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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 20031 Microsoft Windows 2003 R2 with SP21 Platform x86 x86 x64 1Not validated for use with AMD GPUs Edition Web Standard Enterprise Standard Enterprise Datacenter One of the key features for virtualization on the R720 and R720xd is the support for a fail-safe 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 U2 vSphere v4.1 U2 VMware®1 vSphere v4.1 U2 Version ESX® Classic ESXi® Installable Options DIB DIB ESXi Embedded FI vSphere v5.0 ESXi (one version) DIB vSphere v5.0 U12 ESXi (one version) FI/DIB Citrix® XenServer® v6.0 - DIB FI = factory install; DIB = drop in box 1vSphere Fault Tolerance is supported with these versions for the R720 (not for the R720xd) 2Available Q2 2012 43 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide

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PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
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
Platform
Edition
Microsoft Windows 2003
1
x86
Web
Microsoft Windows 2003 R2
with SP2
1
x86
Standard
Enterprise
x64
Standard
Enterprise
Datacenter
1
Not validated for use with AMD GPUs
One of the key features for virtualization on the R720 and R720xd is the support for a fail-safe
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
Version
Options
VMware
®1
vSphere
®
v4.1 U2
ESX
®
Classic
DIB
vSphere v4.1 U2
ESXi
®
Installable
DIB
vSphere v4.1 U2
ESXi Embedded
FI
vSphere v5.0
ESXi (one version)
DIB
vSphere v5.0 U1
2
ESXi (one version)
FI/DIB
Citrix
®
XenServer
®
v6.0
—
DIB
FI = factory install; DIB = drop in box
1
vSphere Fault Tolerance is supported with these versions for the R720 (not for the R720xd)
2
Available Q2 2012