StorageSecure Windows Server 2003 and Window XP End-of-Support
Following Microsoft’s cessation of support, including security updates, for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 in 2014 and 2015 respectively, we are required for security purposes to cease running these operating systems in our test labs. As such, effectively as of today, we are unable to provide support for these operating systems to StorageSecure customers. We strongly recommend that customers currently on these outdated operating systems migrate to the following supported platforms:
Authentication Servers
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (Active Directory)
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Active Directory)
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Active Directory)
OpenLDAP v2.2
CentOS 5.4 NIS 2.1.3
CIFS Servers
NetApp clustered Data ONTAP 8.3 (cDOT 8.3) without AntiVirus support. Note: The specific cDOT version tested with StorageSecure was 8.3.2.P2.
NetApp ONTAP (7Mode) v7.1, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 8.2.1 and 8.2.3P3
Clustered Data ONTAP 8.1 and 8.2.1
FreeNAS v0.7.1 FreeBSD v7.2 i386
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Cluster (requires system property cifs.server_byname set to true)
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Cluster (requires system property cifs.server_byname set to true)
CIFS Clients
Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate Editions – See CRN section “Advisory Notes”
Windows Server 2008 R2 and SP2 – See CRN section “Advisory Notes”
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Cluster (requires system property cifs.server_byname set to true)
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows 8, 8.1
NFS v3 Servers
NetApp clustered Data ONTAP 8.3 (cDOT 8.3) without AntiVirus support. Note: The specific cDOT version tested with StorageSecure was 8.3.2.P2.
Data ONTAP (7Mode) v 7.1, 7.3, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2.1 and 8.2.3P3
Clustered Data ONTAP 8.1 and 8.2.1
Solaris 9/10
CentOS v5.2, v5.4, v5.5, v5.6, v6.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) v4, v5 and v6
FreeNAS v0.7.1 FreeBSD v7.2 i386
NFS Clients
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) v4, v5 and v6
Centos v5.4, v5.5, v5.6, v6.4
Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Unix Services and Windows Services for UNIX 3.5
Windows 7 Ultimate
VMware ESXI 5.5.0
StorageSecure Management Console (SSMC)
Latest SSMC release: Version 1.3.2, Build 185
SSMC must be installed on a Management Station running one of the following Windows Operating Systems:
Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Windows Server 2008, R2 (64-bit)
Windows 8 (64-bit)
For any questions, please reach out to your regional sales manager.
