<s>
Dell	B-Device
PowerEdge	I-Device
VRTX	I-Device
is	O
a	O
computer	O
hardware	O
product	O
line	O
from	O
Dell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
VRTX	O
system	O
is	O
partially	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Dell	B-Application
M1000e	I-Application
blade-enclosure	O
and	O
shares	O
some	O
technologies	O
and	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
M1000e	O
can	O
support	O
an	O
EqualLogic	O
storage	O
area	O
network	O
that	O
connects	O
the	O
servers	O
to	O
the	O
storage	O
via	O
iSCSI	B-Protocol
,	O
while	O
the	O
VRTX	O
uses	O
a	O
shared	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
RAID	O
Controller	O
(	O
6Gbit	O
PERC8	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Servers	O
:	O
The	O
VRTX	O
chassis	O
has	O
4	O
half-height	O
slots	O
available	O
for	O
Ivy-Bridge	O
based	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
blade	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fans	O
used	O
are	O
the	O
same	O
units	O
as	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
PowerEdge	B-Device
R-720xd	O
rack-server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
You	O
can	O
only	O
assign	O
a	O
PCIe	O
slot	O
to	O
a	O
server	O
when	O
the	O
server	O
is	O
powered	O
off	O
as	O
the	O
PCIe	O
card	O
is	O
recognized	O
and	O
initialized	O
by	O
the	O
server	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
at	O
startup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
operating	O
systems	O
supported	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
blades	O
are	O
:	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2008	I-Device
SP2	O
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2008	I-Device
R2	I-Device
SP1	O
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2012	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2012	I-Device
R2	O
,	O
VMware	B-Operating_System
ESX	I-Operating_System
5.1	O
,	O
and	O
VMware	B-Operating_System
ESX	I-Operating_System
5.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
running	O
other	O
operating	O
systems	O
is	O
only	O
supported	O
as	O
virtual	O
machines	O
on	O
Hyper-V	O
or	O
ESXi	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
supported	O
Hypervisors	O
on	O
the	O
VRTX	O
Chassis	O
are	O
Microsoft	O
Hyper-V	O
,	O
VMware	B-Operating_System
ESXi	I-Operating_System
5.1	O
,	O
and	O
VMware	B-Operating_System
ESXi	I-Operating_System
5.5	O
.	O
</s>
