Owner's Manual

This section provides information about the supported systems, Operating systems and system
requirements for SBUU.
You should have a Dell system with:
• Minimum memory of 512MB
• DVD drive
NOTE: Hard drive requirements vary by operating system
Software Requirements
The following operating systems are supported in this release:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 with SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008, x64 edition with SP2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 x64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.4 x64
• Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86_64 with SP4
• Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 x86_64 with SP2
What’s New
The release highlights of SBUU are:
• Added support for the following operating systems:
o Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter, Foundation, Essentials, and Standard
editions
o Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (64–bit)
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 (64–bit)
o VMware ESXi 5.5 Flash and HDD
o VMware ESXi 5.1 U2 Flash and HDD
o VMware ESXi 5.0 U3 Flash and HDD
• Added support for the following Adapter cards:
o Mellanox ConnectX-3 Dual Port 10 GbE DA/SFP+ Network Adapter
o Mellanox ConnectX-3 Dual Port 10 GbE KR Blade Mezzanine Card
o Mellanox ConnectX-3 Dual Port 40 GbE QSFP+ Network Adapter
o Emulex OCe14102-UX-D Dual Port 10Gb SFP+ CNA
o Emulex OCm14102-U3-D Dual Port 10Gb KR Blade Mezz
o Emulex OCm14102-U2-D Dual Port 10Gb KR Blade NDC
o Emulex OCm14104-UX-D Quad Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ Rack NDC
• Added support for Dell PowerEdge M820VRTX, PowerEdge R220, and PowerEdge R920.
• Added support for Dell PERC 9 controllers (H730P Adapter) with the following features:
o RAID 10 virtual disk with uneven span.
o Advanced 4K sector hard disk drives.
o T10 Protection Information (PI) for data integrity.
• Deprecated support for the following operating systems:
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
o SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
o Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 (64–bit)
o VMware ESXi 5.1 U1 HDD and Flash