RackHD Support Matrix

Sever Compatibility List (Qualified by RackHD team)

Vendor Type T1: Discovery… T2: OS Installation T3: FW Update T4: RAID Configuration T4: Secure Erase
Dell DSS 900 Yes Yes No No No
PowerEdge R640 (14 gen) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PowerEdge R630 (13 gen) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PowerEdge R730 (13 gen) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PowerEdge R730xd (13 gen) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PowerEdge C6320 (13 gen) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cisco UCS C220 M3 Yes Yes No No No
White Box Quanta D51-1U Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Quanta D51-2U Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Quanta T41 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Intel Rinjin Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtual Node InfraSIM vNode Yes Yes No No No

Important

  1. RackHD classified main server node features into four tiers as below:
    • Tier 1: Discovery, Catalog, Telemetry, Power Management and UID LED control
    • Tier 2: OS Installation
    • Tier 3: Firmware Update
    • Tier 4: RAID Configuration, Secure Erase
  2. RackHD utilizes industry standard protocols to talk with server such as IPMI, PXE, etc. So in theory, any server that supports those protocols can be supported by RackHD at T1 & T2 feature level easily. Many community users have been using RackHD to support various severs from HP, Lenovo, Inspur etc.

  3. Specific for Cisco server, RackHD supports UCS Manager solution provided by Cisco to manage server nodes behind UCS manager. So user could use “RackHD + UCS service” combination to support big range of Cisco servers.

  4. Specific for Dell server, we provided extended services “smi_service” to support additional Dell server advanced features such as WSMAN. So user also could use “RackHD + smi_service” combination to support big range of Dell servers (ex: 14 Gen server, Dell FX2) and more features.

  5. The RAID Configuration and Secure Erease Feature rely on underlying hardware support. Currently RackHD supports LSI Megaraid RAID card series, so any server that uses this card could support these features.

  6. InfraSIM vNode is a virtualized server which could simulate most features in a physical server. It is widely used by RackHD team in feature development and testing. (see more at https://github.com/InfraSIM/)

Switch Compatibility List (Qualified by RackHD team)

Vendor Type T1: Discovery… T2: Configuration
Arista Arista 7124 Yes Yes
Brocade VDX-6740 Yes Yes
VDX-6740T Yes Yes
Cisco Nexus 3048 Yes Yes
Nexus 3172T Yes Yes
Nexus C3164PQ Yes Yes
Nexus C9332PQ Yes Yes
Nexus C9392PX-E Yes Yes
Dell S4048-ON Yes Yes
S6100-ON Yes Yes
Z9100-ON Yes Yes

Important

RackHD classified main switch node features into two tiers as below:
  • Tier 1: Discovery, Catalog, Telemetry
  • Tier 2: Configuration

iPDU/SmartPDU Compatibility List (Qualified by RackHD team)

Vendor Type T1: Discovery… T2: Control Outlet T3: FW Update
APC AP8941 Yes Yes No
AP7998 Yes Yes No
ServerTech STV4101C Yes Yes No
STV4102C Yes Yes No
VDX-6740T Yes Yes No
CS-18VYY8132A2 Yes Yes Yes
Panduit IPI Smart PDU Gateway Yes Yes No

Important

RackHD classified main iPDU node features into three tiers as below:
  • Tier 1: Discovery, Catalog, Telemetry
  • Tier 2: Control Outlet
  • Tier 3: Firmware Update

RackHD OS Installation Support List (Qualified by RackHD team)

OS Version
ESXi 5.5/6.0/6.5
RHEL 7.0/7.1/7.2
CentOS 6.5/7
Ubuntu trusty(14.04)/xenial(16.04)/artful(17.10)
Debian wheezy(7)/jessie(8)/stretch(9)
SUSE openSUSE: leap/42.1, SLES: 11/12
CoreOS 899.17.0
Windows Server 2012
PhotonOS 1.0