Setup Guide

VMware vSphere ESXi Windows Server SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server (SLES)
Red Hat Enterprise
Linux Server (RHEL)
Microsoft Windows
Server 2008 R2
Table 5. Supported operating systems for Dell Servers
VMware vSphere ESXi Windows Server SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server (SLES)
Red Hat Enterprise
Linux Server (RHEL)
ESXi 6.0 U1 Windows Server 2012 R2
(Datacenter, Foundation,
Essentials, and Standard
editions)
SLES 12 64-bit RHEL 7.2 64-bit
ESXi 6.0 Microsoft Windows
Server 2012 Essentials
SLES 11 SP4 64-bit) RHEL 7.1 64-bit
ESXi 5.5 U3 Windows Essential
Business Server 2008
SP1
RHEL 7.0 64-bit
ESXi 5.5 U2 Windows Essential
Business Server 2008
SP1
RHEL 6.7 64-bit
ESXi 5.5 Windows Server 2008
SP2 32-bit and 64-bit
RHEL 6.5 64-bit
ESXi 5.1 U3 Windows Server 2008
R2 64-bit
RHEL 6.2 64-bit
ESXi 5.1 U2 Windows Server 2008
R2 SP1 64-bit
RHEL 6.0 64-bit
ESXi 5.1 U1 Windows Server 2008 R1
and R2 (HPC Edition)
RHEL 5.9 64-bit and 32-
bit
ESXi 5.1 Windows Storage Server
2008 SP2
RHEL 5.5 64-bit and 32-
bit
ESXi 5.0 U3 Windows Small Business
Server 2008 SP2
RHEL 5.3 64-bit and 32-
bit
ESXi 5.0 U2 Windows Small Business
Server 2008 R2
RHEL 5.0 64-bit and 32-
bit
ESXi 5.0 U1 Microsoft Windows
Small Business Server
2011
Microsoft Windows
Server 2012
Windows Small Business
Server 2003 R2 SP2
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