Physical Specifications; Operating Environment - Lenovo thinkserver rd550 Product Manual

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Operating systems

The RD550 supports the following operating systems:

Microsoft

Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 SP1 Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Hyper-V

Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, Standard, Premium Add-on

Windows Server 2012 Foundation, Essentials, Standard, Datacenter, Hyper-V

Windows Storage Server 2012 Standard

Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation, Essentials, Standard, Datacenter, Hyper-V

Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Standard

SUSE

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for x86 SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1

Red Hat

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.5 (x86 and x64)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.6 (x86 and x64)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.7 (x86 and x64)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.2

VMware

VMware ESXi 5.1

VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 2

VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 3

VMware ESXi 6.0

VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 1

Important:

SD cards support installation and booting of the VMware ESXi hypervisor only; other operating

systems and hypervisors cannot be installed on an SD card.

VMware ESXi and other hypervisor support requires a RAID 510i/720i/720ix adapter. The onboard

RAID 110i controller is not supported by VMware ESXi and other hypervisors.

For the latest information about the specific versions and service levels that are supported and any other

prerequisites, see the Operating System Interoperability Guide: http://lenovopress.com/redposig.