This page is a frequently updated collection of all Dell Storage PS Series (EqualLogic) technical documents and videos produced by Dell Storage engineering, marketing and solution partners.

Reference documents (regularly updated):

• Rapid EqualLogic Configuration Portal
• Switch Configuration Guides for PS Series or SC Series SANs
• Dell PS Series Configuration Guide
• Dell Storage Compatibility Matrix

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The Dell™ PowerVault™ DL2100 Powered by CommVault® Simpana® software backup-to-disk appliance is the latest generation of backup-to-disk protection. The PowerVault DL2100 appliance allows for the following:

• Scalable storage capabilities to support organizations of any size
• Faster backups and quicker recovery scenarios than conventional tape devices and backup methodologies
• Optional deduplication capability
• Simplified and unified management for disk and tape
• Continuous data protection for data center and remote office servers
• Quick and easy deployment experience that reduces the time required to begin protecting critical data
  
  

The PowerVault DL2100 Powered by CommVault Simpana software backup-to-disk appliance includes the following hardware and software:

• Dell PowerVault DL2xxx system
• One or more Dell PowerEdge™ RAID Controllers (PERC)
• One or more Dell PowerVault MD1000 storage enclosures
• Support for optional tape libraries and devices
• Preinstalled OS and Dell OpenManage™ system and storage management software
• CommVault Simpana backup and recovery software
  
  

Resources:

White Papers:

Demonstration

Offhost Snap backup of EqualLogic Demo

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• Networking Deployment Guides
• Five reasons why Dell Networking for Dell XC webappliances based on Nutanix® OS
• Dell Networking switches for the Future-Ready data center based on Dell XC web-scale appliances
• Solution Briefs
• Additional resources

Networking in a hyper-converged era

Dell Networking makes your journey to a cloud built with Dell XC hyperconverged appliance a simple and no-risk reality. Our resilient high-performance architecture improves availability and helps meet Service Level Agreements (SLAs) more effectively.

Dell XC appliances with Nutanix® provides a tiered storage solution to VMs. Every host in an XC cluster houses a Controller VM (CVM), which runs the Nutanix software and handles all storage I/O operations for the host’s hypervisor and all the VMs residing on that host. In the case of ESXi, the host server’s SSDs and hard disk drives are directly passed through to the CVM for management.

Administrators can create a storage container from the Dell XC cluster’s disks for all the cluster’s hosted VMs. Dell XC cluster nodes typically have a small number of fast but low-capacity SSDs and a larger number of slower but high-capacity HDDs. Dell XC’s storage tiering/prioritization works to move data to the most appropriate location (either local SSDs, cluster SSDs, or HDDs) based on availability of fast storage and how frequently the data in question is accessed. By converging compute and storage resources into single appliance nodes, scaling Dell XC clusters out is easy and flexible.

Software Defined Storage creates unique networking challenges

The software-defined, shared-nothing, scale-out approach to storage provides flexibility and high performance while eliminating performance bottlenecks and scalability limitations. The network fabrics designed to perform very effectively in a traditional data center result in a static and rigid network fabric that does not respond well to ever changing and fluid application requirements of Future-ready data centers.

One network for any type of data

A traditional data center mandates specialized networks focused on forwarding specific type of data such as storage or compute. A hyperconverged data center demands that the same network be robust enough to handle any type of data.

Higher performance for higher utilization rates

Hyperconverged appliances push the scale of virtualization to a new limit. Higher virtualization results in higher utilization of available network bandwidth. A hyperconverged data center demands that the network must be able to deliver predictably high performance all the time.

Scale-out approach for growth

A key tenet of hyperconverged data centers is the truly modular scale-out approach to effectively respond to ever increasing workload requirements. A hyperconverged data center demands that network fabric must also scale-out and not force IT to pay now for what may or may not be needed in the future.

Resilient architecture for predictable performance

Customers today expect IT services to be always available when they need it and where they need it. In a hyper-fast business climate, application downtime can have a devastating impact on business. A hyperconverged data center demands that network must be architected to offer a resilient framework that handles link, component, or device failures without impacting the application.

Five Reasons Why Dell Networking for Dell XC webappliances based on Nutanix OS

The combined Dell Networking and Dell XC solutions with Nutanix® enables faster, more secure delivery of highly available applications while driving down total cost of ownership.

1. A robust fabric for any type of traffic

Dell Networking switch and networking architecture is designed to ensure that all critical applications and workloads deliver excellent performance for the users. Storage, host, VM mobility, fault tolerance, and other types of data with unique traffic personas are provided connectivity to best ensure an always-on user experience.

2. Modular and flexible growth

As one of the biggest proponents of the spine-and-leaf architecture based on fixed Ethernet switches, Dell Networking lowers the cost of initial deployment. More importantly, the customers are able to grow the networking fabric in smaller steps while ensuring predictably high performance for all Dell XC appliances.

3. Highly-resilient fabric resulting in better SLAs

A highly resilient network architecture with extensive interoperability test and validation processes and technologies such as Virtual Link Trunking (VLT) reduces network and application downtime. Fewer downtime events allows IT to more effectively and predictably meet their SLAs freeing up their time for more value added activities.

4. Faster time to deployment contributes to business agility

Hyperconverged infrastructure based on Dell XC with Nutanix® and Dell Networking has been designed to significantly reduce design and deployment times while enabling a much faster time to application and service availability. In a rapidly changing business conditions a faster IT response time plays a critical role in the success of the organization.

5. Do more with less

Dell XC and Dell Networking’s approach of leveraging industry-standard hardware reduces overall cost of the solution for the customer. The building blocks of this solution consume less rack space, less power, and less cooling capacity resulting in more resources for IT.

Dell Networking switches for the Future-ready data center based on Dell XC web-scale applicanes

Solution Briefs

• Solutions Brief: Dell Storage Networking for traditional SANs and SDS-based data center
• Solutions Brief: Dell Storage Networking for Dell XC powered by Nutanix®

Networking Deployment Guides

• Dell XC Series Appliances - Reference Architecture for VMware ESXi Cluster (01/16)
• Dell XC Series Powered by Nutanix Hyper-V Reference Architecture by Principled Technologies

Additional Resources

• Dell Storage Networking Guide
• Dell XC appliances powered by Nutanix® - Documentation
• Dell Software Defined Storage

Modernize and transform your storage network

• Ten reasons why Dell EMC for storage networking
• Dell EMC Networking for EMC Storage
• Dell EMC Networking for XC web-appliances based on Nutanix OS
• S5000 solution for LAN & SAN convergence
• MXL solution for LAN & SAN convergence
• M-IOA solution for LAN & SAN convergence
• FN-IOM solution for LAN & SAN convergence
• Customers stories
• Dell EMC Multi-protocol Switches
• Dell EMC Fibre Channel Switches
• Deployment and Technical Guides
• Storage Networking - Definitions of terms
• Video on Demand: Basics of SAN Technology (FC/FCoE)

Solutions for traditional Storage Area Networks (SANs) and emerging Software Defined Storage (SDS) Environments

Today’s IT plays a vital role in generating new business value, delivering new services and capturing new markets. Information and technology teams are radically rethinking how they can take advantage of cloud, data management and security strategies to create value for the enterprise. The core of all successful IT initiatives is the efficient, cost-effective and secure access to enterprise data. Traditionally, this data has been stored in arrays accessible through Fibre Channel (FC), iSCSI, or FCoE Storage Area Networks (SANs).

More recently, the well-established SAN methodologies are being challenged by virtualization and Software Defined Storage (SDS). While virtualization brings numerous advantages to the data center, such as more efficient resource utilization, decreased level of management complexity, lower power and cooling demands, etc., it also introduces new challenges, including specific performance requirements, application isolation, security aspects and business continuance and disaster recovery considerations.

Dell EMC embraces both methodologies, offering robust, comprehensive storage networking solutions that enable organizations to access their vital data where and when it’s needed within an efficient, secure, and cost-effective environment.

Start small and scale as you grow with the Dell EMC storage networking portfolio. Whether you need an entry-level switch for a departmental SAN or a large fabric for an enterprise level application, Dell EMC can help with traditional or SDS-based configurations, providing the best cost for performance solutions.

Some businesses are expanding their existing SAN and NAS infrastructure while others are deploying software-defined storage (SDS) solutions with hypervisor-integrated systems and open-source solutions. Dell EMC and Dell EMC partners enable you to choose the best approach for your data center and evolve at a pace that meets your business needs.

Dell EMC Multi-protocol Switches

Dell EMC offers a comprehensive portfolio of multi-protocol switches that are ready to meet your storage connectivity needs.

Dell EMC Fibre Channel Switches

Dell EMC offers an industry leading Fibre Channel switch portfolio based on Brocade and Cisco Fibre Channel products and technology. For more than 15 years Dell EMC has been working hard to identify, validate, and offer a comprehensive line of Fibre Channel switches. Customers can purchase the following OEM products along with Dell EMC servers, storage, and networking through Dell. Additionally, customers will also benefit from industry-leading Dell EMC support and services for these products.

Deployment and Technical Guides

I/O Guides

• Dell EMC Storage Networking I/O Guide
• Dell EMC PowerEdge M-Series Blade I/O Guide

Solution Brief

• Solution Brief: Dell EMC Storage Networking for traditional SANs and SDS-based data center
• Solution Brief: Dell EMC Storage Networking for Dell EMC XC powered by Nutanix

Workloads and applications

Infrastructure

Additional documents

• Switch configuration guides for PS Series or SC series SANs
• Storage solutions technical documents

What's New!

12/06/2016 Updated list of supported physical disk drives.

Introduction  (Back to top)

This document provides information about the supported software, firmware, and hardware versions and technical specifications for the Dell EMC XC430 Web-Scale Hyperconverged Appliance.

This Support Matrix contains the latest compatibility and interoperability information. If you observe inconsistencies between this information and other documentation or references, this document supersedes all other documentation.

Supported hardware, firmware and software  (Back to top)

This chapter provides information about supported software, firmware, and hardware versions for the Dell EMC XC430 Web-Scale Hyperconverged Appliance.

Supported components

This section provides information about components supported by your hardware.

Supported physical disk drives (Back to top)

This section provides information about disks drives supported by your hardware.

Supported HBAs (Back to top)

This section provides information about Host Bus Adapters (HBA) supported by your hardware.

Supported networking (Back to top)

This section provides information about networking supported by your hardware and supported NICs.

Intel branded Network Daughter Cards (NDC) and Network Interface Cards (NIC) specify the use of only Intel branded SFP+ optical modules for use with optical cables. When ordering a system with optics, the appropriate Intel branded SFP+ optical modules are included with your order. If you already have SFP+ optical modules, ensure they are the Intel branded modules before inserting into the NDC or NIC. Twinax cables are also the supported network cables for Intel NDC and NIC.

CAUTION: Using any brand of SFP+ module other than Intel during deployment disables the 10 GbE ports. Call Dell EMC Support to recover port functionality.

WARNING: Hot-plugging an unsupported SFP+ module causes ESXi host to fail with purple diagnostic screen. Call Dell EMC Support to recover from this situation.

Supported hardware management solutions   (Back to top)

This section provides information about hardware management solutions that are supported by your hardware.

Supported management software   (Back to top)

This section provides information about components supported by your hardware.

Supported hypervisor OSs   (Back to top)

This section provides information about the hypervisor Operating Systems (OS) supported by your hardware.

Technical specifications   (Back to top)

This chapter provides technical specifications for Dell EMC XC430 Web-Scale Hyperconverged Appliance.

Physical specifications

This section provides expansion physical specifications for storage, including height, width, depth, maximum configuration weight and empty weight.

Processor specifications   (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides processor specifications required for your hardware.

Expansion bus specifications   (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides expansion bus specifications for storage, including bus type, expansion cards, and expansion slots.

Power specifications  (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides power specifications for your hardware, including wattage, heat dissipation, and
voltage.

NOTE: This system is also designed to connect to IT power systems with a phase to phase voltage not exceeding 230 V.

Memory specifications (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides memory specifications for your hardware, including architecture, memory module sockets, and memory module capacities.

Hard drive specification (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides hard drive specifications for your hardware.

Connector specifications (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides connectors specifications for your hardware, including rear, front, and internal connectors.

Video specifications (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides video specifications for storage, including type, and memory.

Environmental specifications (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides environmental specifications for storage, including temperature, relative humidity, maximum vibrations, particulate contamination, gaseous contamination, and expanded operating temperature.

NOTE: For more information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations, see Dell.com/environmental_datasheets.

Documentation matrix (Back to top)

The documentation matrix provides information about the documents that you use to configure and deploy the Dell EMC web-scale converged appliance solution.

WARNING: See the safety and regulatory information that shipped with your system. Warranty information may be included with this document or as a separate document.

Make sure that you read through any media that ships with your system that provides documentation and tools for configuring and managing your system, including those pertaining to the OS, system management software, system updates, and system components that you purchased with your system.

NOTE: URLs such as Dell.com/support or Dell.com/support/home, are not active, because you must type the URL from your location to access your specific language.

For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this document, see the Glossary at Dell.com/support/home.

NOTE: Always read the updates on Dell.com/support/home because they often supersede information in other documents.

NOTE: While upgrading your system, Dell EMC recommends that you download and install the latest BIOS, driver, and systems management firmware on your system from Dell.com/support/home.

Dell EMC documentation (Back to top)

Dell EMC documentation is either included with your shipment or available at the Dell EMC website at Dell.com/xcseriesmanuals.

Dell EMC documentation for:

• Dell iDRAC is available at Dell.com/idracmanuals.
• Dell OpenManage Essentials is available at Dell.com/openmanagemanuals.

To access Dell EMC documetation:

1. In the Dell Support page, scroll down to General Support, and then click Servers, Storage & Networking.
2. Click Engineered Solutions, click Manuals, and select the documentation you require.

Nutanix documentation (Back to top)

Nutanix documentation is found using the Nutanix portal found at https://portal.nutanix.com/#/page/docs. You must have user credentials to log in.

The required Nutanix documentation is found using various filters. Use the tables below to locate Nutanix documentation using specific filters.

Contacting Dell EMC   (Back to top)

Dell EMC provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. If you do not have an active internet connection, you can find contact information about your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell EMC product catalog. Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your area. To contact Dell EMC for sales, technical assistance, or customer-service issues:

1. Go to Dell.com/support.
2. Select your country from the drop-down menu on the lower right corner of the page.
3. For customized support:
   • Enter your system Service Tag in the Enter your Service Tag field.
   • Click Submit.
   • The support page that lists the various support categories is displayed.
4. For general support:
   • Select your product category.
   • Select your product segment.
   • Select your product. The support page that lists the various support categories is displayed.
5. For contact details of Dell EMC Global Technical Support:
   • Click Global Technical Support.
   • The Contact Technical Support page is displayed with details to call, chat, or e-mail the Dell EMC Global Technical Support team.

Quick Resource Locator 

Use the Quick Resource Locator (QRL) to get immediate access to Dell EMC XC430 solution information. This information provides access to reference documentation, a link to the Dell EMC support page, and links to hardware-specific QRL pages, which include how-to videos. You can access this information by visiting www.dell.com/QRL or by using your smartphone or tablet and scanning the QR code below. You can also click the image below to go directly to the Dell EMC XC430 QRL location.

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Rev. A07

What's New!

12/06/2016 Updated list of supported physical disk drives.

Introduction  (Back to top)

This document provides information about the supported software, firmware, and hardware versions and technical specifications for the Dell EMC XC630 Web-Scale Hyperconverged Appliance.

NOTE: This Support Matrix contains the latest compatibility and interoperability information. If you observe inconsistencies between this information and other documentation or references, this document supersedes all other documentation.

Supported hardware, firmware and software  (Back to top)

This chapter provides information about supported software, firmware, and hardware versions for the Dell EMC XC630 Web-Scale Hyperconverged Appliance.

Supported components

This section provides information about components supported by your hardware.

Supported physical disk drives (Back to top)

This section provides information about disks drives supported by your hardware.

Supported HBAs (Back to top)

This section provides information about Host Bus Adapters (HBA) supported by your hardware.

Supported networking (Back to top)

This section provides information about networking supported by your hardware and supported NICs.

Intel branded Network Daughter Cards (NDC) and Network Interface Cards (NIC) specify the use of only Intel branded SFP+ optical modules for use with optical cables. When ordering a system with optics, the appropriate Intel branded SFP+ optical modules are included with your order. If you already have SFP+ optical modules, ensure they are the Intel branded modules before inserting into the NDC or NIC. Twinax cables are also the supported network cables for Intel NDC and NIC.

CAUTION: Using any brand of SFP+ module other than Intel during deployment disables the 10 GbE ports. Call Dell EMC Support to recover port functionality.

WARNING: Hot-plugging an unsupported SFP+ module causes ESXi host to fail with purple diagnostic screen. Call Dell EMC Support to recover from this situation.

Supported hardware management solutions   (Back to top)

This section provides information about hardware management solutions that are supported by your hardware.

Supported management software   (Back to top)

This section provides information about components supported by your hardware.

Supported hypervisor OS   (Back to top)

This section provides information about the hypervisor Operating Systems (OS) supported by your hardware.

Technical specifications   (Back to top)

This chapter provides technical specifications for Dell EMC XC630 Web-Scale Hyperconverged Appliance.

Physical specifications

This section provides expansion physical specifications for storage, including height, width, depth, maximum configuration weight and empty weight.

Processor specifications   (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides processor specifications required for your hardware.

Expansion bus specifications   (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides expansion bus specifications for storage, including bus type, expansion cards, and expansion slots.

Power specifications  (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides power specifications for your hardware, including wattage, heat dissipation, and voltage.

NOTE: This system is also designed to connect to IT power systems with a phase to phase voltage not exceeding 230 V.

Memory specifications (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides memory specifications for your hardware, including architecture, memory module sockets, and memory module capacities.

Hard drive specification (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides hard drive specifications for your hardware.

Connector specifications (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides connectors specifications for your hardware, including rear, front, and internal connectors.

Video specifications (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides video specifications for storage, including type, and memory.

Environmental specifications (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides environmental specifications for storage, including temperature, relative humidity, maximum vibrations, particulate contamination, gaseous contamination, and expanded operating temperature.

NOTE: For more information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations, see Dell.com/environmental_datasheets.

Documentation matrix (Back to top)

The documentation matrix provides information about the documents that you use to configure and deploy the Dell EMC web-scale hyperconverged appliance solution.

WARNING: See the safety and regulatory information that shipped with your system. Warranty information may be included with this document or as a separate document.

Make sure that you read through any media that ships with your system that provides documentation and tools for configuring and managing your system, including those pertaining to the OS, system management software, system updates, and system components that you purchased with your system.

NOTE: URLs such as Dell.com/support or Dell.com/support/home, are not active, because you must type the URL from your location to access your specific language.

For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this document, see the Glossary at Dell.com/support/home.

NOTE: Always read the updates on Dell.com/support/home because they often supersede information in other documents.

NOTE: While upgrading your system, Dell EMC recommends that you download and install the latest BIOS, driver, and systems management firmware on your system from Dell.com/support/home.

Dell EMC documentation (Back to top)

Dell EMC documentation is either included with your shipment or available at the Dell EMC website at Dell.com/xcseriesmanuals.

Dell EMC documentation for:

• Dell iDRAC is available at Dell.com/idracmanuals.
• Dell OpenManage Essentials is available at Dell.com/openmanagemanuals.

To access Dell EMC documetation:

1. In the Dell EMC Support page, scroll down to General Support, and then click Servers, Storage & Networking.
2. Click Engineered Solutions, click Manuals , and select the documentation you require.

Nutanix documentation (Back to top)

Nutanix documentation is found using the Nutanix portal found at https://portal.nutanix.com/#/page/docs. You must have user credentials to log in.

The required Nutanix documentation is found using various filters. Use the tables below to locate Nutanix documentation using specific filters.

Contacting Dell EMC    (Back to top)

Dell EMC provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. If you do not have an active internet connection, you can find contact information about your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell EMC product catalog. Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your area. To contact Dell EMC for sales, technical assistance, or customer-service issues:

1. Go to Dell EMC .com/support.
2. Select your country from the drop-down menu on the lower right corner of the page.
3. For customized support:
   • Enter your system Service Tag in the Enter your Service Tag field.
   • Click Submit.
   • The support page that lists the various support categories is displayed.
4. For general support:
   • Select your product category.
   • Select your product segment.
   • Select your product. The support page that lists the various support categories is displayed.
5. For contact details of Dell EMC Global Technical Support:
   • Click Global Technical Support.
   • The Contact Technical Support page is displayed with details to call, chat, or e-mail the Dell EMC Global Technical Support team.

Quick Resource Locator 

Use the Quick Resource Locator (QRL) to get immediate access to Dell EMC XC630 solution information. This information provides access to reference documentation, a link to the Dell EMC support page, and links to hardware-specific QRL pages, which include how-to videos. You can access this information by visiting www.dell.com/QRL or by using your smartphone or tablet and scanning the QR code below. You can also click the image below to go directly to the Dell EMC XC630 QRL location.

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2016-12

Rev. A06

What's New!

12/06/2016 Updated list of supported physical disk drives.

Introduction  (Back to top)

This document provides information about the supported software, firmware, and hardware versions and technical specifications for the Dell EMC XC6320 Web-Scale Hyperconverged Appliance.

NOTE: This Support Matrix contains the latest compatibility and interoperability information. If you observe inconsistencies between this information and other documentation or references, this document supersedes all other documentation.

Supported hardware, firmware and software  (Back to top)

This chapter provides information about supported software, firmware, and hardware versions for the Dell EMC XC6320 Web-Scale Hyperconverged Appliance.

Supported components

This section provides information about components supported by your hardware.

Supported physical disk drives (Back to top)

This section provides information about disks drives supported by your hardware.

Supported HBAs (Back to top)

This section provides information about Host Bus Adapters (HBA) supported by your hardware.

Supported networking (Back to top)

This section provides information about networking supported by your hardware and supported NICs.

Intel branded Network Daughter Cards (NDC) and Network Interface Cards (NIC) specify the use of only Intel branded SFP+ optical modules for use with optical cables. When ordering a system with optics, the appropriate Intel branded SFP+ optical modules are included with your order. If you already have SFP+ optical modules, ensure they are the Intel branded modules before inserting into the NDC or NIC. Twinax cables are also the supported network cables for Intel NDC and NIC.

CAUTION: Using any brand of SFP+ module other than Intel during deployment disables the 10 GbE ports. Call Dell EMC Support to recover port functionality.

WARNING: Hot-plugging an unsupported SFP+ module causes ESXi host to fail with purple diagnostic screen. Call Dell EMC Support to recover from this situation.

Supported hardware management solutions   (Back to top)

This section provides information about hardware management solutions that are supported by your hardware.

Supported management software   (Back to top)

This section provides information about components supported by your hardware.

Supported hypervisor OS   (Back to top)

This section provides information about the hypervisor Operating Systems (OS) supported by your hardware.

Technical specifications   (Back to top)

This chapter provides technical specifications for Dell EMC XC6320 Web-Scale Hyperconverged Appliance.

Physical specifications

This section provides expansion physical specifications for storage, including height, width, depth, maximum configuration weight and empty weight.

Processor specifications   (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides processor specifications required for your hardware.

Power specifications  (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides power specifications for your hardware, including wattage, heat dissipation, and voltage.

NOTE: This system is also designed to connect to IT power systems with a phase to phase voltage not exceeding 230 V.

Memory specifications (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides memory specifications for your hardware, including architecture, memory module sockets, and memory module capacities.

Environmental specifications (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides environmental specifications for storage, including temperature, relative humidity, maximum vibrations, particulate contamination, gaseous contamination, and expanded operating temperature.

NOTE: For more information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations, see Dell.com/environmental_datasheets.

Documentation matrix (Back to top)

The documentation matrix provides information about the documents that you use to configure and deploy the Dell EMC web-scale hyperconverged appliance solution.

WARNING: See the safety and regulatory information that shipped with your system. Warranty information may be included with this document or as a separate document.

Make sure that you read through any media that ships with your system that provides documentation and tools for configuring and managing your system, including those pertaining to the OS, system management software, system updates, and system components that you purchased with your system.

NOTE: URLs such as Dell.com/support or Dell.com/support/home, are not active, because you must type the URL from your location to access your specific language.

For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this document, see the Glossary at Dell.com/support/home.

NOTE: Always read the updates on Dell.com/support/home because they often supersede information in other documents.

NOTE: While upgrading your system, Dell EMC recommends that you download and install the latest BIOS, driver, and systems management firmware on your system from Dell EMC .com/support/home.

Dell EMC documentation (Back to top)

Dell EMC documentation is either included with your shipment or available at the Dell EMC website at Dell.com/xcseriesmanuals.

Dell EMC documentation for:

• Dell iDRAC is available at Dell.com/idracmanuals.
• Dell OpenManage Essentials is available at Dell.com/openmanagemanuals.

To access Dell EMC documetation:

1. In the Dell Support page, scroll down to General Support, and then click Servers, Storage & Networking.
2. Click Engineered Solutions, click Manuals , and select the documentation you require.

Nutanix documentation (Back to top)

Nutanix documentation is found using the Nutanix portal found at https://portal.nutanix.com/#/page/docs. You must have user credentials to log in.

The required Nutanix documentation is found using various filters. Use the tables below to locate Nutanix documentation using specific filters.

Contacting Dell EMC    (Back to top)

Dell EMC provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. If you do not have an active internet connection, you can find contact information about your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell EMC product catalog. Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your area. To contact Dell EMC for sales, technical assistance, or customer-service issues:

1. Go to Dell.com/support.
2. Select your country from the drop-down menu on the lower right corner of the page.
3. For customized support:
   • Enter your system Service Tag in the Enter your Service Tag field.
   • Click Submit.
   • The support page that lists the various support categories is displayed.
4. For general support:
   • Select your product category.
   • Select your product segment.
   • Select your product. The support page that lists the various support categories is displayed.
5. For contact details of Dell EMC Global Technical Support:
   • Click Global Technical Support.
   • The Contact Technical Support page is displayed with details to call, chat, or e-mail the Dell EMC Global Technical Support team.

Quick Resource Locator 

Use the Quick Resource Locator (QRL) to get immediate access to Dell EMC XC6320 solution information. This information provides access to reference documentation, a link to the Dell EMC support page, and links to hardware-specific QRL pages, which include how-to videos. You can access this information by visiting www.dell.com/QRL or by using your smartphone or tablet and scanning the QR code below. You can also click the image below to go directly to the Dell EMC XC6320 QRL location.

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2016-12

Rev. A05

What's New!

12/06/2016 Updated list of supported physical disk drives. 

Introduction  (Back to top)

This document provides information about the supported software, firmware, and hardware versions and technical specifications for the Dell EMC XC730-16G Web-Scale Hyperconverged Appliance.

NOTE: This Support Matrix contains the latest compatibility and interoperability information. If you observe inconsistencies between this information and other documentation or references, this document supersedes all other documentation.

Supported hardware, firmware and software  (Back to top)

This chapter provides information about supported software, firmware, and hardware versions for the Dell EMC XC730-16G Web-Scale Hyperconverged Appliance.

Supported components

This section provides information about components supported by your hardware.

Supported physical disk drives (Back to top)

This section provides information about disks drives supported by your hardware.

Supported HBAs (Back to top)

This section provides information about Host Bus Adapters (HBA) supported by your hardware.

Supported networking (Back to top)

This section provides information about networking supported by your hardware and supported NICs.

Intel branded Network Daughter Cards (NDC) and Network Interface Cards (NIC) specify the use of only Intel branded SFP+ optical modules for use with optical cables. When ordering a system with optics, the appropriate Intel branded SFP+ optical modules are included with your order. If you already have SFP+ optical modules, ensure they are the Intel branded modules before inserting into the NDC or NIC. Twinax cables are also the supported network cables for Intel NDC and NIC.

CAUTION: Using any brand of SFP+ module other than Intel during deployment disables the 10 GbE ports. Call Dell EMC Support to recover port functionality.

WARNING: Hot-plugging an unsupported SFP+ module causes ESXi host to fail with purple diagnostic screen. Call Dell EMC Support to recover from this situation.

Supported hardware management solutions   (Back to top)

This section provides information about hardware management solutions that are supported by your hardware.

Supported management software   (Back to top)

This section provides information about components supported by your hardware.

Supported hypervisor OS   (Back to top)

This section provides information about the hypervisor Operating Systems (OS) supported by your hardware.

Technical specifications   (Back to top)

This chapter provides technical specifications for Dell EMC XC430 Web-Scale Hyperconverged Appliance.

Physical specifications

This section provides expansion physical specifications for storage, including height, width, depth, maximum configuration weight and empty weight.

Processor specifications   (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides processor specifications required for your hardware.

Expansion bus specifications   (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides expansion bus specifications for storage, including bus type, expansion cards, and expansion slots.

Power specifications  (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides power specifications for your hardware, including wattage, heat dissipation, and voltage.

NOTE: This system is also designed to connect to IT power systems with a phase to phase voltage not exceeding 230 V.

Memory specifications (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides memory specifications for your hardware, including architecture, memory module sockets, and memory module capacities.

Hard drive specification (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides hard drive specifications for your hardware.

Connector specifications (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides connectors specifications for your hardware, including rear, front, and internal connectors.

Video specifications (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides video specifications for storage, including type, and memory.

Environmental specifications (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides environmental specifications for storage, including temperature, relative humidity, maximum vibrations, particulate contamination, gaseous contamination, and expanded operating temperature.

NOTE: For more information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations, see Dell.com/environmental_datasheets.

Documentation matrix (Back to top)

The documentation matrix provides information about the documents that you use to configure and deploy the Dell EMC web-scale hyperconverged appliance solution.

WARNING: See the safety and regulatory information that shipped with your system. Warranty information may be included with this document or as a separate document.

Make sure that you read through any media that ships with your system that provides documentation and tools for configuring and managing your system, including those pertaining to the OS, system management software, system updates, and system components that you purchased with your system.

NOTE: URLs such as Dell.com/support or Dell.com/support/home, are not active, because you must type the URL from your location to access your specific language.

For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this document, see the Glossary at Dell.com/support/home.

NOTE: Always read the updates on Dell.com/support/home because they often supersede information in other documents.

NOTE: While upgrading your system, Dell EMC recommends that you download and install the latest BIOS, driver, and systems management firmware on your system from Dell.com/support/home.

Dell EMC documentation (Back to top)

Dell EMC documentation is either included with your shipment or available at the Dell EMC website at Dell.com/xcseriesmanuals.

Dell EMC documentation for:

• Dell iDRAC is available at Dell.com/idracmanuals.
• Dell OpenManage Essentials is available at Dell.com/openmanagemanuals.

To access Dell EMC documetation:

1. In the Dell EMC Support page, scroll down to General Support, and then click Servers, Storage & Networking.
2. Click Engineered Solutions, click Manuals , and select the documentation you require.

Nutanix documentation (Back to top)

Nutanix documentation is found using the Nutanix portal found at https://portal.nutanix.com/#/page/docs. You must have user credentials to log in.

The required Nutanix documentation is found using various filters. Use the tables below to locate Nutanix documentation using specific filters.

Contacting Dell EMC    (Back to top)

Dell EMC provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. If you do not have an active internet connection, you can find contact information about your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell EMC product catalog. Availability varies by country and product, and some services may not be available in your area. To contact Dell EMC for sales, technical assistance, or customer-service issues:

1. Go to Dell.com/support.
2. Select your country from the drop-down menu on the lower right corner of the page.
3. For customized support:
   • Enter your system Service Tag in the Enter your Service Tag field.
   • Click Submit.
   • The support page that lists the various support categories is displayed.
4. For general support:
   • Select your product category.
   • Select your product segment.
   • Select your product. The support page that lists the various support categories is displayed.
5. For contact details of Dell EMC Global Technical Support:
   • Click Global Technical Support.
   • The Contact Technical Support page is displayed with details to call, chat, or e-mail the Dell EMC Global Technical Support team.

Quick Resource Locator 

Use the Quick Resource Locator (QRL) to get immediate access to Dell EMC XC730-16G solution information. This information provides access to reference documentation, a link to the Dell EMC support page, and links to hardware-specific QRL pages, which include how-to videos. You can access this information by visiting www.dell.com/QRL or by using your smartphone or tablet and scanning the QR code below. You can also click the image below to go directly to the Dell EMC XC730-16G QRL location.

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2016-12

Rev. A06

What's New!

12/06/2016 Updated list of supported physical disk drives.

Introduction  (Back to top)

This document provides information about the supported software, firmware, and hardware versions and technical specifications for the Dell EMC XC730xd Web-Scale Hyperconverged Appliance.

NOTE: This Support Matrix contains the latest compatibility and interoperability information. If you observe inconsistencies between this information and other documentation or references, this document supersedes all other documentation.

Supported hardware, firmware and software  (Back to top)

This chapter provides information about supported software, firmware, and hardware versions for the Dell EMC XC730xd Web-Scale Hyperconverged Appliance.

Supported components

This section provides information about components supported by your hardware.

Supported physical disk drives (Back to top)

This section provides information about disks drives supported by your hardware.

Supported HBAs (Back to top)

This section provides information about Host Bus Adapters (HBA) supported by your hardware.

Supported networking (Back to top)

This section provides information about networking supported by your hardware and supported NICs.

Intel branded Network Daughter Cards (NDC) and Network Interface Cards (NIC) specify the use of only Intel branded SFP+ optical modules for use with optical cables. When ordering a system with optics, the appropriate Intel branded SFP+ optical modules are included with your order. If you already have SFP+ optical modules, ensure they are the Intel branded modules before inserting into the NDC or NIC. Twinax cables are also the supported network cables for Intel NDC and NIC.

CAUTION: Using any brand of SFP+ module other than Intel during deployment disables the 10 GbE ports. Call Dell EMC Support to recover port functionality.

WARNING: Hot-plugging an unsupported SFP+ module causes ESXi host to fail with purple diagnostic screen. Call Dell EMC Support to recover from this situation.

Supported hardware management solutions   (Back to top)

This section provides information about hardware management solutions that are supported by your hardware.

Supported management software   (Back to top)

This section provides information about components supported by your hardware.

Supported hypervisor OS   (Back to top)

This section provides information about the hypervisor Operating Systems (OS) supported by your hardware.

Technical specifications   (Back to top)

This chapter provides technical specifications for Dell EMC XC730xd Web-Scale Hyperconverged Appliance.

Physical specifications

This section provides expansion physical specifications for storage, including height, width, depth, maximum configuration weight and empty weight.

Processor specifications   (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides processor specifications required for your hardware.

Expansion bus specifications   (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides expansion bus specifications for storage, including bus type, expansion cards, and expansion slots.

Power specifications  (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides power specifications for your hardware, including wattage, heat dissipation, and voltage.

NOTE: This system is also designed to connect to IT power systems with a phase to phase voltage not exceeding 230 V.

Memory specifications (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides memory specifications for your hardware, including architecture, memory module sockets, and memory module capacities.

Hard drive specification (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides hard drive specifications for your hardware.

Connector specifications (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides connectors specifications for your hardware, including rear, front, and internal connectors.

Video specifications (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides video specifications for storage, including type, and memory.

Environmental specifications (Back to top)(Technical specification top)

This section provides environmental specifications for storage, including temperature, relative humidity, maximum vibrations, particulate contamination, gaseous contamination, and expanded operating temperature.

NOTE: For more information about environmental measurements for specific system configurations, see Dell.com/environmental_datasheets.