Getting Started Guide

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Operating system Version
Windows Server® 2003, Web Edition R2 SP2: x86 and x64
6
Windows Server® 2003, Datacenter Edition R2 SP2: x86 and x64
6
VMware ESX 3.5 or ESXi Server 3.5 Update 4
Update 5
VMware ESX 4.0
4, 5
or ESXi Server 4.0
4, 5
Initial release
Update 1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
3
• Update 6 for x86
6
• Update 6 for AMD64 and
Intel® x86-64
6
• Update 7 for x86
6
• Update 7 for AMD64 and
Intel® x86-64
6
• Update 8 for x86
• Update 8 for AMD64 and
Intel® x86-64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
• Update 2 for x86
6
• Update 2 for AMD64 and
Intel® x86-64
6
• Update 3 for x86
• Update 3 for AMD64 and
Intel® x86-64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
• SP2 for x86
• SP2 for AMD64 and Intel®
x86-64
• SP3 for x86
• SP3 for AMD64 and Intel®
x86-64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
• For x86
• For AMD64 and Intel®
x86-64
1
Insight Remote Support Advanced Edition A.05.40 is not supported.
2
Only available from Microsoft in 64-bit mode.
3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is supported for most BladeSystem Matrix operations except server migrations.
4
Recommended for new installations.
5
VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch not supported by BladeSystem Matrix 6.0.
6
Not supported by Insight Control server deployment