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Support of the operating systems listed in Table 25 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.
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 2003
Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 with SP2
1
Not validated for use with AMD
One of the key features for virtualization on the R720 and R720xd 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 R720 and R720xd.
Operating systems
vSphere v4.1 U3
vSphere v4.1 U3
vSphere v4.1 U3
VMware
vSphere v5.0
vSphere v5.0 U1
vSphere v5.1
2
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1
Citrix XenServer v6.1
FI = factory install; DIB = drop in box
1
v4.1 U3 image is available from support.dell.com, either as an upgrade to v4.1 U2 or for a clean install
2
No OpenManage support; drop-in-box license registration card only
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Platform
1
x86
x86
1
x64
®
GPUs
Install version
ESX Classic
ESXi Installable
ESXi Embedded
ESXi
ESXi (one version)
ESXi (one version)
N/A
N/A
Edition
Web
Standard
Enterprise
Standard
Enterprise
Data center
Internal dual SD
Factory
module install
options
support
DIB No
DIB No
1
FI (v4.1 U2) Yes
DIB Yes
DIB Yes
DIB Yes
DIB Yes
DIB No