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The Dell PowerEdge T320 supports a wide range of industry-standard operating systems and virtualization software. Table 20 lists the primary operating systems supported on the T320. For the latest information on supported operating systems, see Dell.com/OSsupport. Operating System Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 SP8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 20111 Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 1Not validated for use with GPUs. Platform x32 x64 x64 x64 x64 x64 x64 (with Hyper-V role enabled) Edition N/A N/A N/A N/A Standard Premium Add-on Web Standard Enterprise One of the key features for virtualization on the PowerEdge T320 is the support for a fail-safe hypervisor. By running a 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 21 highlights the virtualization support for the T320. Operating systems Version vSphere v4.1 U2 ESX Classic VMware* vSphere v4.1 U2 vSphere v4.1 U2 ESXi Installable ESXi Embedded vSphere v5.0 U1 ESXi (one version) Citrix XenServer 6.0 N/A FI = factory install; DIB = drop in box *vSphere Fault Tolerance is supported with these versions Options DIB DIB FI FI/DIB DIB

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The Dell PowerEdge T320 supports a wide range of industry-standard operating systems and
virtualization software.
Table 20 lists the primary operating systems supported on the T320. For the latest information on
supported operating systems, see
Dell.com/OSsupport.
Operating System
Platform
Edition
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 SP8
x32
x64
N/A
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 SP2
x64
N/A
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
x64
N/A
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
x64
N/A
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011
1
x64
Standard
Premium Add-on
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1
x64
(with Hyper-V role
enabled)
Web
Standard
Enterprise
1
Not validated for use with GPUs
.
One of the key features for virtualization on the PowerEdge T320 is the support for a fail-safe
hypervisor. By running a 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 21 highlights the virtualization support for the T320.
Operating systems
Version
Options
VMware*
vSphere v4.1 U2
ESX Classic
DIB
vSphere v4.1 U2
ESXi Installable
DIB
vSphere v4.1 U2
ESXi Embedded
FI
vSphere v5.0 U1
ESXi (one version)
FI/DIB
Citrix
XenServer 6.0
N/A
DIB
FI = factory install; DIB = drop in box
*vSphere Fault Tolerance is supported with these versions