Reference Guide

PowerEdge
Systems
Processor Series ESXi on Hard Drive
ESXi on Flash
(SD/USB)
T100 Intel Xeon 33xx series
ESXi 5.1 U3
ESXi 5.1 U2
ESXi 5.1 U1
ESXi 5.1
ESXi 5.0 U3
ESXi 5.0 U2
ESXi 5.0 U1
ESXi 5.0
NA
2900 III
Intel Xeon 54xx series
Intel Xeon 53xx series
Intel Xeon 52xx series
Intel Xeon 51xx series
ESXi 5.5 U3
ESXi 5.5 U2
ESXi 5.5 U1
ESXi 5.5
ESXi 5.1 U3
ESXi 5.1 U2
ESXi 5.1 U1
ESXi 5.1
ESXi 5.0 U3
ESXi 5.0 U2
ESXi 5.0 U1
ESXi 5.0
ESXi 5.5 U3
ESXi 5.5 U2
ESXi 5.5 U1
ESXi 5.5
ESXi 5.1 U3
ESXi 5.1 U2
ESXi 5.1 U1
ESXi 5.1
ESXi 5.0 U3
ESXi 5.0 U2
ESXi 5.0 U1
ESXi 5.0
2900
Intel Xeon 53xx series
Intel Xeon 51xx series
Intel Xeon 50xx series
ESXi 5.1 U3
ESXi 5.1 U2
ESXi 5.1 U1
ESXi 5.1
ESXi 5.0 U3
ESXi 5.0 U2
ESXi 5.0 U1
ESXi 5.0
ESXi 5.1 U3
ESXi 5.1 U2
ESXi 5.1 U1
ESXi 5.1
ESXi 5.0 U3
ESXi 5.0 U2
ESXi 5.0 U1
ESXi 5.0
**For fault-tolerant SPERC functionality on VRTX systems, use the megaraid_sas driver version 6.802.71.00.00.
***The following is the procedure to download the drivers from the Dell support site for Skylake based platform R330,
R230, T330 or T130:
1. Go to Dell.com/support, and then click View products.
2. Click Server, Storage, and Networking, and then click PowerEdge.
3. Select the appropriate PowerEdge system.
4. Click Drivers and downloads.
5. From the Change OS drop-down menu, select the appropriate version of VMware ESXi.
6. Expand Enterprise Solution.
7. Click Download file to download the Dell customized image.
NOTE:
• Broadwell EP-2S/EP-4S is supported only from ESXi 5.5 U3 and later.
• Broadwell EX is not supported with 5.x versions.
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