Reference Guide

Contents
1 Introduction ..........................................................................................................4
2 Supported hardware.............................................................................................5
BIOS versions.........................................................................................................................................5
Memory..................................................................................................................................................5
Processor............................................................................................................................................... 5
Hard drives (internal)............................................................................................................................. 6
Storage enclosures................................................................................................................................6
Hard drives (external).......................................................................................................................6
Network Interface Controllers (NIC).....................................................................................................7
Fiber channel controllers...................................................................................................................... 7
Network cabling.....................................................................................................................................7
Fiber channel switch............................................................................................................................. 8
RAID controllers.................................................................................................................................... 8
Display resolution..................................................................................................................................8
3 Supported software..............................................................................................9
Operating system.................................................................................................................................. 9
Applications........................................................................................................................................... 9
Backup software....................................................................................................................................9
Appliance software stack release........................................................................................................10
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