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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

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

3.5-inch SATA 250GB or 1TB and
3.5-inch NearLine SAS 500GB or 1TB

Table 2. Supported Hard drives
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Hot 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.
RAID
Controller
H700
H200

Number of
Controllers
1
1

Firmware Revision

BIOS Revision

DX6000
DX6012S

Controller
Type
Internal
Internal

12.0.1-00 or later
07.02.42.00 or later

12.0.1-00 or later2
07.11.01.00 or later2

Driver
Revision
4.17-2 or later
N/A3

DX6004S

Internal

H200

1

07.02.42.00 or later

07.11.01.00 or later2

N/A3

Platform

Table 3. Supported RAID Controllers
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Dell 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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The 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

DX6000; DX6012S; DX6004S

Firmware Revision

Driver Revision

Broadcom® NetXtreme™ II

5.2.0 or later

14.2.0 or later4

Intel®

N/A

11.2 or later4

DX6000; DX6012S
PRO PCI-E Gigabit (2007)
Table 4. Supported Network Interface Controllers
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The 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)
Table 5. Supported Remote Access Controllers

1.54 or later

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
DX6000

DX Platform Software
1.0

2.0.0
Table 6. Supported Operating Systems

OS Support
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5.3 64-bit
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5.5 64-bit

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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Supported Dell Applications
Table 7 lists the supported applications for the DX Object Storage Platform Software.
Platform

Dell Applications

DX6000

DX Platform Software DX Platform Software
1.0
2.0.0

Dell DX Object Storage Platform
Compatibility Manager

A01

A03 or later

Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator 6.2 or later

6.4 or later

Dell Management Console5

1.01 or later

1.01 or later

Dell Unified Server Configurator –
Lifecycle Controller Enabled (USC-LCE)

A00 or later

A00 or later

DX6012S

Dell Unified Server Configurator –
Lifecycle Controller Enabled (USC-LCE)

A00 or later

A00 or later

DX6004S

Dell Unified Server Configurator –
Lifecycle Controller Enabled (USC-LCE)

A03 or later

A03 or later

Table 7. Supported Applications
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Dell Management Console is not installed on the DX Object Storage Platform but is a Management Application to remotely
monitor the platform status.

Supported DX Object Storage Platform Application Software Stack
Table 8 lists the application software stack supported on the DX Object Storage Platform.
Platform

Component

DX6000

DX Object Storage Software

CSN 1.0

CSN 2.0.0

4.0.0 to 4.0.3; 4.0.3

5.0.2 or later

patch for DX6004S support
DX Content Router Software

2.0 to 2.1.2

2.2.1 or later

DX Proxy

1.0 to 1.1

1.2.1 or later

DX SDK
1.0 to 1.1
Table 8. Supported Object Storage Platform Software Stack

1.2.1 or later

Browser Validation list for DX Object Storage Platform
The following list of browsers have been tested and validated with DX Object Storage Platform.
Browser

Linux

Internet Explorer® v7
Internet

Explorer®

®

X

v8

X

Firefox v3.0
Firefox v 3.0.5
Table 9. Supported Browsers

Windows

X
X

Note: Other browsers, not tested in Dell Labs may also work with the Dell DX Object Storage Platform.
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United States and certain other countries. Red Hat and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are registered trademarks of Red Hat Inc. in the United States and other
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Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Inc.
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