Reference Guide

Dell EMC PowerEdge servers—compatibility
matrix
The following table lists the supported processors for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.
NOTE: The PowerEdge servers are represented using the generic naming convention. To identify the range of server
models, see Identifying the series of your Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.
Table 1. Dell EMC yx5x PowerEdge servers—compatibility matrix
yx5x PowerEdge
servers Processor series y
Supported releases Boot device
ESXi 6.5 ESXi 6.5
U1
ESXi 6.5
U2
ESXi 6.5
U3
Hard drive Flash
(SD) card
BOSS S1
C6525 AMD EPYC 7xx2 series X X X
R7525 AMD EPYC 7xx2 series X X X
R7515 AMD EPYC 7xx2 series X X X
R6525 AMD EPYC 7xx2 series X X X
R6515 AMD EPYC 7xx2 series X X X
Table 2. Dell EMC yx4x PowerEdge servers—compatibility matrix
yx4x PowerEdge
servers Processor series
Supported releases Boot device
ESXi 6.5 ESXi 6.5
U1
ESXi 6.5
U2
ESXi 6.5
U3
Hard
drive
Flash
(SD) card
BOSS
S1
MX840c, MX740c Intel Xeon SP (81xx,
61xx, 51xx, 41xx, 31xx)
series
X X
Intel Xeon SP (82xx,
62xx, 52xx, 42xx, 32xx)
series
X X
R940 Intel Xeon SP (81xx,
61xx, 51xx) series
Intel Xeon SP (82xx,
62xx, 52xx) series
X X
R940xa, R840 Intel Xeon SP (81xx,
61xx, 51xx) series
X
Intel Xeon SP (82xx,
62xx, 52xx) series
X X
R7425, R7415, R6415 AMD EPYC 7XX1 series X
R740xd2 Intel Xeon SP (61xx,
51xx, 41xx, 31xx) series
X X
Intel Xeon SP (62xx,
52xx, 42xx, 32xx) series
X X
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