Reference Guide

Hyper-V for Windows 2008

Hyper-V R2 SP1 for Windows 2008

Citrix XenServer 6.1

For more information on the supported operating systems, Network Interface Cards (NIC) and PowerEdge RAID

Controller (PERC), see the Dell Systems Management Software Support Matrix located at www.dell.com/support/

manuals.

NOTE: Windows Server 2003 is supported for OMSA only.

Matrix Information Structure

The products on the left-hand side of the matrix are the main products under the various categories and the products on

the right hand side of the matrix are the other products that are required by the main product to function, or are

compatible with the main product.

* indicates that the product on the left hand side is dependent on the product on the right hand side.

NA indicates that the product on the left hand side is dependent on the product on the right hand side.

NA# indicates that the particular product needs to be available and enabled for some of the features in the other product

to function as expected.

Naming Convention For Dell PowerEdge Systems And PowerVault

Servers

The naming convention used for Dell PowerEdge systems and PowerVault servers is as follows:

For the 9th generation of PowerEdge servers: xxxx where x denotes numbers.

For example, in a 2950 server, 2 indicates the server class, 9 indicates the generation, 5 indicates that it is a rack server,

and 0 indicates that it has an Intel processor.

For the PowerEdge 12th , 11th and 10th generation of servers: Yxxx where y denotes letters, for example M, R, or T;

and x denotes numbers.

For example, in a M710 server, M indicates that it is a Modular Server, 7 indicates the server class, 1 indicates that it is a

11th generation server, and 0 indicates that it has an Intel processor.