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IDPA supports many ecosystems. The following table depicts the workloads that IDPA supports out of the factory and other workloads that require RPQ approval.
Use case |
DP4400S and DP4400 |
DP5800 |
DP8300 |
DP8800 |
Single VLAN |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Flat network or no VLAN |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Separated backup or management (< 2.5) |
RPQ |
RPQ |
RPQ |
RPQ |
Separated backup or management (> 2.5) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Separated replication |
RPQ |
RPQ |
RPQ |
RPQ |
Multiple backup networks using separate NICs |
RPQ |
RPQ |
RPQ |
RPQ |
Multiple backup networks using VLAN tagging |
RPQ |
RPQ |
RPQ |
RPQ |
Re-IP of IDPA components |
RPQ |
RPQ |
RPQ |
RPQ |
Direct backups to DD Series with DD Boost |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Client-side NAT |
RPQ |
RPQ |
RPQ |
RPQ |
VTL support (filed upgrade FC SLIC) |
No |
RPQ |
RPQ |
RPQ |
DDBEA support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
BoostFS support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Third-party CIFS, NIFS direct to embedded DD Series |
RPQ |
RPQ |
RPQ |
RPQ |
Rerack IDPA into customer rack (all models) |
Yes |
RPQ |
RPQ |
RPQ |
Manage multiple IDPAs from external DPC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Monitor/report multiple IDPAs from external DPA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Re-IP of IDPA system by Professional Services |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Physical NDMP accelerator node (with initial setup) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |