Dell EMC PowerEdge™ / Microsoft Windows Server® OS Support (LTSC)

Operating System support levels, as defined by Dell EMC, are:

Qualified: Dell™ Engineering has successfully tested and validated the current and immediately preceding released operating system (OS) version on Dell EMC PowerEdge™
Servers. Dell adheres to all published partner test plans to ensure OS compatibility and provides full technical support for the Dell hardware components running on the OS. Dell
Qualified systems have OpenManage support.
Note for Windows Customers:
Certified for Windows®: This system meets Microsoft standards for compatibility and best practices with the Windows Server® operating system
For more information regarding this certification, please visit http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/content.aspx?ctf=logo.htm
Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2016 Data Center & Standard Editions are processor-core based licensed.

Supported: Dell Engineering has successfully tested and validated only the current operating system (OS) version on Dell PowerEdge Servers. Dell adheres to all published
partner test plans to ensure OS compatibility and provides full technical support for the Dell hardware components running on the OS. Dell Supported systems may not have
OpenManage support.

Limited: Dell PowerEdge servers™ support of the operating system (OS) is limited to a virtual environment as a guest OS. Please contact the software vendor for additional
support or questions about running the OS in a virtualized environment.

Third-Party Supported: All testing, support and validation on select or all Dell platforms are done by the OS partner or community. Dell collaborates with the OS third-party either
via onsite engineering or other support. This OS version has not been fully tested or validated by Dell. Informal bench-testing results, if any, will be documented on Dell
TechCenter. Dell system management and OpenManage support will not be provided.
Notes: Blank cells indicate no support.
Microsoft has discontinued Foundation edition starting with Windows Server 2016

Legacy Operating Systems

Windows Server
2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2003
Datacenter Edition w/Hyper-V

Datacenter Edition w/Hyper-V

Datacenter Edition w/Hyper-V

Standard Edition w/Hyper-V

Standard Edition w/Hyper-V

Standard Edition w/Hyper-V

Foundation Edition
Essentials Edition

Essentials Edition

Essentials Edition

Server

Datacenter Edition
Enterprise Edition
Standard Edition
Server
Windows Windows Server SBS 2011 SBS 2011 2008 SP2 Essential

Web Edition
PowerEdge R2

Foundation
Server 2008 R2
2012 Standard Essentials x86/x64 SBS SP2 Business SP2 R2
Server Model Server 2019 Server 2016 w/Hyper- 2008 R2 SP1
(x64 (x64) Server (x86/x64) (x86/x64)
SBS (x86)
V w/Hyper- w/Hyper-V
(incl Premium (incl Premium
w/Hyper-
(LTSC) (LTSC) V Add-on bundle) Add-on) w/Hyper- (x64)
V
V)

Support Level Support Level Support Level Support Level Support Level Support Level
C1100 √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified
C2100 √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified
C4130 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified
C4140 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
C5125 √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified
C5220 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified
C6100 √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified
C6105 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified
C6145 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified
C6220 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified
C6220II √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified
C6320 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified
C6420 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
C6525 √ √ Qualified (2) √ √ Qualified (2)
C8220 √ √ Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified
FC430 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Limited
FC630 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Limited
FC640 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
FC830 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified
FM120x4 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ Qualified Qualified
M420 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited Limited
M520 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited Limited
M600 √ √ Supported √ √ √ Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
M605 √ √ Supported √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
M610 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
M610X √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
M620 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited Limited
M630 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Limited
M640 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
M710 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
M710HD √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
MX740c √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
Qualified (no
M805 √ √ Supported √ √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Web)
M820 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited Limited
M830 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified
MX840c √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
M905 √ √ Supported √ √ √ Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Qualified (no
M910 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Web)
M915 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited Supported
PE1800 √ √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Qualified (no
PE1850 √ √ √ √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Web)
PE1855MC √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
PE1900 √ Supported √ √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Qualified (no
PE1950 √ √ Supported √ √ √ √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Web)
Qualified (no
PE1950 √ √ Supported √ √ √ √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Web)
PE1955MC √ √ Supported √ √ √ Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
PE2800 √ √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Qualified (no
PE2850 √ √ √ √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Web)
PE2900 √ √ Supported √ √ √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
PE2900 √ √ Supported √ √ √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Qualified (no
PE2950 √ √ Supported √ √ √ √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Web) (no
Qualified
PE2950 √ √ Supported √ √ √ √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Web) (no
Qualified
Qualified
PE2970 √ √ Supported √ √ √ √ Qualified** Qualified** Qualified** Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Web)
PE6800 √ √ Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
PE6800-800T √ √ Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
PE6850 √ √ √ Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
PE6850-800T √ √ √ Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
PE6950 √ √ Supported √ √ √ Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
PE830 √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Qualified (no
PE840 √ √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Web) (no
Qualified
PE850 √ √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Web) (no
Qualified
PE860 √ √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Qualified (no Web) (no
Qualified
R200 √ √ Supported √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Yes (no FDT)
SP2 FDT)
Qualified (no Web) (no
Qualified
R210 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited
SP2 FDT) Web)
R210 II √ √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited Supported
R220 √ √ Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified
R230 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ Supported Supported
R240 *** √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ √ Qualified
Qualified (no
R300 √ Supported √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Web) (no
Qualified
R310 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited
Web)
R320 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited Limited
R330 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ Supported Supported Supported
R340*** √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
Qualified (no
R410 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Web)
R415 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
R420 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited Limited
R430 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Limited
R440 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
R510 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
R510 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
 Legacy Operating Systems
Windows Server
2012 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2003

Datacenter Edition w/Hyper-V

Datacenter Edition w/Hyper-V

Datacenter Edition w/Hyper-V

Standard Edition w/Hyper-V

Standard Edition w/Hyper-V

Standard Edition w/Hyper-V

Foundation Edition
Essentials Edition

Essentials Edition

Essentials Edition
Server

Datacenter Edition
Enterprise Edition
Standard Edition
Server
Windows Windows Server SBS 2011 SBS 2011 2008 SP2 Essential

Web Edition
PowerEdge R2

Foundation
Server 2008 R2
2012 Standard Essentials x86/x64 SBS SP2 Business SP2 R2
Server Model Server 2019 Server 2016 w/Hyper- 2008 R2 SP1
(x64 (x64) Server (x86/x64) (x86/x64)
SBS (x86)
V w/Hyper- w/Hyper-V
(incl Premium (incl Premium
w/Hyper-
(LTSC) (LTSC) V Add-on bundle) Add-on) w/Hyper- (x64)
V
V)

Support Level Support Level Support Level Support Level Support Level Support Level
R515 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
R520 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited Limited
R530 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Limited
R530xd** √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Limited
R540 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
Qualified (no
R610 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Web)
R620 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited Limited
R630 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Limited
R640 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
R6415 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
R6515 √ √ Qualified (2) √ √ Qualified (2)
R6525 √ √ Qualified (2) √ √ Qualified (2)
Qualified (no
R710 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Web) (no
Qualified
R715 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Web)
R720 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited Limited
R730 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Supported Qualified Limited
R730xd √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Supported Qualified Limited
R740 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
R740xd √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
R740xd2 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
R7415 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
R7425 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
R7515 √ √ Qualified (2) √ √ Qualified (2)
R805v √ √ Supported √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
R810 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
R815 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
R820 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited Limited
R830 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified
R840 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
R900 √ √ Limited √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
R905v √ √ Supported √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Qualified (no
R910 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Web)
R920 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified
R930 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Limited
R940 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
R940xa √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
SC1430 √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Qualified (no
SC1435 √ Supported √ √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Web)
SC440 √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
Qualified (no Qualified (no
T100 √ √ Supported √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Yes (no FDT) Qualified
SP2 FDT) Web)
Yes (no Qualified (no
T105 √ Supported √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified
SP2 FDT)
Qualified Qualified Yes (no FDT)
Web) (no
Qualified
Qualified (no Qualified
T110 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited
SP2 FDT) Web)
T110 II √ √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited Limited
T130 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ Supported Supported
T140*** √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ √ Qualified
T20 √ √ Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified
T30 √ √ Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ Supported Supported
T40 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
T300 √ Supported √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
T310 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited Qualified
T320 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited Limited
T330 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ Supported Supported
T340*** √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
T410 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
T420 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited Limited
T430 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Limited
T440 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
T605 √ Supported √ √ Supported Supported Supported Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
T610 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
T620 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited Limited
T630 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Limited
T640 √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified
T710 √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified Qualified
VRTX √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified √ √ Qualified Qualified √ √ √ Qualified Qualified Qualified Limited Limited
Updated: December, 2019

** Platform discontinued
*** Per Microsoft's Silicon support policy, Windows Server 2012R2 is supported with Xeon processors . Pentium, Celeron and Core i3 are not supported with Windows Server 2012R2. For more information see:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4012982/the-processor-is-not-supported-together-with-the-windows-version-that and,
Microsoft Windows Processor Requirements
(1) Supported on Intel® Skylake based systems. Microsoft has ended support for WS2008R2 on Intel® Kabylake including security and quality updates.
(2) X2APIC is supported with Windows Server 2019 only. For more information on Microsoft OS support for EPYC 7xx2 visit: https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/4514607/windows-server-support-and-installation-instructions-for-amd-rome-proc
(3) Intentionally left blank
(4) Cascade Lake based servers are not certified nor supported with Windows Server 2012R2; Windows Server 2012R2 will be supported in VM only