Compatibility Matrix
Table Of Contents
- Dell PowerEdge VRTX Storage Subsystem Compatibility Matrix
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- Minimum version requirement for baselines
- Baseline threshold guidelines
- Storage subsystem baseline types
- Baseline v9— Support for additional Operating systems
- Baseline v8— Support for additional Operating systems
- Baseline v7— Support for PowerEdge M640
- Baseline v6—current baseline Support for Self-Encrypting Drives and bug fixes
- Baseline v5—Shared Storage Expansion through Shared PERC 8 external controllers
- Baseline v4—Fault tolerant support for Linux operating systems and bug fixes
- Updating firmware
- Updating server modules
- Updating PowerEdge VRTX enclosure components
- Documentation resources
Table 3. Baseline v9— Support for additional Operating systems (continued)
Shared PERC8 OS Driver or Chassis Components
firmware
Version
SLES 12 SP3 7.703.06.00
SLES 15 7.705.06.00
SLES 15 SP1 07.707.50.00 (I)
SLES 15 SP2 07.713.01.00 (I)
RHEL 7.5 7.705.05.00
RHEL 7.6 7.705.05.00
RHEL 7.7 07.707.50.00 (I)
RHEL 7.8 07.707.50.00 (I)
RHEL 7.9 07.707.50.00 (I)
RHEL 8.0 07.707.50.00 (I)
RHEL 8.1 07.707.50.00 (I)
RHEL 8.2 07.707.50.00 (I)
RHEL 8.3 07.714.04.00 (I)
NOTE: Shared PERC8 was validated with Linux Inbox drivers, however Shared PERC the driver is shared with PERC9
and PERC10 controllers also, please use the latest Linux driver for installation with blades having PERC9 and PERC10
controllers.
Baseline v8— Support for additional Operating systems
Table 4. Baseline v8— Support for additional Operating systems
Shared PERC8 OS Driver or Chassis Components
firmware
Version
CMC firmware 3.20
Chassis Infrastructure firmware 2.21
Shared PERC8 internal firmware 23.14.06.0013
Shared PERC8 external firmware 23.14.06.0013
Internal Expander backplane firmware 2.0
PowerVault MD1200/MD1220 Storage Enclosure firmware 1.06
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 6.805.03.00
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 6.805.03.00
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 6.805.03.00
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 6.805.03.00
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 6.805.03.00
MWare ESXi 6.7 U1 6.806.90.00
VMWare ESXi 6.5 U3 6.806.90.00
VMWare ESXi 6.5 U2 6.806.90.00
VMWare ESXi 6.5 U1 6.806.90.00
VMWare ESXi 6.0 U3 6.805.56.00
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