Reference Guide

Contents
1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................4
2 Supported hardware.............................................................................................5
BIOS versions.........................................................................................................................................5
Memory..................................................................................................................................................5
Hard drives (internal)............................................................................................................................. 5
Storage enclosures................................................................................................................................6
Hard drives (external)............................................................................................................................ 6
Network Interface Controllers (NIC).................................................................................................... 6
Fiber channel controllers...................................................................................................................... 6
Network cabling.....................................................................................................................................7
Fiber channel switch..............................................................................................................................7
RAID controllers.....................................................................................................................................7
Display resolution.................................................................................................................................. 7
3 Supported software..............................................................................................8
Operating system.................................................................................................................................. 8
Applications........................................................................................................................................... 8
Backup software....................................................................................................................................8
Appliance Software Stack Release........................................................................................................8
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