Dell DL4300 Appliance Interoperability Guide
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Contents 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 4 2 Supported hardware.............................................................................................5 BIOS versions.........................................................................................................................................5 Memory..........................................................................................................
Introduction 1 This document provides information about the supported hardware and software versions for the Dell DL4300 Appliance. The versions specified in this document use the same format as found on Dell.com/support/downloads and may differ from the version information displayed in the Windows Device Manager or Dell OpenManage Server Administrator.
2 Supported hardware This section lists the hardware supported by DL4300 appliance. Where applicable, firmware and driver versions are also listed. BIOS versions Table 1. BIOS versions System BIOS version DL4300 2.3.0 or later Memory Table 2.
Hard drives (internal) Table 4. Supported internal hard drives System Internal RAID Controller Drive Type RAID Level DL4300 PERC H730P Two hot-swappable 2.5-inch rear hard 6 drives connected to a SATA chipset Twelve hot-swappable 3.5-inch Nearline SAS drives 6 Four 3.5 inch internal hard drives 6 Storage enclosures Table 5. Supported storage enclosures Storage enclosure FW revision Number of enclosures supported Capacity expansion MD1400 SAS 1.0.
Network Interface Controllers (NIC) Table 7. Supported NICs System NIC Driver revision DL4300 (Standard Capacity Edition) Broadcom 5720 QP 1Gb, Broadcom 5719 QP 1Gb or Broadcom 57810 DP 10Gb SFP+, QLogic 57810 DP 10Gb Base-T Low Profile 17.2.0 DL4300 (High Capacity Edition) Broadcom 57800 and 57810 DP 10 Gb SFP+, Broadcom 5720 QP 1Gb, QLogic 57810 DP 10Gb Base-T Low Profile 17.2.0 Fiber channel controllers Table 8.
Description Broadcom SFP+ NIC ports Dell cust kit SKU Cisco 10Gb SFP+ Twinax, 5m X SFP-H10GB-CU5M Fiber channel switch Table 10. Supported fiber channel switch System Switch DL4300 High Capacity Edition only Brocade 8 GB FC models RAID controllers NOTE: Dell does not support upgrading internal RAID controllers. The internal controller shipped with the system is the only supported configuration. Table 11.
3 Supported software This section lists the supported operating systems and applications on the DL4300 appliance. NOTE: Running applications other than those listed in this document on the DL4300 Appliance is not supported. Operating system NOTE: Clustering is not supported on the DL4300 Appliance. Table 12. Supported operating system System Operating System DL4300 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition Applications Table 13.
Appliance software stack release See the following table for information about the supported versions of the appliance software stack. The required version is determined by the system, the installed RAID controller, and (if applicable) HBA. Table 15. Supported appliance software stack System RAID Controller Version DL4300 PERC H730P, PERC H830 2.
