46 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
10 Operating systems and virtualization
The Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd support a wide range of industry-standard operating systems
and virtualization software.
Supported operating systems
Table 24 lists the primary operating systems supported on the R720 and R720xd. For the latest
information on supported operating systems, see Dell.com/OSsupport.
Table 24. Primary operating system support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8
1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3
2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for HPC
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
x64
(with Microsoft
Hyper-V role enabled)
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011
3
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 with SP2
x64
(with Microsoft
Hyper-V role enabled)
Web
Standard
Enterprise
Data center
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1
x64
(with Hyper-V role
enabled)
Web
Standard
Enterprise
Data center
HPC
1
RHEL 5.7 is the minimum supported version. Current drop in box option is RHEL 5.8.
2
RHEL 6.1 is the minimum supported version. Current factory install is RHEL 6.3.
3
Not validated for use with GPUs.