3The Drivers are applicable to DX6000 platform only as DX6012S and DX6004S run PXE bootable image from DX6000 that has embedded OS, Drivers and Application.

Table 4 lists the supported network interface controllers (NICs), supported firmware and driver versions.

Platform

NIC

Firmware Revision

Driver Revision

DX6000; DX6012S; DX6004S

Broadcom® NetXtreme™ II

5.2.0 or later

14.2.0 or later4

DX6000; DX6012S

Intel® PRO PCI-E Gigabit (2007)

N/A

11.2 or later4

Table 4. Supported Network Interface Controllers

4The Drivers are applicable to DX6000 platform only as DX6012S and DX6004S run PXE bootable image from DX6000 that has embedded OS, Drivers and Application.

Table 5 lists supported remote access controllers (iDRAC) and corresponding firmware versions.

Platform

iDRAC

Firmware Revision

DX6000

iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise (optional)

1.41 or later

DX6012S

iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise (optional)

1.41 or later

DX6004S

iDRAC Express or iDRAC Enterprise (optional)

1.54 or later

Table 5. Supported Remote Access Controllers

Supported Software

This section lists the supported operating systems and applications on the DX Object Storage Platform. Dell DX Object Storage Platform Compatibility Manager can be used to determine software component versions.

Supported Operating System

Table 6 lists the supported operating systems for the DX Object Storage Platform Software.

Platform

DX Platform Software

OS Support

DX6000

1.0

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5.3 64-bit

 

2.0.0

Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5.5 64-bit

Table 6. Supported Operating Systems

Note: DX Object Storage Platform is not intended to be used as a web server or host any other services other than those specified in this document.

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DX6000, DX6012S, DX6004S specifications

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