<p><a href="#Intro">Introduction to PERC</a></p>
<p><a href="#PERC">Why PERC?</a></p>
<p><a href="#Docu">Documentation</a></p>
<p><a href="#Vid">Videos</a></p>
<h3><a id="Intro"></a>Introduction to PERC</h3>
<p>The PowerEdge RAID Controllers supported on 12th and 13th generation of Dell systems are:</p>
<ul>
<li>PERC 9 &ndash; The PERC 9 series of cards consist of PERC H830, H730, H730P, H330, FD33xS, FD33xD, HBA330 and 12 GbpS SAS HBA cards. The PERC H730, H730P, and H330 cards are internal cards, PERC H830 is an external card, and 12 Gbps SAS is a Host Bus Adapter (HBA).</li>
</ul>
<p>High-level specifications:</p>
<ul>
<li>The PERC H830, H730, H730P, FD33xS, FD33xD cards support up to RAID 60 and also provide non-volatile cache memory.</li>
<li>The PERC H330 card supports up to RAID 50 and does not support non-volatile cache memory.</li>
<li>The Dell 12 Gbps SAS HBA controller provides physical disk drive interface with no-RAID capability.</li>
</ul>
<p>Form Factors:</p>
<ul>
<li>The PERC H730 and H330 cards are available in Adapter (low profile and full height), Mini Monolithic, and Mini Blade form factors for internal storage and tape devices.</li>
<li>The PERC H830 is only available in the Adapter (low profile and full height) form factor.</li>
<li>The PERC H730P is available in the Adapter (low profile and full height), Slim, and Mini Monolithic form factors for internal storage.</li>
<li>The 12 Gbps SAS HBA controller is available in low-profile and full-height form factor for external storage.</li>
<li>The PERC HBA330 card is available in Adapter (low profile and full height) and Mini Monolithic form factors.</li>
<li>PERC 8 &ndash; The PERC 8 series of cards consist of PERC H810, H710, H710P, H310, and 6 GbpS SAS HBA cards. The PERC H710, H710P, and H310 cards are internal cards, PERC H810 is an external card, and 6 GbpS SAS is a Host Bus Adapter (HBA).</li>
</ul>
<p>High-level specifications:</p>
<ul>
<li>The PERC H810, H710, and H710P cards support up to RAID 60 and also provide non-volatile cache memory.</li>
<li>The PERC H310 card supports up to RAID 50 and does not support non-volatile cache memory.</li>
</ul>
<p>Form Factor:</p>
<ul>
<li>The PERC H810 is only available in the Adapter form factor.</li>
</ul>
<p>The PERC H710P, H710, and H310 are available in Adapter, Mini Mono, and Mini Blade form factors.</p>
<h3><a id="PERC"></a>Why PERC?</h3>
<p>As enterprise data requirements continue to increase, deploying powerful, easy-to-manage RAID solutions become essential for organizations seeking to simplify their IT environments, while increasing controller and storage reliability, and server uptime. The Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) line of storage controllers has evolved to address these data storage requirements, providing innovative features to help support complex server-based storage environments, increase server uptime, and reduce administrative burdens.</p>
<p>The Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) line of storage controllers offers the following high level features:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/PowerEdge-RAID-Controller-H730P-Spec-Sheet.pdf">Enterprise data protection</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/PowerEdge-RAID-Controller-H730P-Spec-Sheet.pdf">Intuitive RAID management</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Enhanced-rebuild-prioritization?guid=GUID-2B87D691-C539-480E-B756-6C6F787F59E9&amp;lang=en-us">Enhanced rebuild prioritization </a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Secure-firmware-update?guid=GUID-D9572694-42F0-4E10-89D5-A668B4C50FCE&amp;lang=en-us">Secure firmware update</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Improved-RAID-10-configuration?guid=GUID-79C58F91-6FD9-4882-8EB9-2558245966D3&amp;lang=en-us">Improved RAID 10 configuration</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Reconfiguration-of-virtual-disks?guid=GUID-AAD79692-439F-4743-BFBE-1F054957CD49&amp;lang=en-us">Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/4/SLN156106">Online RAID Level Migration (RLM)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Controller-cache-preservation?guid=GUID-AB3E6FF3-97E4-4A2A-A654-135293EC3857&amp;lang=en-us">Controller cache preservation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Consistency-checks?guid=GUID-B2ADA743-F497-489E-9A1E-86CD8B72411D&amp;lang=en-us">Consistency check</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Physical-disk-power-management?guid=GUID-350A966A-ADB1-4D94-848B-B21677F5430A&amp;lang=en-us">Physical disk power management</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/240-virtual-disk-support-for-H830?guid=GUID-26FE62D5-A15E-4651-95A9-C012897675AF&amp;lang=en-us">240 virtual disk support for H830</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/PERC-9-personality-management?guid=GUID-BC0AAC4E-F574-4202-9379-BE3A4D6A142C&amp;lang=en-us">PERC 9 personality management</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/FastPath?guid=GUID-F47396F8-B45D-4C95-86FD-FF00A09EDE61&amp;lang=en-us">FastPath</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Disk-striping?guid=GUID-747AC17A-F617-42EF-A9DA-81C780B06284&amp;lang=en-us">Support for stripe size up to 1 MB</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Fast-initialization?guid=GUID-E832B34B-BE0D-4A18-B977-AEB861B7DA81&amp;lang=en-us">Fast initialization</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h830/PERC9UGPublication/Redundant-path-support-for-PERC-H830?guid=GUID-20F368D3-082B-43DE-90EA-96919BE3F9CF&amp;lang=en-us">Redundant path support for PERC H830</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-s130/SW130_UG_Pub/TRIM-for-SSDs?guid=GUID-4A9C2BC7-F556-461A-8B05-D1BA3F4D8FBC&amp;lang=en-us">TRIM for SSDs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/PowerEdge-RAID-Controller-H730P-Spec-Sheet.pdf">NVRAM Wipe</a></li>
</ul>
<h3><a id="Docu"></a>Documentation</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-rc-h830/manuals">PowerEdge RAID Controller H830</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h830/PERC9UGPublication/Overview?guid=GUID-389A7265-334E-4CE3-9FED-1D0A509EFDC4&amp;lang=en-us">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/Dell-PowerEdge-RAID-Controller-H830.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-rc-h730/manuals">PowerEdge RAID Controller H730</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730/PERC9UGPublication/Overview?guid=GUID-389A7265-334E-4CE3-9FED-1D0A509EFDC4&amp;lang=en-us">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/Dell-PowerEdge-RAID-Controller-H730.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-rc-h730p/manuals">PowerEdge RAID Controller H730p</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h730p/PERC9UGPublication/Overview?guid=GUID-389A7265-334E-4CE3-9FED-1D0A509EFDC4&amp;lang=en-us">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/PowerEdge-RAID-Controller-H730P-Spec-Sheet.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-rc-h330/manuals">PowerEdge RAID Controller H330</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/poweredge-rc-h330/PERC9UGPublication/Overview?guid=GUID-389A7265-334E-4CE3-9FED-1D0A509EFDC4&amp;lang=en-us">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/Dell-PowerEdge-RAID-Controller-H330.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/dell-sas-hba-12gbps/manuals">12 GbpS SAS HBA</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/dell-sas-hba-12gbps/12GBPSSASUGPublication-v1/Overview?guid=GUID-77548172-7066-4924-B54C-B7E41833D0AC&amp;lang=en-us">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/Dell-PowerEdge-12Gbps-SAS-HBA.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-rc-h810/manuals">PowerEdge RAID Controller H810</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/common/rc_h310_h710_h710p_h810_ug_en-us.pdf">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/Documents/dell-perc-h810-spec-sheet.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-rc-h710/manuals">PowerEdge RAID Controller H710</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/common/rc_h310_h710_h710p_h810_ug_en-us.pdf">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/Documents/dell-perc-h710-spec-sheet.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-rc-h710p/manuals">PowerEdge RAID Controller H710P</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/common/rc_h310_h710_h710p_h810_ug_en-us.pdf">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/Documents/dell-perc-h710p-spec-sheet.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/poweredge-rc-h310/manuals">PowerEdge RAID Controller H310</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/common/rc_h310_h710_h710p_h810_ug_en-us.pdf">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/Documents/dell-perc-h310-spec-sheet.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/dell-sas-hba-6gbps/manuals">6 GbpS SAS HBA</a></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_dell_adapters/dell-sas-hba-6gbps_user%27s%20guide_en-us.pdf">Owner&rsquo;s Manual</a></li>
<li><a href="http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/Documents/dell-6gbps-sas-ita-spec-sheet.pdf">Spec sheet</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Other links:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/4/SLN156106">Reconfiguration Of Virtual Disks on the PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H310, H710, H710P, and H810</a></li>
</ul>
<h3><a id="Vid"></a>Videos</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe5xhhyFjDPduNxmueQmysJfMMNrYl6rO">Dell PERC - Controller Operations</a>Playlist on YouTube</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC3hhoj-huo">Auto Configure to RAID 0 on Dell PERC 9 or later</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVLCOrU69bc">Setting the Power Saving mode to Maximum on Dell PERC</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mhm60ibkaYQ&amp;feature=youtu.be">Setting the Power Saving mode to Balanced on Dell PERC</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l41rhE79vqU&amp;feature=youtu.be">Conversion from RAID to HBA mode on Dell PERC 9 or later</a></li>
<li>C<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDw8jYr4puE&amp;feature=youtu.be">onversion from HBA to RAID mode on Dell PERC 9 or later</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYlz3UonFio">Change controller properties of Dell PERC card</a></li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe5xhhyFjDPfRy10X282j48_RVpqvkm04">Dell PERC &ndash; Virtual Disk Operations</a> Playlist on YouTube</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh_ZqE7foy8">Performing reconfiguration for RAID level 10 on PERC Controller</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDYeW5pp9eY&amp;list=PLe5xhhyFjDPfRy10X282j48_RVpqvkm04&amp;index=1">Clearing Foreign Configuration Using Virtual Disk Management Menu</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoy0wQ2VP7w&amp;list=PLe5xhhyFjDPfRy10X282j48_RVpqvkm04&amp;index=2">Importing Foreign Configurations Using the Virtual Disk Management Menu</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zJFXZco2Yw&amp;list=PLe5xhhyFjDPfRy10X282j48_RVpqvkm04&amp;index=3">Importing virtual disk configuration of a RAID Controller from 11G to 12G server</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfz2GaCRHaM&amp;list=PLe5xhhyFjDPfRy10X282j48_RVpqvkm04&amp;index=4">Importing virtual disk configuration of a RAID Controller from 12G to 13G server</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L0KNMAtu1o&amp;index=5&amp;list=PLe5xhhyFjDPfRy10X282j48_RVpqvkm04">Securing and Importing the Secure Virtual disks on PERC 9 RAID Controller</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkFDzerdD0w">Performing Online Capacity Expansion on PERC controller</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SAr8Qzum8s">Reconfiguring RAID level from RAID 1 to RAID 6 on PERC controller</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKXYsF9kGZ4">Performing RAID level reconfiguration from RAID 5 to RAID 0 on PERC Controller</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsvVpvdWIWY">Creating RAID levels by using different strip sizes and read or write policies on Dell PERC</a></li>
</ul>

Introduction to NVMe PCIe SSD

NVMe PCIe SSD features

Documentation

Introduction to NVMe PCIe SSD

NVMe is a standardized, high performance host controller interface that uses solid-state devices on a PCI Express bus (PCIe SSDs).

Dell offers two NVMe PCIe SSD adapters:

• SM1715

NVMe PCIe SSD features

The Dell PowerEdge NVMe PCIe SSD line of storage controllers offers the following high level features:

• Hot swap
• Device health
• SMART
• Remaining rated write endurance
• Device write status

Documentation

• Dell PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5–inch Small Form Factor
  • Owner’s Manual
  • Spec sheet 

• Dell PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD Adapter
  • Owner’s Manual
  • Spec sheet 

• Dell PowerEdge Express Flash PCIe SSD
  • Owner’s Manual
  • Spec sheet

Introduction to Shared PERC

High-level Shared PERC 8 specifications

Shared PERC features

Documentation

Introduction to Shared PERC 

The Shared PERC 8 cards are available in the following form factors:

• Shared PERC 8 internal card – manages the internal storage on the VRTX enclosure. The Shared PERC 8 Internal cards are connected on the PERC slots labeled PERC1 and PERC2.
• Shared PERC 8 external card – extends storage capacity by allowing server modules to access up to two external JBODs. The Shared PERC 8 External cards are connected through PCIe slots 5 and 6 on the VRTX system. Shared PERC 8 External card supports MD1200 or MD1220 JBOD.

The Shared PERC 8 Internal and External cards are two separate SAS domains. The PowerEdge VRTX system is available in the following configurations for both internal and external cards:

Single Non-Fault Shared PERC 8 Card Configuration: In this configuration, the controllers do not mirror their cache. The default cache policy for virtual disks created in this configuration is write-back. In this mode, the write completion information is returned to the host after the data is written to the Shared PERC 8 controller’s cache.

Dual Fault Tolerant Shared PERC 8 Card Configuration: In this configuration, there are two Shared PERC 8 cards configured in an active-passive cluster. Both controllers can access the same storage subsystem. However, only the active controller provides the data access. If one of the Shared PERC 8 cards fails, the other Shared PERC 8 card takes control in a seamless transition. The default cache policy for virtual disks created in this configuration is write-back.

NOTE: For Shared PERC 8 External controllers, the Fault Tolerance option must be set by the user and the required cabling topology must be used.

Dual Non-Fault Tolerant Shared PERC 8 External Cards Configuration: In this configuration, the PowerEdge VRTX system contains two Shared PERC 8 External cards where both are cabled to separate JBODs creating separate SAS domains. If one Shared PERC 8 External card fails, access to the storage 8 subsystem attached to that card is lost. This configuration option is not available for Shared PERC 8 Internal cards. However, migration of disks from Shared PERC 8 internal to external cards is possible as long as they have the same firmware.

Note: This configuration is only available for external cards.

The Shared PERC 8 Internal card controls the internal storage enclosure on the VRTX chassis. 

High-level Shared PERC 8 specifications

Shared PERC Features

The Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) line of storage controllers offers the following high level features: 

• Advanced VRTX enclosure storage management
• Enhanced JBOD support
• Physical disk power management
• Consistency checks
• Virtual disk initialization: You can initialize virtual disk in three ways:
  • Background Initialization
  • Full Initialization of virtual disks
  • Fast Initialization of virtual disks
• Disk roaming
• FastPath
• Virtual disk migration
• Virtual disk cache policies
• Fault tolerance
• Patrol Read
• Multipath support

Documentation

• Dell PowerEdge VRTX Enclosure
  • Owner's Manual
  • Spec sheet

Introduction to Software RAID

Software RAID features

Documentation

Videos

Introduction to Software RAID

The available Dell software RAID solutions are:

• S130 – supports all the 13G PowerEdge systems.
• S110 – supports all the 12G PowerEdge systems.
• S100 – supports all the 10G and 11G PowerEdge systems.

Note: The S130 is not supported on PowerEdge R940, C6320, and C6320p systems.

You can configure the RAID system, create and manage multiple disk groups, control and monitor multiple RAID systems, and provide online maintenance by using:

• BIOS Configuration Utility (Ctrl+R)
• Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) RAID Configuration Utility
• Dell OpenManage Storage Management
• Lifecycle Controller

Software RAID features

The Dell PowerEdge Software RAID Controller line of storage controllers offers the following high level features: 

• Simplified storage management
• Physical disk roaming
• Physical disk hot-swapping
• Physical disk power management
• Fault tolerance
• SMART
• TRIM for SSDs
• Background Array Scan
• Online capacity expansion
• Virtual disk migrations
• Virtual disk rebuild
• Checkpointing

Documentation

• PowerEdge RAID Controller S130
  • Owner’s Manual
• PowerEdge RAID Controller S110
  • Owner’s Manual
  • Spec sheet
• PowerEdge RAID Controller S100
  • Owner’s Manual

Videos

Installing Windows/Linux operating systems on Dell SWRAID controllers playlist

1. Installing Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 on PERC S130 controller by using virtual media in UEFI mode
2. Installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Service Pack 1 on PERC S130 controller by using virtual media
3. Swapping RAID type between Windows and Linux operating systems by using software RAID HII
4. To enable software RAID on Dell’s 13th generation of PowerEdge systems or later

What's New!

02/01/2017 Updated list of supported BIOS and iDRAC versions.

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 Hyper-converged 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 Hyper-converged Appliance.

Supported components

This section provides information about components supported by your hardware.

Validated BIOS and iDRAC versions

Each row in the table here represents the validated BIOS and iDRAC version pair.

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.

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 text box.
   • 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 XC730xd 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 XC730xd QRL location.

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The information in this publication is provided “as is.” Dell Inc. makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the information in this publication, and specifically disclaims implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Use, copying, and distribution of any software described in this publication requires an applicable software license.

Copyright © 2017 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners. Published in the USA. [2/1/2017]

Rev. A07

What's New!

02/01/2017 Updated list of supported BIOS and iDRAC versions.

Introduction  (Back to top)

This document provides information about the supported software, firmware, and hardware versions and technical specifications for theDell EMC XC730xd-12C Web-Scale Hyper-converged 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-12C Web-Scale Hyper-converged Appliance.

Supported components

This section provides information about components supported by your hardware.

Validated BIOS and iDRAC versions

Each row in the table here represents the validated BIOS and iDRAC version pair.

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 Hyper-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 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 text box.
   • 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 XC730xd-12C solution information. This information provides access to reference documentation, a link to the Dell 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 XC730xd-12C QRL location.

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The information in this publication is provided “as is.” Dell Inc. makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the information in this publication, and specifically disclaims implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Use, copying, and distribution of any software described in this publication requires an applicable software license.

Copyright © 2017 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries.

Other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners. Published in the USA. [2/1/2017]

Rev. A07

What's New!

02/01/2017 Updated list of supported BIOS and iDRAC versions.

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 Hyper-converged 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 Hyper-converged Appliance.

Supported components

This section provides information about components supported by your hardware.

Validated BIOS and iDRAC versions

Each row in the table here represents the validated BIOS and iDRAC version pair.

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 text box.
   • 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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The information in this publication is provided “as is.” Dell Inc. makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the information in this publication, and specifically disclaims implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Use, copying, and distribution of any software described in this publication requires an applicable software license.

Copyright © 2017 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners. Published in the USA. [2/1/2017]

Rev. A07

What's New!

02/01/2017 Updated list of supported BIOS and iDRAC versions.

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 Hyper-converged 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 Hyper-converged Appliance.

Supported components

This section provides information about components supported by your hardware.

Validated BIOS and iDRAC versions

Each row in the table here represents the validated BIOS and iDRAC version pair.

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 appliance.

Supported networking (Back to top)

This section provides information about networking supported by your appliance 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 appliance.

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 appliance.

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 appliance.

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 appliance.

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 Hyper-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 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 text box.
   • 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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The information in this publication is provided “as is.” Dell Inc. makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the information in this publication, and specifically disclaims implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Use, copying, and distribution of any software described in this publication requires an applicable software license.

Copyright © 2017 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners. Published in the USA. [2/1/2017]

Dell EMC believes the information in this document is accurate as of its publication date. The information is subject to change without notice.

2017-2

Rev. A07

What's New!

02/01/2017 Added validated BIOS and iDRAC versions.

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 Hyper-converged 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 Hyper-converged Appliance.

Supported components

This section provides information about components and validated BIOS and iDRAC versions supported by your hardware.

Validated BIOS and iDRAC versions

Each row in the table here represents the validated BIOS and iDRAC version pair.

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 Hyper-converged 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 hyper-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 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 text box.
   • 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 email 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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The information in this publication is provided “as is.” Dell Inc. makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the information in this publication, and specifically disclaims implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Use, copying, and distribution of any software described in this publication requires an applicable software license.

Copyright © 2017 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. Other trademarks may be the property of their respective owners. Published in the USA. [2/1/2017]

Dell EMC believes the information in this document is accurate as of its publication date. The information is subject to change without notice.

2017-2

Rev. A06

What's New!

02/01/2017 Updated list of supported BIOS and iDRAC versions.

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 Hyper-converged 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 Hyper-converged Appliance.

Supported components

This section provides information about components and validate BIOS and iDRAC versions supported by your hardware.

Validated BIOS and iDRAC versions

Each row in the table here represents the validated BIOS and iDRAC version pair.

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 appliance.

Supported management software   (Back to top)

This section provides information about components supported by your appliance.

Supported hypervisor OSs   (Back to top)

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

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.