System Recommendations
To help achieve optimal drive performance, review the system recommendations and
requirements listed in this section.
Hardware
Table 1: Hardware Recommendations and Requirements
Category
Recommendation
System
• Enterprise server class system with Intel
®
Tylersburg,
Sandy Bridge, or later class chipset motherboard
• “Performance” optimized legacy or UEFI BIOS
Processor
• 64-bit processor (required)
Single, dual, or higher number of processors can be used
• Intel
®
Xeon
™
(Nehalem-EP) or better processor with four or
more cores/processors
• 12MB local cache
• Processor with clock speed greater than 3GHz
Memory
6GB DRAM (minimum)
Chipset
Intel 5520 or later generation chipset
Slots
PCIe Gen2 x8 link width slot (required)
Note:
A PCIe Gen1 slot can be used, but drive performance
will be impacted
Power
25W-compatible PCIe slot
Note:
No external power connection is required for drive
Software
The P420m and P320h drives support the following operating systems and software:
• Microsoft Windows
®
Server 2012 R2 (x86-64), Hyper-V (x86-64)
• Windows Server 2012 (x86-64), Hyper-V (x86-64)
• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x86-64), Hyper-V (x86-64)
• Windows 8, 8.1 (x86-64 and x86)
• Windows 7 (x86-64 and x86)
• Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.5–5.10, 6.0–6.5, 7 (x86-64)
• SUSE
™
Linux Enterprise (SLES) 11 SP1, SP2, SP3 (x86-64)
• VMware 5.0, 5.1 (x86-64)
• VMware 5.5 (inbox driver)
• Citrix XenServer 6.0.2, 6.1, and 6.2
• Ubuntu 12.04–12.04.3 LTS Server (64-bit)
Note:
The P420m and P320h drives are compatible with the Windows 32/64-bit operat-
ing systems listed above. Linux support is for 64-bit operating systems only. If your op-
erating system is not in the list of supported operating systems and software, it may be
possible to install and use the drive; however, Micron does not guarantee compatibility.
P420m/P320h HHHL PCIe SSD Installation Guide
System Recommendations
PDF: 09005aef8497e00a
P420m_P320h_HHHL_installation_guide.pdf - Rev. V 12/14 EN
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