Owner's Manual

ESX 4 Deployment Guide 9
Supported Configurations
This section provides information about currently shipping systems only.
NOTE: For a complete list of Dell-supported systems, see VMware ESX/ESXi 4 on
Dell PowerEdge Systems and Storage Compatibility Matrix at
support.dell.com/manuals.
NOTE: SAS/SATA drives mentioned under Table 1, Table 2, and Table 3 also
include SSDs.
Table 1 lists the currently shipping modular-based Dell PowerEdge systems
that support ESX.
Table 1. Modular-Based PowerEdge Systems
PowerEdge M820 Configuration
Processor Intel Xeon processor E5-4600 product family
Minimum Memory 4 GB
Internal Storage Up to four 2.5 inch SAS/SATA disks
Internal Flash Memory Supported SD memory card
Internal Storage Adapter PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H310,
PERC H710, and PERC H710P
External Disk Storage Adapter Not applicable
Fibre Channel HBA All supported HBAs
Networking BCM 57810S bNDC, Intel X520 bNDC,
Qlogic QMD8262-k bNDC, and supported
peripheral NICs
Remote Access Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller
(iDRAC)7