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Introduction
VMware ESX is tested for compatibility with a variety of major guest operating systems running in virtual machines. Additionally, VMware ESX is tested for compatibility with
currently shipping platforms from the major server manufacturers in pre-release testing. Our goal is to support a variety of storage and network adapters used as standard options
for these platforms as they come to market.
If you are having a technical issue with 3rd party HW/SW and it is not found on this list, please refer to our 3rd Party HW/SW support policy at http://www.vmware.com/support/
policies/ThirdParty.html.
NOTE: VMware supports Two-Socket Servers and Three-Socket Servers which are de-populated versions of Four-Socket Servers that are on the Systems Compatibility Guide for
ESX 3.0.x. The de-populated Server Configuration must also be supported by the OEM. There is no change in the current Licensing model.
VMware will still sell Licenses in Two-Socket increments. To best utilize all Licenses purchased for Three-Socket Servers, we suggest deploying Server-based Licenses and
deploying Three-Socket populated Servers in pairs so Licenses can be distributed evenly across them.
VMware works closely with each of its OEMs to drive towards mutual support of ESX at the time of announcement. Due to different product release cycles, levels of testing, and
OEM agreements, not all OEM devices will be supported at the general availability date of a new version of ESX.
For Intel and AMD processors, VMware supports the processor series and the processor model that are listed with each server. Please check with the server vendor for specific
CPU support.
RECOMMENDED CPU CLOCK SPEED
ESX 3.0:
* Minimum CPU clock speed - 1500 MHz
* Minimum CPU clock speed, Virtual SMP - 1500 MHz
ESX 3.0.1:
* Minimum CPU clock speed - 1500 MHz
* Minimum CPU clock speed, Virtual SMP - 1500 MHz
ESX 3.0.2:
* Minimum CPU clock speed - 1500 MHz
* Minimum CPU clock speed, Virtual SMP - 1500 MHz
ESX 3.0.3:
* Minimum CPU clock speed - 1500 MHz
* Minimum CPU clock speed, Virtual SMP - 1500 MHz
ESX 3.5:
* Minimum CPU clock speed - 1500 MHz
* Minimum CPU clock speed, Virtual SMP - 1500 MHz
ESX 3i Embedded:
* Minimum CPU clock speed - 1500 MHz
* Minimum CPU clock speed, Virtual SMP - 1500 MHz
ESX 3i Installable:
* Minimum CPU clock speed - 1500 MHz
* Minimum CPU clock speed, Virtual SMP - 1500 MHz
Footnotes:
1 . This server is supported on vSphere 6.5.0d or newer.
2 . This server requires a 6.0U3 custom image from the OEM, or ESXi 6.0 Update 3a or newer to be supported.
3 . This server is supported on vSphere 6.5.0b or newer.
4 . NOTE: VMware ESXi 5.0 does not contain a driver for onboard NIC1 (Intel 82579). Add-on server NIC card (e.g. Intel Ethernet Adapter I350-T2) is required to support
VMware ESXi 5.0.
5 . 1: For ESXi 5.0, boot from onboard SAS (aka RSTe mode) requires a custom ESXi image with the RSTe driver included. 2: RSTe RAID mode not supported.
6 . ESXi installation to HDD is supported only in AHCI mode on this server.
7 . CIM is not supported with this Server.
8 . This server model does not support CIM.
9 . vSphere 5.5 P03 is required
10 . 5.5 EP06 (build 2456374) or newer is required to support greater than 4TB of memory.
11 . Server does not support CIM.
12 . This Server needs AMM(Advanced Management Module) to manage the IPMI.
13 . Switch agnostic vNIC (\"vNIC 2\") mode not supported on VMware
14 . - No VM DirectPath I/O Support - BIOS must be configured with Hyperthreading disabled, and 8 max NUMA nodes
15 . No VM DirectPath I/O Support - BIOS must be configured with Hyperthreading disabled, and 8 max NUMA nodes
16 . This system has been tested for compatibility with vSphere DirectPath I/O
17 . This Dell server supports the Dell Fault Resilient Memory and VMware Reliable Memory Feature with vSphere 5.5 and greater, on BIOS v2.0.19 and greater
18 . SimpliVity requires that VT-d interrupt remapping be disabled for BIOS 1.0.4
19 . System configuration used for Certification are as follows:<br /> <br /> CPU Cores: 224<br /> Memory Size (GB): 512<br /> <br /> Network uplinks:<br /> <br /> 100 Gbps:
4 ports, QLogic FastLinQ QL45611 100 GbE Ethernet Adapter<br /> 25 Gbps: 8 ports, Intel(R) Ethernet Controller XXV710 for 25GbE SFP28<br /> 10 Gbps: 8 ports, Intel(R)
Ethernet Controller X710/X557-AT 10GBASE-T<br /> 1 Gbps: 20 ports, Intel Corporation Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T4<br />
20 . Note: For 6.5 release, support will be with 6.5 GA + Patch 01 (6.5b).
21 . Server does not support DPM if the server does not support IPMI and WoL.
22 . This system has been tested for compatibility VMDirectPath I/O
23 . This server needs 6.5 P01 for full support
24 . scsi-megaraid-sas 06.801.52.00 driver is required to enable Shared PERC functionality on PowerEdge VRTX.
25 . Dell requires that VT-d interrupt remapping be disabled for this release on Dell 12G servers
26 . The vDGA Certification has been tested with patch build number 1746018.
27 . This server does not support vSphere DPM (Distributed Power Management) via WoL (Wake on Lan)
28 . The server does not support the Wake-On-Lan functionality. Consequently, Distributed Power Management via Wake-On-Lan will not be supported on the server
29 . This server only supports 10 cores for E5-26xx-v2 processor.
30 . The CPU while capable of supporting the MWAIT and MONITOR instructions, are disabled by this server's BIOS. Therefore this specific server can not support Enhanced
VMotion (EVC).
31 . The server requires 6.0.3a or higher to be supported.
32 . WoL is not fully tested on this platform
33 . IPMI is not fully supported on this platform. For more information, contact your hardware provider.
34 . System configuration used to Certification are as follows : <br> <br> CPU Cores: 384 <br> Memory Size (GB): 512 <br> <br> Network uplinks: <br> <br> 10 Gbps: 2 ports,
Intel Corporation 82599EB 10-Gigabit SFI/SFP+ Network Connection. <br> 1 Gbps: 24 ports, Intel Corporation Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T4. <br> 1 Gbps: 16 ports, Intel
Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection.
35 . System configuration used for Certification are as follows:<br> <br> CPU Cores: 224<br> Memory Size (GB): 512<br> <br> Network uplinks:<br> <br> 100 Gbps: 4 ports,
QLogic FastLinQ QL45xxx 100 GbE Ethernet Adapter<br> 25 Gbps: 8 ports, Intel(R) Ethernet Controller XXV710 for 25GbE SFP28<br> 10 Gbps: 8 Ports, Intel(R) Ethernet
Controller 10G X550<br> 1 Gbps: 20 ports, Intel Corporation Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T4<br>
36 . This server doesn't support alterable temperature sensors.
37 . System configuration used for Certification are as follows:<br> <br> CPU Cores: 56<br> Memory Size (GB): 63<br> <br> Network uplinks:<br> - 1 Gbps: 12 ports, Intel
Corporation Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T4<br> - 1 Gbps: 2 ports, Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection<br> - 1 Gbps: 4 ports, Intel(R) Ethernet Connection
X722 for 1GbE<br>
38 . System configuration used to Certification are as follows : CPU Cores: 112 Memory Size (GB): 64 Network uplinks: - 10 Gbps: 6 ports, Intel(R) Ethernet Controller X710 for
10GbE SFP+ - 10 Gbps: 2 ports, Intel(R) Ethernet Connection X722 for 10GbE SFP+ - 1 Gbps: 2 ports, Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection.
39 . System configuration used to Certification are as follows :<br> <br> CPU Cores: 64<br> Memory Size (GB): 32<br> <br> Network uplinks:<br> <br> - 1Gbps: 4 ports,
Emulex Corporation Emulex OneConnect OCe14000 NIC<br> - 1Gbps: 16 ports, Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection<br> - 10Gbps: 4 ports Intel Corporation
Ethernet Controller 10 Gigabit X540-AT2<br>
40 . vDGA feature is supported only on 5.5 P03 (2143827) or newer.
41 . System configuration used for Certification are as follows: <br /> <br />CPU Cores: 56 <br />Memory Size (GB): 64 <br /> <br />Network uplinks: <br /> <br />1 Gbps:
2 ports, Intel Corporation I350 Gigabit Network Connection <br />1 Gbps: 4 ports, Intel Corporation Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T4 <br />1 Gbps: 4 ports, Intel(R) Ethernet
Connection X722 for 1GbE
42 . The server is available only by special approval from Fujitsu. Please contact Fujitsu for further assistance.
43 . This server requires ESXi 6.5 EP4 or higher.
44 . EVC cluster support an Binary Translation (BT) needs vSphere 6.5 Patch 01.
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