34 PowerEdge R520 Technical Guide
10 Operating systems and virtualization
The Dell PowerEdge R520 supports a wide range of industry-standard operating systems and
virtualization software.
Supported operating systems
Table 19 lists the primary operating systems supported on the R520. For the latest information on
supported operating systems, see Dell.com/OSsupport.
Table 19. Primary operating system support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8
1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1
x64
(with Hyper-V
role enabled)
Web
Standard
Enterprise
Datacenter
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011
1
RHEL 5.7 is the minimum supported version. Current drop in box option is RHEL 5.8.
2
RHEL 6.1 is the minimum supported version. Current factory install is RHEL 6.3.