Knowledge Center

Technical resources

Access product documentation, compatibility matrices, and technical guides for MetaVirt solutions.

Product Documentation

Installation guides, administration manuals, and API references

ZStack Cloud

Installation GuidePDF Administration GuidePDF API ReferenceWeb

ZStack ZSphere

Hypervisor InstallationPDF VM ManagementPDF Migration GuidePDF

Storage Solutions

ZStone DeploymentPDF ZCE ConfigurationPDF

Vinchin Backup

Backup DeploymentPDF DR Planning GuidePDF

Whitepapers, FAQ & Architecture Guides

Private Cloud ArchitecturePDF VMware Exit StrategyPDF Storage Performance TuningPDF TCO AnalysisPDF FAQ — Frequently Asked QuestionsPDF

Hardware Compatibility

Certified servers, controllers, GPUs, NICs, and drives

All hardware tested and certified for production deployments with MetaVirt solutions. Compatibility verified across x86, ARM, and Hygon architectures.

Certified Servers

Manufacturer	Model Series	Platform	Status
Dell	PowerEdge R640/R650/R740/R750/R750xs/R7625	Intel Xeon / AMD EPYC	Certified
HPE	ProLiant DL360/DL380 Gen9/Gen10/Gen11, DL580, BL460c	Intel Xeon / AMD EPYC	Certified
Lenovo	ThinkSystem SR650/SR658/SR850/SR860, System x3650 M5	Intel Xeon	Certified
Cisco	UCS B200 M3/M4, C-Series	Intel Xeon	Certified
H3C	UniServer R390X/R4900/R4700/R6700 G2/G3/G5/G6, UIS-Cell Series	Intel Xeon / AMD EPYC / Hygon	Certified
Huawei	RH2288/RH1288 V3/V5, TaiShan 200/200K (ARM), Atlas 800	Intel Xeon / Kunpeng-ARM	Certified
Inspur	NF5280M4/M5/M6, SA5212M4/M5, NF8480M5/M6, CS5280H/H2	Intel Xeon / Hygon-C86	Certified
Supermicro	SuperServer 2028/2029/4028/4048 Series, F619/F629	Intel Xeon	Certified
xFusion	FusionServer 2288H V5/V6/V7, 1288H V6, CX5200 V5	Intel Xeon	Certified
Sugon	I610/I620/I840-G20/G30, A620-G30, S640-G30	Intel Xeon / AMD EPYC	Certified
ZTE	R5300/R5500/R5930 G2/G4/G4X, R8500 G4	Intel Xeon / Hygon-C86	Certified
GreatWall	DF720/DF723/DF729, EF860 (Phytium-ARM)	Intel Xeon / Phytium-ARM	Compatible
PowerLeader	PR210K/PR212K/PR223K (Kunpeng), PR2510P/PR2710P	Kunpeng-ARM / Intel Xeon	Compatible
Suma / Nettrix	R620/R6240/X640 G40, R5240/X7340/X7840H0 (Hygon)	Intel Xeon / Hygon-C86	Compatible

Storage Controllers

Vendor	Controller Model	RAID Levels	Chipset
Dell	PERC H755, H750, H745, H740P, H730P, H330, H355, H345, BOSS-S1	0,1,10,5,50,6,60 / JBOD	LSI SAS 3916/3516/3508/3108/2008/3816/3416, Marvell 88SE9230
HPE	Smart Array P440ar, P420i, P410i, P244br, P220i, MR416i	0,1,10,5,50,6,60	HPE Smart Array Gen8/Gen9/Gen10
H3C / Huawei / Inspur	AVAGO MR9460-16i/8i, MR9361-8i, MR9440-8i, MR9364-8i	0,1,10,5,50,6,60 / 0,1,10	LSI SAS 3516/3508/3108/3408/3808
Lenovo	930-16i/8i, 730-8i, 530-16i/8i, 720ix, ServeRAID-M5210	0,1,10,5,50,6,60	LSI SAS 3516/3508/3108/3416/3408
Supermicro	AVAGO SMC3108, MR9361-16i	0,1,10,5,50,6,60	Broadcom 3108 / LSI SAS 3316

GPU Compatibility

NVIDIA DC

NVIDIA Data Center

H200 NVL, H100 NVL, H100, H800 (HBM3e/HBM2e)

A100 80GB, A40, A30, A16, A10, A2

L40S, L40, L20, L4, L2

RTX 6000 Ada, RTX 5000 Ada, RTX 4000 Ada

GPU PassthroughvGPU

NVIDIA RTX

NVIDIA RTX Professional

RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (96GB GDDR7)

RTX PRO 5000/4500/4000 Blackwell

RTX A6000, RTX A5500, RTX A5000

RTX A4500, RTX A4000, RTX A2000

GPU PassthroughvGPU

AMD PRO

AMD Professional

W6800, W9100, W8100, W7100, W5700

V620, V710, V520 (vGPU support varies)

S7150 X2 (vGPU certified), S7150

Radeon Pro VII, Vega Frontier Edition

GPU Passthrough

Network Interface Cards (NIC)

INTEL

Intel 10/25GbE

Intel X710 (SFP+/QSFP 10Gb)

Intel XXV710 (SFP+/QSFP 10/25Gb)

Intel X550/X550T (10Gb Base-T)

Intel X540-AT2 (10Gb Base-T)

Intel X520, E810-XVV, X722 (10/25Gb)

Intel 82599ES (SFP+ 10Gb)

BROADCOM

Broadcom / Mellanox

Broadcom BCM57414 (10/25Gb SFP+)

Broadcom BCM57412/BCM57810 (10Gb)

Broadcom BCM57840 (10/25Gb)

Mellanox CX-6 Lx, CX-5, CX-4 Lx (10/25Gb)

Mellanox CX-3 Pro (10Gb)

QLogic QL41000 (10/25Gb SFP+)

1GBE

1GbE & Onboard

Intel i350 (RJ45 1Gb)

Intel i210, 82580, 82576, 82574L

Broadcom BCM5720/BCM5719 (RJ45 1Gb)

Huawei TM280/Hi1822 (10/25Gb)

Huawei IN300 (Kunpeng onboard)

Certified Drives

SATA / SAS SSDs

Intel S4610/S4620/S4510/S4520 (480GB–7.68TB)
Samsung PM883/PM893/PM897/SM883 (240GB–7.68TB)
Samsung PM1643a (1.92TB–3.84TB SAS)
Micron 5300 PRO/MAX, 5200 (480GB–1.92TB)
Kioxia PM6/PM7/RM5, SK Hynix SE5100
Huawei ES3510S V5 / ES3521A V6
SSSTC ER2, YANGTZE MEMORY SE005

HDDs

2.5" SAS: 300GB–2.4TB (10K/15K RPM)
3.5" SAS/SATA: 1TB–18TB (7.2K RPM)
2.5" SATA: 1TB–2TB (7.2K RPM)
NVMe U.2: Samsung MZQL21T9HCJR (PCIe 4.0)

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Guest OS Support List

Supported operating systems for VMs and migration sources

All guest operating systems require VirtIO drivers for optimal performance. Windows guests require additional VirtIO-Serial and Balloon drivers. Linux guests use built-in VirtIO support from kernel 2.6.25+.

Microsoft Windows Server

Windows Server 2022Fully Supported

Windows Server 2019Fully Supported

Windows Server 2016Fully Supported

Windows Server 2012 R2Supported

Windows Server 2012Supported

Windows Server 2008 R2Legacy

Windows Server 2008 / 2003 SP2Legacy

Microsoft Windows Client

Windows 11 (64-bit)Fully Supported

Windows 10 (32/64-bit)Supported

Windows 8 / 8.1Compatible

Windows 7 (x86/x64)Compatible

RHEL & CentOS

RHEL 9.xFully Supported

RHEL 8.xFully Supported

RHEL 7.2 – 7.9Supported

RHEL 6.2 – 6.10Legacy

RHEL 5.5 / 5.7 / 5.8 / 5.11Legacy

CentOS Stream 9 / CentOS 8.0–8.5, 8.9Supported

CentOS 7.0 – 7.9 / 6.x / 5.3–5.11Legacy

Ubuntu & Debian

Ubuntu 24.04 LTSFully Supported

Ubuntu 22.04 LTSFully Supported

Ubuntu 20.04 LTSFully Supported

Debian 12Supported

Debian 11.4 / 10.02 / 9.6Supported

Enterprise Linux

SUSE Linux Enterprise 15Supported

Oracle Linux 8 / 9 (UEK & RHCK)Supported

Oracle Linux 5.11 / 6.6–6.10 / 7.3–7.9Supported

AlmaLinux 8.8 / 8.9 / 9.xSupported

Rocky Linux 8.8 / 8.9 / 9.xSupported

Domestic & Specialized Linux

Kylin V6 / V7 / V10 / V10 SP1Supported

UOS (UnionTech) V20Supported

openEuler 20.03–24.03 LTSSupported

Anolis OS 7.9 / 8.6 / 8.8Supported

BCLinux Euler 21.10 LTS SP2Supported

Asianux 3 SP2–SP4 / 4.5Supported

Container Platforms

Kubernetes (ZAKU)1.24 – 1.28

Docker CE20.10+

containerd1.6+

ARM & Other Architectures

UnionTechOS V20 ARM (Kunpeng 920)Supported

Kylin V10 ARM (Kunpeng 920)Supported

FreeBSD 14.x / 13.xCompatible

openSUSE / Fedora (generic)Compatible

File System Compatibility

WIN

Windows

NTFS ✔

FAT32 ✔

LIN

Linux Standard

ext4 ✔

XFS ✔

ext2 ✔

LIN-ADV

Linux Advanced

Btrfs ✔ (Snapshot)

ext3 ✔ (Non-Snapshot)

NOTES

Notes

Btrfs/ext3 snapshot support requires Antenna + TrekerLite components.