Reference Guide

VMware ESXi 5.0 U2
VMware ESXi 5.1 U1
Hyper-V for Windows Server 2008
Hyper-V R2 SP1 for Windows Server 2008
Citrix XenServer 6.2
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 dell.com/support/manuals.
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 particular product version on the right-hand side.
NA indicates that the product on the left-hand side is not dependent or not applicable for 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
The naming convention used for Dell PowerEdge systems is as follows:
For the 9th generation of PowerEdge systems: 9G where G denotes generation.
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 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.
7