Ubuntu Server LTS
Certification Matrix for
Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers
November 17, 2020
Dell EMC Linux Team
Introduction
• This set of matrices attempt to represent the certification status between different
versions of Ubuntu Server LTS and Dell EMC PowerEdge servers
• Prior to the availability of Dell EMC’s 14th Generation Servers, Ubuntu Server was
Canonical supported on Dell EMC servers, but with the release of 14G Servers Dell
EMC offer L1 & L2 support for Ubuntu Server LTS OEM on PowerEdge servers.
• Dell’s policy is to offer ‘validation’ support for a new release of Ubuntu Server LTS at
GA or as soon as possible afterward
– Customers with an existing Dell ProSupport contract who purchased their Ubuntu Server LTS subscription
with their Dell EMC server will continue to be covered by their ProSupport contract.
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Support levels for a platform/release combination
• There are three levels of status :
– Not Supported : The absence of an icon indicates that this release is not supported or certified for
the referenced platform.
– Certified: The release has been successfully certified, or the cert has been carried forward from a
previous cert and will appear on the Ubuntu certification page. No additional validation has been
carried out. Certified is indicated by:
– Validated : The release has been successfully certified and tested and will appear on the Canonical
hardware certification page. The contents of the distribution are supported by Dell Technologies for
their Ubuntu OEM customers and contain functioning drivers for the hardware platform. In the
following matrices, Validated is indicated by :
– Fully Supported : The contents of the distribution are Validated AND the Dell Technologies Systems
Management tools are available for this combination of Ubuntu Server LTS release and the hardware.
In the following matrices, Fully Supported is indicated by :
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Ubuntu Server
20.04 LTS
PowerEdge
Support
Matrix
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Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS PE Rack Servers, Blades, Towers & PE-C
AMD Rack R6515 R7515 R6525 R7525 Release Kernel
64 Bit Only 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-26
20.04 LTS 20.04 .1LTS 5.4.0-42
Intel Rack XR2 XE2420 R240 R340 R440 R540 R640 R740 R740xd R740xd2 R840 R940 R940xa
64 Bit Only
20.04 LTS
AMD Rack R7425
64 Bit Only
18.04 LTS
PE-C C6420 C4140 C6525
64 Bit Only
20.04 LTS
Modular M1000e Blade FX2 Blade MX7000 Blade MX7000 Blade
M640 FC640 MX740c MX840c
64 Bit Only
20.04 LTS
Tower T140 T340 T440 T640
64 Bit Only
20.04 LTS
Note: Check the Ubuntu Server certified
hardware matrix for details on the
minimum kernel version used for the
certification of each server
Note: 20.04 does not support the S140/S150
SWRAID configuration
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Ubuntu Server
18.04 LTS
PowerEdge
Support
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Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS PE Rack Servers, Blades, Towers & PE-C
AMD Rack R6515 R7515 R6525 R7525 Release Kernel
64 Bit Only 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-20
18.04 LTS 18.40.1 LTS 4.15.0-29
18.04.2 LTS 4.15.0-45
Intel Rack XR2 XE2420 R240 R340 R440 R540 R640 R740 R740xd R740xd2 R840 R940 R940xa 18.04.3 LTS 4.15.0-55
64 Bit Only 18.04.4 LTS 4.15.0-76
18.04 LTS 18.04.5 LTS 4.15.0-112
AMD Rack R6415* R7415* R7425*
64 Bit Only
18.04 LTS
PE-C C6420 C4140 C6525
64 Bit Only
18.04 LTS Note: Check the Ubuntu Server certified
hardware matrix for details on the
minimum kernel version used for
Modular M1000e Blade FX2 Blade MX7000 Blade MX7000 Blade certification of each server
M640 FC640 MX740c MX840c
64 Bit Only
AMD Rome Servers require minimum kernel
18.04 LTS 4.15.0-62
Cascade Lake Servers require minimum
Tower T40 T140 T340 T440 T640
kernel 4.15.0-47
64 Bit Only
18.04 LTS *H730 & H740p require minimum kernel
version 4.15.0-46 on these platforms
*H330 requires BIOS v1.8.7 on these
platforms
* The 4.15.0-29 and 4.15.0-32 kernels do not
support the HBA330 on R6415 and R7415
Note: 18.04 does not support the S140/S150
SWRAID configuration
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Ubuntu Server
16.04 LTS
PowerEdge
Support
Matrix
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Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS PE Rack Servers, Blades, Towers & PE-C
Intel Rack R440 R540 R640 R740 R740xd R840 R940 R940xa
64 Bit Only
16.04.1 LTS
16.04.4 LTS
16.04.5 LTS
AMD Rack R6415* R7415* R7425*
64 Bit Only
16.04.4 LTS
16.04.5 LTS
PE-C C6420 C4140
64 Bit Only
16.04.1 LTS
16.04.4 LTS
16.04.5 LTS
Modular M1000 Blade FX2 Blade MX7000 Blade X7000 Blade
M640 FC640 MX740c MX840c
64 Bit Only
16.04.1 LTS
16.04.4 LTS
16.04.5 LTS
Tower T440 T640
Cascade Lake Servers are not generally
64 Bit Only supported with 16.04
16.04.1 LTS
*H730 & H740p require minimum kernel
16.04.4 LTS
version 4.15.0-46 on these platforms
16.04.5 LTS
*H330 requires BIOS version 1.8.7 on these
platforms
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