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Hyper-V is a mature, robust, proven virtualization platform. Hyper-V is a software layer that abstracts physical host server hardware resources. It presents these resources in an optimized and virtualized manner to guest virtual machines (VMs) and their workloads. Hyper-V optimizes the use of physical resources in a host server such as CPUs, memory, NICs, and power. Hyper-V virtualization allows many VMs to share physical host resources concurrently.
The Windows Server platform leverages the Hyper-V role to provide virtualization technology. Hyper-V is one of many optional roles that are offered with Windows Server. ME5 supports Windows Server versions 2016, 2019, and 2022, including the Hyper-V role.
Note: Support requirements may change over time. To verify operating system compatibility with ME5 for your environment, see the latest release notes and the Dell PowerVault ME5 Storage System Support Matrix at Dell Technologies Support.
To learn more about Hyper-V features, see the Microsoft Virtualization Documentation library.