Dell Qualified: Dell™ Engineering has successfully tested and validated the current and immediately preceding released operating system (OS) version on Dell PowerEdge™ Servers. Dell adheres to all published partner test plans to ensure OS compatibility and provides full technical support for the Dell hardware components running on the OS. Dell Qualified systems have OpenManage support.
Note for Windows Customers
Certified for Windows®: This system meets Microsoft standards for compatibility and best practices with the Windows Server® operating system. For more information regarding this certification, please visit http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/content.aspx?ctf=logo.htm
Note for Linux Customers
This system meets Red Hat and Novell standards, respectively, for compatibility and best practices with Red Hat Enterprise Linux® and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server®. For more information regarding the Red Hat certifications, click here, and for Novell certifications, click here.

  Dell Supported: Dell Engineering has successfully tested and validated only the current operating system (OS) version on Dell PowerEdge Servers. Dell adheres to all published partner test plans to ensure OS compatibility and provides full technical support for the Dell hardware components running on the OS. Dell Supported systems do not have OpenManage support.

  Dell Limited: Dell PowerEdge servers’ support of the operating system (OS) is limited to a virtual environment as a guest OS. Please contact the software vendor for additional support or questions about running the OS in a virtualized environment.

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