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Microsoft Hyper-v Beta Tested Hardware List
January 10th, 2008 under Dell, AMD, Hitachi, x86 Virtualization, Intel, Sun, Enterprise Computing, Virtualization, News

Hardware requirements

Hyper-V requires an x64-based processor, hardware-assisted virtualization, and hardware data execution protection. The following hardware has been tested extensively and is suitable for use with Hyper-V. Some of the hardware requires an update to the BIOS, as noted. This list does not imply support of the platform for Hyper-V by the respective vendors.

Manufacturer Model Processor

Dell

PowerEdge 6850

Intel with BIOS A05 or later

Dell


PowerEdge 6950

AMD with BIOS 1.2.12 or later

Dell

PowerEdge 2950

Intel with BIOS 1.5.1 or later

HP

Proliant DL585 G2

AMD with ROM family A07 or later

HP

Proliant DL385 G2

AMD

HP

Proliant DL580 G5

Intel with ROM family P61 or later

HP

Proliant DL380 G5

Intel with ROM family P56 or later

NEC

Express 5800 120Ri-2

Intel

Vendor-tested hardware

The additional hardware listed below has been tested and reported as being suitable for use with Hyper-V by the respective vendors. By no means does the list below imply any support commitment by Microsoft or the manufacturer. In addition, the list below does not imply that the listed hardware will be supported with Hyper-V at final release. The most current BIOS revision is required for all systems listed below.

Manufacturer Model Processor

Dell PowerEdge Servers

PowerEdge 1900

Intel

Dell PowerEdge Servers

PowerEdge 1950

Intel

Dell PowerEdge Servers

PowerEdge 1955

Intel

Dell PowerEdge Servers

PowerEdge 2900

Intel

Dell PowerEdge Servers

PowerEdge 2970

AMD

Fujitsu

Primergy TX120

Intel

Fujitsu

Primergy BX620 S4

Intel

Fujitsu Siemens Computers

PRIMERGY TX120 S1

Intel

Fujitsu Siemens Computers

PRIMERGY TX150 S6

Intel

Fujitsu Siemens Computers

PRIMERGY TX200 S4

Intel

Fujitsu Siemens Computers

PRIMERGY TX300 S4

Intel

Fujitsu Siemens Computers

PRIMERGY RX200 S4

Intel

Fujitsu Siemens Computers

PRIMERGY RX300 S4

Intel

Fujitsu Siemens Computers

PRIMERGY RX330 S1

AMD

Fujitsu Siemens Computers

PRIMERGY RX600 S4

Intel

Fujitsu Siemens Computers

PRIMERGY BX620 S4

Intel

Hitachi

HA8000/20W (20UF)

Intel

Hitachi

HA8000/130W (130CF)

Intel

Hitachi

Bladesymphony BS320 Server Blade

Intel

HP

Proliant DL360 G5

Intel

HP

Proliant DL365

AMD

HP

Proliant ML350 G5

Intel

HP

Proliant ML370 G5

Intel

HP

Proliant BL460c

Intel

HP

Proliant BL465c

AMD

HP

Proliant BL480c

Intel

HP

Proliant BL680c G5

Intel

HP

Proliant BL685c

AMD

IBM

IBM System x3455

AMD

IBM

IBM System x3550

Intel

IBM

IBM System x3650

Intel

IBM

IBM System x3655

AMD

IBM

IBM System x3755

AMD

IBM

IBM System x3850 M2

Intel

IBM

IBM System x3950

Intel

IBM

IBM BladeCenter HS21 XM

Intel

NEC

Express5800/120Li

Intel

NEC

Express5800/120Eh

Intel

NEC

Express5800/120Rg-1

Intel

NEC

Express5800/120Rh-1

Intel

NEC

Express5800/120Rj-2

Intel

Sun

Sun Fire X4150

Intel

Sun

Sun Fire X4450

Intel

Sun

Sun Fire X4600 M2

AMD

Sun

Sun Blade X6220

AMD

Sun

Sun Blade X6250

Intel

Sun

Sun Blade X8440

AMD

Unisys

ES7000

Intel

Source of Information: Microsoft.com Release Notes for this Release of Hyper-V



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