Supported Operating SystemsThe PERC H730P card supports the following operating systems:• Microsoft Windows Server 2012• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 including Hyper-V virtualization• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and later• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1• VMware ESXi 5.0 Update 2• VMware ESXi 5.1 Update 1• VMware ESXi 5.5• VMware vSphere 6.0• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization• Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.4 (32-bit and 64-bit)• Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.5 (64-bit)• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 for HPC Compute Node• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 4.0 (64-bit)• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 SP4 (64-bit)• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 11 SP3 (64-bit)• Citrix XenServer 6.xNOTE: For the latest list of supported operating systems and driver installation instructions, seethe system documentation at dell.com/support/manuals. For specific operating system servicepack requirements, see the Drivers and Downloads section at dell.com/support/manuals.Getting Started With Your PERC Card1. Unpack your PERC H730P card.2. Cable the PERC card inside the Dell PowerEdge R920 system. See Deploying The PERC Card.3. Boot to the operating system.4. Download and install the drivers and firmware for the PERC H730P card. See Driver Installation.5. Create virtual disks and specify RAID levels for your hard drives using any of the utilities mentionedbelow:• BIOS Configuration, see BIOS Configuration Utility• PERC CLI, see Using PERC CLI• OMSS, see Dell OpenManage Storage ManagementRelated DocumentationNOTE: For all storage controllers and PCIe SSD documents, go to dell.com/storagecontrollermanuals.NOTE: For all Dell OpenManage documents, go to dell.com/openmanagemanuals.NOTE: For all operating system documents, go to dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals.12
