Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)

The Hardware Compatibility List, usually just called the HCL, is a list of hardware devices compatible with a particular firmware version of Flexxible appliances.

Once a appliance has passed the Hardware Quality Test (HQT) process, this hardware can use our firmware and appliance is ready to use.


Recommended to install the last compatible version.

Hyper-V

Hardware model / Firmware Network adapter Array controller  v3.2.0.6   v3.2.0.7   v3.2.0.8 v3.2.0.9 v4.1 v4.2
Supermicro

Yes No No No No No
HPE Apollo R2600 (XL190R) HPE Flexfbrc 10Gb 4P 536FLR-T
(ASIC QLogic 57840S)
HPE SmartArray P408i-p SR Gen10
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
HPE Proliant DL360 Gen10 - HP Ethernet 10G 562SFP+ (Intel)
- QLogic BCM57840
HPE SmartArray P408i-p SR Gen10 Yes1 Yes2 Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dell PowerEdge R640 (M2 disks)

- Intel X550 (2x2 base-T)

- QLogic 4x10GE QL41164 (base-T)

- Broadcom 57412 (2x2 SFP+)

- QLogic FastLink QL41262 (2x2 SFP+)

- QLogic FastLink QL41112 (2x2 SFP+)

HBA330 controller
+
Dell Boss-S1 Card Array controller
No No Yes2 Yes2 Yes2 Yes
Dell PowerEdge C6420 (M2 disk) QLogic FastLink QL41262 (2x2 SFP+) HBA330 controller
+
Dell Boss-S1 Card Array controller
No No No No Yes Yes


VMware

Hardware model / Firmware Network adapter Array controller v4.2 v4.3
Dell PowerEdge C6420 Intel X710 DA-2 HBA330 controller + Dell Boss-S1 Card Array controller No Yes
HPE Apollo R2600 (XL170R) HP Ethernet 10G 530SFP+ (2x2) HPE SmartArray P408i-p SR Gen10 No Yes

1 Only compatible with base-T networking
2 Compatible with base-T and SFP+

Firmware release notes: https://help.flexxible.com/50574-software-release-notes/release-notes-firmware?from_search=37040770

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