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ESX 3.5 U5 issue with HCL?!

Hi,

I have a issue where my SAN is on the HCL for 3.5 U5 only. So I am looking to use this on my servers. Trouble is my servers (which are on the HCL for 3.5 U5) have a RAID card which is not supported on ESX 3.5 U5 (Dell R710 with H700 RAID card). So I start looking for another RAID card...

So looking around I notice the PERC 6/i is compatible with these servers. I go to look on the HCL and am confronted with this:

Partner Name Model Manufacturer Device Type Supported Releases
DELLDell PERC 6/iLSISAS/SATA-RAIDESX / ESXi 4.1*1 , ESX / ESXi 4.0 U2*2 , ESX / ESXi 4.0 U1*2 , ESX / ESXi 4.0*2 , ESX 3.0.3 U1*3 , ESX 3.0.3*3 , ESX 3.0.2 U1*3
DELLDell PERC 6/i AdapterLSISAS/SATA-RAIDESX / ESXi 4.1*1 , ESX / ESXi 4.0 U2*4 , ESX / ESXi 4.0 U1*2 , ESX / ESXi 4.0*2
DELLDELL PERC 6/I Integrated RAID ControllerLSISAS/SATA-RAIDESX / ESXi 4.1*1 , ESX / ESXi 4.0 U2*4 , ESX / ESXi 4.0 U1*2 , ESX / ESXi 4.0*2 , ESX 3.0.3 U1*3 , ESX 3.0.3*3 , ESX 3.0.2 U1*3
DELLPERC 6/iDellSAS/SATA-RAIDESX 3.5 U5*3 , ESX 3.5 U4*3 , ESX 3.5 U3*3 , ESX 3.5 U2*3 , ESX 3.5 U1*3 , ESX 3.5*3 , ESXi 3.5 Embedded U5*3 , ESXi 3.5 Embedded U4*3 , ESXi 3.5 Embedded U3*3 , ESXi 3.5 Embedded U2*3 , ESXi 3.5 Embedded U1*3 , ESXi 3.5 Embedded*3 , ESXi 3.5 Installable U5*3 , ESXi 3.5 Installable U4*3 , ESXi 3.5 Installable U3*3 , ESXi 3.5 Installable U2*3 , ESXi 3.5 Installable U1*3 , ESXi 3.5 Installable*3

So what exactly is an end user supposed to take from this?? Is it supported? Is it not supported? What exactly is the difference between each line?

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