Dell PowerEdge R730xd - 10 Operating Systems and Virtualization; Supported Operating Systems; Supported Virtualization; Table 25. Operating System Support

46 PowerEdge R730 and R730xd Technical Guide
10 Operating systems and virtualization
The Dell PowerEdge R730 and R730xd support a wide range of industry-standard operating systems
and virtualization software.
Supported operating systems
Table 25 lists the primary operating systems supported on the R730 and R730xd. For the latest
information on supported operating systems, see Dell.com/OSsupport.
Table 25. Operating system support
Operating System
Platform
Edition
IDSDM
support
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 SP2
x86/x64 (x64 includes
Hyper-V)
Standard
Datacenter
Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
x64
Standard
Datacenter
Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2
x86/x64 (x64 includes
Hyper-V)
Standard
Enterprise
Datacenter
Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
x64
Standard
Enterprise
Datacenter
Yes
Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008
x64
N/A
Yes
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0
x64
N/A
No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
x64
N/A
No
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
x64
N/A
No
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
x64
N/A
No
Supported virtualization
One of the key features for virtualization on the R730 and R730xd is the support for a failsafe
hypervisor. By running the 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 26 highlights the virtualization support for the R730 and R730xd.
Table 26. Virtualization support
Operating systems
Install version
IDSDM support
Microsoft
Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V
N/A
Yes
VMware
vSphere v5.1, v5.5
ESXi
Yes
Citrix
XenServer 6.2 SP1
N/A
Yes