Important information

Important Information 7
Table 1-3 lists the minimum BIOS revision required for Execute Disable (XD)
and Enhanced Intel SpeedStep
®
Technology (EIST) support.
Hardware and Software RAID
Table 1-4 lists the supported PowerEdge redundant array of independent
disks (RAID) configurations for Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 x64
Editions With SP2 operating systems.
= Supported; =Not supported
NOTE: See Table 1-1 for a list of operating system editions supported for
each platform.
Table 1-3. Minimum BIOS Revision Required for XD and EIST Support on
Dell PowerEdge Systems
System Minimum BIOS revision
required for XD support
Minimum BIOS revision
required for EIST support
PowerEdge 830 A01 A01
PowerEdge 840 A00 A00
PowerEdge 2900 A00 A00
PowerEdge 2950 A00 A00
Table 1-4. Supported PowerEdge RAID Configuration on Windows Storage Server 2003
R2 x64 With SP2
System Hardware RAID Software RAID External RAID
PowerEdge 830
PowerEdge 840
PowerEdge 2900
PowerEdge 2950