Hardware and software compatibility list

CubeCOS supports a wide range of commodity x86 hardware backed by the Red Hat Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). This page lists the platforms, storage appliances, and third-party software that Bigstack has validated with CubeCOS. Some specialty platforms require additional validation before deployment. For hardware design considerations, refer to the CubeCOS Architecture and Roles Overview.

Hardware compatibility list

Validated and supported platforms

Bigstack validated the following platforms and supports them for production workloads.

Brand	Category	Supported models	Comments
Dell	Rack Server	R6x0 R6x25 R7x0 R7x25
	AI Server	XE7740
	Edge Chassis	XR4000
Nvidia	DGX	B300
Fujitsu	Rack Server	PRIMERGY RX2540	M5 onwards
HPE	Rack Server	DL380 DL385 DL580	Gen9 onwards
Advantech	AIoT Stack	Wise-Stack
	Rack Server	Sky Series
Cisco	Rack Server	UCS C220 M7	Non-UCS vNIC
Supermicro	Rack Server	AS-2125HS-TNR AS-4124GS-TNR
Quanta	Rack Server	QuantaGrid D43KQ-2U

Platform exceptions

The following specialty hardware requires additional testing before you deploy it in a production environment.

Brand	Exception models or hardware	Comments
Any	Blade chassis
Any	Edge chassis
Cisco	UCS Server — VIC (Virtual Interface Card)

External storage compatibility list

The following storage appliances are verified to work with CubeCOS. Each integration requires access to the appliance management IP so that CubeCOS can issue API calls for storage provisioning and management.

Supported and validated storage appliances

Vendor	Model	Supported protocols	Comments
N/A	Generic	NFS	Any mounted NFS
Dell	SC Series (SC5020/SC5020F)	FC
	PowerStore Series	FC/iSCSI
QSAN	XN8126D_8C	NFS
Fujitsu	ETERNUS	FC/iSCSI
NetApp	AFF-C250	NFS/iSCSI	All-Flash Nodes
	FAS8300	NFS/iSCSI	HDD Storage Nodes

The following table lists storage appliances with official OpenStack drivers. For feature support and driver versions, refer to the OpenStack Yoga release Cinder driver matrix.

To verify compatibility of a storage appliance, contact us.

Supported OpenStack storage appliance drivers

Storage driver	Supported protocols	Status
Ceph iSCSI Storage Driver	iSCSI	Supported
Datera Storage Driver	iSCSI	Supported
Dell EMC PowerStore Storage Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
Dell EMC PowerMax (2000, 8000) Storage Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
Dell EMC PowerVault ME Series	iSCSI, FC	Supported
Dell EMC SC Series Storage Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
Dell EMC Unity Storage Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
Dell EMC VMAX AF (250F, 450F, 850F, 950F) Storage Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
Dell EMC VMAX3 (100K, 200K, 400K) Storage Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
Dell EMC VNX Storage Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
Dell EMC VxFlex OS (ScaleIO) Storage Driver	ScaleIO	Supported
Dell EMC XtremeIO Storage Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
Fujitsu ETERNUS Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
Generic NFS Reference Driver	NFS	Supported
HPE 3PAR Storage Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
HPE MSA Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
Hitachi VSP Storage Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
IBM DS8000 Storage Driver	FC	Supported
IBM FlashSystem Driver	iSCSI	Missing
IBM GPFS Storage Driver	GPFS	Supported
IBM Spectrum Virtualize Family Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
IBM Spectrum Accelerate Family Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
Infinidat Storage Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
Inspur AS13000 Storage Driver	iSCSI	Supported
Inspur AS/HF Series Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
Kaminario Storage Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
LINBIT DRBD/LINSTOR Driver	DRBD	Supported
Lenovo Storage Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
Logical Volume Manager (LVM) Reference Driver	iSCSI	Supported
MacroSAN Storage Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
NEC Storage M Series Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
NEC Storage V Series Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
NetApp Data ONTAP Driver	iSCSI, NFS, FC	Supported
NetApp SolidFire Driver	iSCSI	Supported
Nexenta Driver	iSCSI, NFS	Supported
Nimble Storage Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
Pure Storage Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
QNAP Storage Driver	iSCSI	Missing
Quobyte Storage Driver	Quobyte	Supported
RBD (Ceph) Storage Driver	RBD	Supported
Seagate Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported
StorPool Storage Driver	StorPool	Supported
Synology Storage Driver	iSCSI	Supported
VMware Storage Driver	VMDK	Supported
Veritas Access iSCSI Driver	iSCSI	Missing
Veritas Cluster NFS Driver	NFS	Missing
Virtuozzo Storage Driver	Remotefs	Missing
Windows SMB Driver	SMB	Supported
Windows iSCSI Driver	iSCSI	Supported
Zadara Storage Driver	iSCSI, NFS	Supported
Infortrend Storage Driver	iSCSI, FC	Supported

Backup software compatibility list

Brand	Full support (agentless)	Partial (agent)	Comments
Trilio	✅	✅	Integrated with CubeCOS.
Commvault	✅	✅
Dell vProtect	✅	✅
Veeam	⛔	✅
Veritas	⛔	✅
NaviClouDR	✅	✅
TCDR	✅	✅
VinChin	✅	✅

Migration tool compatibility list

Brand	Supported	Comments
Trilio	✅
CubeCOS CLI	✅	Cold migrations only.
CloudAny	✅
VinChin	✅
NaviClouDR	✅
TCDR	✅

Security appliance compatibility list

Brand	Model	Support status	Comments
Allot	NetXplorer	✅ Supported
GigaVue	Fabric Manager	✅ Supported
Cisco	Secure Firewall Management Center (formerly Firepower Management Center)	✅ Supported
Fortinet	FortiPAM	✅ Supported
	FortiGate	✅ Supported

Change log

Date	Content	Author
2024-09-10	Initial publish	Brian Su
2025-12-09	Update external storage contents	Brian Su
2026-02-09	Update supported models and appliances	Brian Su
2026-10-20	Update supported models and appliances	Brian Su