Deployment Guide

Table 7. Installation and configuration matrix
Compute sled to PowerEdge FD332
setup
Operating
system
installation
support
SYSCFG/RAIDCFG
configuration support
Description
Compute sled without PERC + 1 PowerEdge
FD332 with a single PERC mapped to the
compute sled
Yes Yes NA
Compute sled with PERC + 1 PowerEdge
FD332 with a single PERC mapped to the
compute sled + single boot VD
Yes Yes PERC controller with boot VD must be
the first in the boot order list of the
compute sled BIOS
Compute sled without PERC + 1 PowerEdge
FD332 with a dual PERC mapped to a
compute sled (joint mode)
Yes Yes NA
Compute sled without PERC + 1 PowerEdge
FD332 with a dual PERC mapped to the
compute sled (split mode) + single boot VD
Yes Yes PERC controller with boot VD must be
the first in the boot order list of the
compute sled BIOS
Compute sleds without PERC + 1 PowerEdge
FD332 with a dual PERC mapped to the two
compute sleds (split mode, one boot VD per
compute sled)
Yes Yes PERC controller with boot VD must be
the first in the boot order list of the
compute sled BIOS
Compute sled with PERC + 1 PowerEdge
FD332 with a dual PERC mapped to the
compute sled (joint mode) + single boot VD
Yes Yes PERC controller with boot VD must be
the first in the boot order list of the
compute sled BIOS
Compute sled with PERC + 1 PowerEdge
FD332 with a dual PERC mapped to the
compute sled (split mode) + single boot VD
Yes Yes PERC controller with boot VD must be
the first in the boot order list of the
compute sled BIOS
Compute sled without PERC + multiple
PowerEdge FD332 with a dual PERC mapped
to the compute sled (joint mode) + single
boot VD
Yes Yes PERC controller with boot VD must be
the first in the boot order list of the
compute sled BIOS.
Compute sled without PERC + multiple
PowerEdge FD332 with a dual PERC mapped
to the compute sled (split mode) + single
boot VD
Yes Yes PERC controller with boot VD must be
the first in the boot order list of the
compute sled BIOS
Compute sled without PERC + multiple
PowerEdge FD332 with a single PERC
mapped to the compute sled + single boot VD
Yes Yes PERC controller with boot VD must be
the first in the boot order list of the
compute sled BIOS
Compute sled with PERC + multiple
PowerEdge FD332 with a dual PERC mapped
to the compute sled (joint mode) + single
boot VD
Yes Yes PERC controller with boot VD must be
the first in the boot order list of the
compute sled BIOS.
Compute sled with PERC + multiple
PowerEdge FD332 with a dual PERC mapped
to the compute sled (split mode) + single
boot VD
Yes Yes PERC controller with boot VD must be
the first in the boot order list of the
compute sled BIOS
Compute sled with PERC + multiple
PowerEdge FD332 with a single PERC
mapped to compute sled + single boot VD
Yes Yes PERC controller with boot VD must be
the first in the boot order list of the
compute sled BIOS
Compute sled with PERC + PowerEdge
FD332 (single/multiple) with a dual PERC
mapped to the compute sled (joint mode) +
multiple boot VD
No Yes No scenario to install operating system
with multiple boot VD
Compute sleds (with/without) PERC +
PowerEdge FD332 (single/multiple) with a
No Yes No scenario to install operating system
with multiple boot VD
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