Support Matrix

Supported hardware, firmware, and software
9 Dell EMC XC6420 XC Series Appliance and XC Core System Support Matrix | A11
CAUTION: Using any brand of SFP+ module other than Intel during deployment disables the 10 GbE ports.
Call Dell EMC Support to recover port functionality.
WARNING: Hot-plugging an unsupported SFP+ module causes ESXi host to fail with purple diagnostic
screen. Call Dell EMC Support to recover from this situation.
1.3.1 Supported NICs
Use the Nutanix LCM for update support.
1.4 Supported management software
This section provides information about components supported by your hardware.
Supported management software
Name
AOS version (Skylake)
AOS version (Cascade lake)
AHV
5.1 or later
5.10.3.2 or later
Windows Server 2016
5.5.0.4 or later
5.10.3.2 or later
ESXi 6.0U3 (EOL date 3/12/2020)
5.1 or later
5.10.3.2 or later
ESXi 6.5d
5.1 or later
5.10.3.2 or later
ESXi 6.7
5.9 – STS or later/ 5.5.7-
LTS or later
5.10.3.2 or later
ESXi 6.7 U1, ESXi 6.7 U2, ESXi
6.7U3
5.5.9 -LTS or later in 5.5.x
branch
5.10.2 – LTS or later in
5.10.x branch
5.10.3.2 or later
1.5 Supported hypervisor OS
This section provides information about the hypervisor Operating Systems (OS) supported by your hardware.
Supported hypervisor OS
Name
Minimum version required
VMware
ESXi 6.0 U3 (EOL date 3/12/2020)
ESXi 6.5d, 6.5U1, 6.5U2, 6.5U3
ESXi 6.7, 6.7U1, 6.7U2, 6.7U3
Windows
Server
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition
Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition
Windows Server 2016
Acropolis
Hypervisor
(AHV)
AHV 5.1
Citrix
No Dell EMC support