10 Operating systems and virtualization
The Dell PowerEdge T420 supports a wide range of industry-standard operating systems and
virtualization software.
Supported operating systems
Table 20 lists the primary operating systems supported on the T420. For the latest information on
supported operating systems, see
Operating System
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 SP8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1
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Not validated for use with GPUs
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Table 20.
Primary operating system support
Platform
x32
x64
x64
x64
x64
x64
x64
1
x64
(with Hyper-V
role enabled)
Edition
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Standard
Data center
Standard
Premium add-on
Web
Standard
Enterprise