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Support of the operating systems listed in Table 18 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 20031 Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 with SP21 1Not validated for use with AMD GPUs Platform x86 x86 x64 Edition Web Standard Enterprise Standard Enterprise Data center One of the key features for virtualization on the M620 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 19 highlights the virtualization support for the M620. Operating systems vSphere v4.1 U3 Install version ESX Classic Factory options DIB Internal dual SD module install support No VMware vSphere v4.1 U3 vSphere v4.1 U3 vSphere v5.0 ESXi Installable ESXi Embedded ESXi DIB No FI (v4.1 U2)1 Yes DIB Yes vSphere v5.0 U1 ESXi FI/DIB Yes vSphere v5.1 ESXi FI/DIB Yes Citrix Red Hat2 XenServer v6.1 N/A Enterprise Virtualization v3.1 N/A DIB No DIB No FI = factory install; DIB = drop-in-box 1v4.1 U3 image is available from support.dell.com, either as an upgrade to v4.1 U2 or for a clean install 2No OpenManage support; drop-in-box license registration card only

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Support of the operating systems listed in Table 18 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
Platform
Edition
Microsoft Windows 2003
1
x86
Web
Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 with SP2
1
x86
Standard
Enterprise
x64
Standard
Enterprise
Data center
1
Not validated for use with AMD GPUs
One of the key features for virtualization on the M620 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 19
highlights the virtualization support for the M620.
Operating systems
Install version
Factory
options
Internal dual SD
module install
support
VMware
vSphere v4.1 U3
ESX Classic
DIB
No
vSphere v4.1 U3
ESXi Installable
DIB
No
vSphere v4.1 U3
ESXi Embedded
FI (v4.1 U2)
1
Yes
vSphere v5.0
ESXi
DIB
Yes
vSphere v5.0 U1
ESXi
FI/DIB
Yes
vSphere v5.1
ESXi
FI/DIB
Yes
Citrix
XenServer v6.1
N/A
DIB
No
Red Hat
2
Enterprise Virtualization v3.1
N/A
DIB
No
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