Dell PowerEdge R820 - Removing the Processor Expansion Module

37 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide
Support of the operating systems listed in Table 21 is limited to a virtual environment as a guest
operating system. Please contact the software vendor for additional support or questions about
running the operating system in a virtualized environment.
Table 21. Virtual guest operating system support
Operating System
Platform
Edition
Microsoft Windows 2003
x86
Web
Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 with SP2
x86
Standard
Enterprise
x64
Standard
Enterprise
Data center
Supported virtualization
One of the key features for virtualization on the PowerEdge R820 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 22 highlights the virtualization support for the R820.
Table 22. 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 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 3.1
N/A
DIB
No
FI = factory install; DIB = drop in box
1
No OpenManage support; drop-in-box license registration card only