VMware vSphere 6 on Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers Compatibility Matrix

Table 1. Dell EMC 14^th generation PowerEdge servers—compatibility matrixThe following table describes about the Dell EMC 14^th generation PowerEdge servers with the supported processors:

14th generation PowerEdge servers	Processor series	Supported releases				Boot device
		ESXi 6.0	ESXi 6.0 U1	ESXi 6.0 U2	ESXi 6.0 U3	Hard drive	Flash (SD) card	BOSS S1
R940	Intel Xeon Skylake SP (81xx,61xx,51xx) series	Χ	Χ	Χ
R740, R740xd, R640	Intel Xeon Skylake SP (81xx,61xx,51xx,41xx,31xx) series	Χ	Χ	Χ
R540, R440	Intel Xeon Skylake SP (61xx,51xx,41xx,31xx) series	Χ	Χ	Χ
FC640, M640, M640 for VRTX	Intel Xeon Skylake SP (81xx,61xx,51xx,41xx,31xx) series	Χ	Χ	Χ
T640	Intel Xeon Skylake SP (81xx,61xx,51xx,41xx,31xx) series	Χ	Χ	Χ
T440	Intel Xeon Skylake SP (51xx,41xx,31xx) series	Χ	Χ	Χ

Table 2. 13^th generation PowerEdge servers—compatibility matrixThe following table describes about the 13^th generation PowerEdge servers with the supported processors:

13th generation PowerEdge servers	Processor series	Supported releases				Boot device
		ESXi 6.0	ESXi 6.0 U1	ESXi 6.0 U2	ESXi 6.0 U3	Hard drive	Flash (SD) card	BOSS S1
R930	Intel Xeon E7-88xx/48xx v3 series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E7-88xx/48xx v4 series	Χ						Χ
R830	Intel Xeon E5-46xx v4 series	Χ	Χ					Χ
R730, R730xd, R630	Intel Xeon E5-26xx v3 series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E5-26xx v4 series	Χ						Χ
R530, R430	Intel Xeon E5-26xx v3 series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E5-26xx v4 series	Χ						Χ
R530xd	Intel Xeon E5-26xx v4 series	Χ						Χ
R330	Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 series	Χ	Χ	Χ				Χ
	Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 series	Χ	*					Χ
R230	Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 series	Χ	Χ				Χ	Χ
	Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 series	Χ	*				Χ	Χ
FC830, M830, M830 for VRTX	Intel Xeon E5-46xx v3 series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E5-46xx v4 series	Χ						Χ
FC630, M630, M630 for VRTX	Intel Xeon E5-26xx v3 series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E5-26xx v4 series	Χ						Χ
FC430	Intel Xeon E5-26xx v3 series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E5-26xx v4 series	Χ						Χ
T630	Intel Xeon E5-26xx v3 series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E5-26xx v4 series	Χ						Χ
T430	Intel Xeon E5-26xx v3 series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E5-26xx v4 series	Χ						Χ
T330	Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 series	Χ	Χ	Χ				Χ
	Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 series	Χ	*					Χ
T130	Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6 series	Χ	Χ	Χ			Χ	Χ
	Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 series	Χ	*				Χ	Χ

Table 3. 12^th generation PowerEdge servers—compatibility matrixThe following table describes about the 12^th generation PowerEdge servers with the supported processors:

12th generation PowerEdge servers	Processor series	Supported releases				Boot device
		ESXi 6.0	ESXi 6.0 U1	ESXi 6.0 U2	ESXi 6.0 U3	Hard drive	Flash (SD) card	BOSS S1
R920	Intel Xeon E7-88xx/48xx v2 series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E5-46xx v2 series							Χ
R820	Intel Xeon E5-46xx series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E5-26xx v2 series							Χ
R720, R720xd, R620	Intel Xeon E5-26xx series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E5-24xx v2 series							Χ
R520, R420	Intel Xeon E5-24xx series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E5-24xx v2 series							Χ
R320	Intel Xeon E5-24xx series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E5-14xx v2 series							Χ
R220	Intel Xeon E3-1200-v3 series							Χ
M820, M820 for VRTX	Intel Xeon E5-46xx v2 series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E5-46xx series							Χ
M620, M620 for VRTX	Intel Xeon E5-26xx v2 series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E5-26xx series							Χ
M520, M520 for VRTX, M420	Intel Xeon E5-24xx v2 series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E5-24xx series							Χ
T620	Intel Xeon E5-26xx v2 series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E5-26xx series							Χ
T420, T320	Intel Xeon E5-24xx v2 series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E5-24xx series							Χ

Table 4. 11^th generation PowerEdge servers—compatibility matrixThe following table describes about the 11^th generation PowerEdge servers with the supported processors:

11th generation PowerEdge servers	Processor series	Supported releases				Boot device
		ESXi 6.0	ESXi 6.0 U1	ESXi 6.0 U2	ESXi 6.0 U3	Hard drive	Flash (SD) card	BOSS S1
R910	Intel Xeon E7-88xx series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E7-48xx series							Χ
	Intel Xeon 75xx series							Χ
R815, R715	AMD Opteron 63xx,62xx,61xx series							Χ
R810	Intel Xeon E7-88xx series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E7-48xx series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E7-28xx series							Χ
	Intel Xeon 75xx series							Χ
	Intel Xeon 65xx series							Χ
R710, R610	Intel Xeon 56xx series							Χ
	Intel Xeon 55xx series							Χ
R515, R415	AMD Opteron 43xx,42xx,41xx series						Χ	Χ
M915	AMD Opteron 63xx,62xx,61xx series							Χ
M910	Intel Xeon E7-88xx series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E7-48xx series							Χ
	Intel Xeon E7-28xx series							Χ
	Intel Xeon 75xx series							Χ
	Intel Xeon 65xx Series							Χ
M710HD, M710, M610, M610x	Intel Xeon 56xx series							Χ
	Intel Xeon 55xx series							Χ
T710, T610	Intel Xeon 56xx series							Χ
	Intel Xeon 55xx series							Χ

***For Skylake based platforms R330, R230, T330 or T130, use the builds located under the Enterprise Solutions category by filtering the applicable operating system on the Dell EMC support site.

*Use the builds located under the Enterprise Solutions category by filtering the applicable operating system on the Dell EMC support site.