VMware VVOL

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX100 S3

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX200 F

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX200 S3

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S3

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX600 S3

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8100 S3

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8700 S3

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8900 S3

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX100 S3

NexGen

NexGen offers VVOL support for their N5 Hybrid Flash Array.

Putting VMware vSphere 6 Virtual Volumes (VVOL) to Work

NexGen Storage QoS Integration with VMware Virtual Volumes (YouTube)

NexGen N5-200

NexGen N5-300

NexGen N5-500

NexGen N5-1000

Huawei

Huawei offers VVOL support for their OcenStor Unified Enterprise-Storage systems.

OceanStor 5500 V3

OceanStor 5300 V3

OceanStor 5600 V3

OceanStor 5800 V3

OceanStor 6800 V3

OceanStor 18500 V3

OceanStor 18800 V3

DataCore

DataCore offers VVOL support for their SANsymphony-V Storage Virtualization solution. Version 10 PSP4 which supports VVOL was released in November. DataCore is very special because it brings VVol support to all storage arrays from all vendors behind DataCore.

DataCore Brings VVols Benefits to Existing Storage and to Non-VVol Certified Storage

SANsymphony-V

Tintri

At the moment Tintri is not listed in VMwares HCL. Tintri has announced support for vSphere 6.

Breaking it Down – VVol and VM-aware Storage (PDF)

VMware VVOL and Tintri

Nimble Storage

At the moment Nimble Storage is not listed in VMwares HCL. Nimble Storage has announce support for VVols and proved their capabilities with Hands-on Labs during VMworld. They state that all arrays will be supported with VVOLs. Currently VVOL is available as "Tech Preview" in NimbleOS 2.3.

Nimble Storage & VMware vSphere 6 - Support & Q&A

VMware and Nimble Storage VVOL Integration Demo

SolidFire

At the moment there is no VVol support from SolidFire. They announced VVol support for their products and provided a technical demonstration.

VVOLs & SolidFire technical demo

Pure Storage

At the moment there is no VVol support for Pure Storage arrays. They announced VVol support for their FA-400 series flash arrays.

Pure Storage - Coming Soon: Support for VMware VVOLs

Feel free to comment or contact me when there is any misinformation, or there are any vendors missing.