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Dell EMC XC940 XC Series Appliance and XC Core

System Support Matrix

December 2020

Summary of content (14 pages)

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Dell EMC XC940 XC Series Appliance and XC Core System Support Matrix December 2020 Dell EMC Support Matrix
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Revisions Revisions Date Description December 2020 Updated the following sections: • • September 2020 Updated the following sections: • • • June 2020 Supported components Supported NDCs Updated the following sections: • • • Supported components Supported hypervisor OS Supported management software February 2020 Updated the Supported hypervisor OS section January 2020 Updated Supported NIC section October 2019 Updated Supported NIC section June 24, 2019 Added supported CPUs and supported me
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Revisions • February 2019 Supported Management Software Updated the following sections: • • • Updated Supported NDCs Updated Supported NICs Supported Management Software Added Encryption Restrictions section December 2018 Updated the following sections: • • • • BIOS and iDRAC versions Supported NDCs Supported NICs Supported hypervisor OS August 2018 Updated content to include XC Core System March 2018 Initial release The information in this publication is provided “as is.” Dell Inc.
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Table of contents Table of contents Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Table of contents ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Introduction ................................................................................................
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Introduction Introduction The information in this document applies to both, Dell EMC XC Series appliances as well as the Dell EMC XC Core System offering. Sections or information that apply to only one of the offerings (XC Series or XC Core) will be called out explicitly. This document provides information about the supported software, firmware, and hardware versions and technical specifications for the Dell EMC XC940 Series Hyper-Converged Appliance.
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1 Supported hardware, firmware and software This chapter provides information about supported software, firmware, and hardware versions for the Dell EMC XC940 Series Hyper-Converged Appliance. NOTE: Future updates to this document may remove firmware versions because Nutanix LCM is the prescribed method to update the appliance. 1.1 Supported components This section provides information about components supported by your hardware.
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Component Skylake Model Cascade Lake Model 8160 8280 8160M 8280M Cascade Lake Refresh 8164 8168 8170 8176 8176M 8180 8180M BIOS 1.2.11 and later iDRAC support 3.15.15.15 or later Memory capability Skylake 16Gb RDIMM 32Gb RDIMM 64Gb LRDIMM 64Gb RDIMM 128Gb LRDIMM 2666 2666 2666 NA 2666 Support Shelf Platinum-82xx Gold-62xx Gold-52xx Silver-42xx 1.
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1.2.1 Form Factor Capacity Type Vendor 2.5” 2.4 TB SAS SED HDD Dell EMC Supported 2.5" 480 GB SATA SSD Dell EMC Supported 2.5" 960 GB SATA SSD Dell EMC Supported 2.5" 1920 GB SATA SSD Dell EMC Supported 2.5" 3840 GB SATA SSD Dell EMC Supported 2.5" 400 GB SAS SSD Dell EMC Supported 2.5" 480 GB SAS SSD Dell EMC Supported 2.5" 800 GB SAS SSD Dell EMC Supported 2.5" 960 GB SAS SSD Dell EMC Supported 2.5" 1600 GB SAS SSD Dell EMC Supported 2.
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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. 1.4 Supported NICs and NDCs This sections specified the supported NICs and NDCs. NOTE: Mellanox supported with AOS 5.6.1 and later. Broadcom supported with AOS 5.16 and later. Broadcom is not supported under Hyper-V.
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1.5 Supported management software This section provides information about components supported by your hardware. Supported management software 1.6 Name AOS version (Skylake) AOS version (Cascade lake) AHV 5.1 or later 5.10.3.2 or later Windows Server 2016 5.5.0.4 or later 5.10.3.2 or later Windows Server 2019 5.17 or later 5.17 or later ESXi 6.0U3 (EOL date 3/12/2020) 5.1 or later 5.10.3.2 or later ESXi 6.5d 5.1 or later 5.10.3.2 or later ESXi 6.7 (all updates) 5.9 or later 5.10.3.
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2 Documentation matrix The documentation matrix provides information about the documents that you use to configure and deploy the Dell EMC Series 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.
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2.2 To learn about... Refer to...
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To learn about... Acropolis base document name Distributed VM management services for Nutanix nodes with Acropolis hypervisor (AHV). Acropolis App Mobility Fabric Guide Nutanix support of containers through Acropolis Container Services. Acropolis Container Services Guide Set up instructions for your solution. Field Installation Guide Software instructions for hardware components that are not functioning.
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3 Contacting Dell EMC 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: 3. Go to Dell.com/support. 4.