Dell PowerEdge R520 - Installing System Components; System Enclosure and Cooling

35 PowerEdge R520 Technical Guide
Supported virtualization
One of the key features for virtualization on the PowerEdge R520 is the support for a fail-safe
hypervisor. By running a hypervisor on an optional SD card and installing a backup copy on the
other mirrored SD card, you can protect against hardware failure and maximize virtualization uptime.
Table 20 highlights the virtualization support for the R520.
Table 20. Virtualization support
Operating systems
Install version
Factory
options
Internal dual
SD module
install support
VMware
vSphere v5.0
ESXi
DIB
Yes
vSphere v5.0 U1
ESXi
DIB
Yes
vSphere v5.1
ESXi
DIB
Yes
vSphere v5.5
ESXi
DIB
Yes
Citrix
XenServer 6.1
N/A
DIB
Yes
Red Hat
1
Enterprise Virtualization 3
N/A
DIB
Yes
FI = factory install; DIB = drop in box
1
No OpenManage support; drop-in-box license registration card only