Dell DX6004S, DX6000 manual Supported Hardware, Bios Versions, Hard Drives, Supported Controllers

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Dell™ DX Object Storage Platform Interoperability Guide

This document provides information about the supported hardware and software versions for Dell™ DX Object Storage Platform systems.

Supported Hardware

This section lists the hardware supported by DX Object Storage Platform. Where applicable, firmware and driver versions are also listed.

BIOS Versions

Table 1 lists the BIOS version supported by the DX6000 system.

Platform

BIOS Version Supported

DX6000

2.0.13 or later

DX6012S

1.2.12 or later

DX6004S

1.0.0 or later

Table 1. Supported System BIOS

Hard Drives

The DX Object Storage Platform supports internal 3.5-inch hard drives only. Table 2 lists the supported hard drives and RAID types.

Platform

Hot-swappable (Yes/No)

Raid Type

Drives

 

 

 

 

DX6000

Yes

Raid 5

3.5-inch SATA 250GB or 1TB and

3.5-inch NearLine SAS 500GB or 1TB

 

 

 

DX6012S

No1

No RAID

3.5-inch SATA 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, or 2TB and

 

 

 

3.5-inch NearLine SAS 500GB, 1TB, or 2TB

DX6004S

No1

No RAID

3.5-inch SATA 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, or 2TB and

 

 

 

3.5-inch NearLine SAS 500GB, 1TB, or 2TB

Table 2. Supported Hard drives

 

 

1Hot removal of drive is supported. Reinserting or adding a new hard drive requires reboot of the DX6012S and DX6004S.

Supported Controllers

Table 3 lists the supported RAID controllers, supported firmware, and driver versions.

Platform

Controller

RAID

Number of

Firmware Revision

BIOS Revision

Driver

Type

Controller

Controllers

Revision

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DX6000

Internal

H700

1

12.0.1-00 or later

12.0.1-00 or later2

4.17-2 or later

DX6012S

Internal

H200

1

07.02.42.00 or later

07.11.01.00 or later2

N/A3

DX6004S

Internal

H200

1

07.02.42.00 or later

07.11.01.00 or later2

N/A3

Table 3. Supported RAID Controllers

2Dell DX Compatibility Manager and DX Storage Node Console report RAID controller BIOS Revisions. The corresponding RAID controller firmware updates available at www.support.dell.com are referenced by Firmware Revision.

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DX6000, DX6012S, DX6004S specifications

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