DELL DX6012S User Manual
Dell™ DX Object Storage Platform Interoperability
Guide
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
3.5-inch SATA 250GB or 1TB and
3.5-inch NearLine SAS 500GB or 1TB
3.5-inch NearLine SAS 500GB or 1TB
DX6012S
No
1
No RAID
3.5-inch SATA 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, or 2TB and
3.5-inch NearLine SAS 500GB, 1TB, or 2TB
3.5-inch NearLine SAS 500GB, 1TB, or 2TB
DX6004S
No
1
No RAID
3.5-inch SATA 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, or 2TB and
3.5-inch NearLine SAS 500GB, 1TB, or 2TB
3.5-inch NearLine SAS 500GB, 1TB, or 2TB
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.
Platform
Controller
Type
RAID
Controller
Number of
Controllers
Firmware Revision
BIOS Revision
Driver
Revision
DX6000
Internal
H700
1
12.0.1-00 or later
12.0.1-00 or later
2
4.17-2 or later
DX6012S
Internal
H200
1
07.02.42.00 or later
07.11.01.00 or later
2
N/A
3
DX6004S
Internal
H200
1
07.02.42.00 or later
07.11.01.00 or later
2
N/A
3
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
are referenced by Firmware Revision.