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

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.