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VMware also provides compatibility guides. The compatibility guides can be accessed through a menu on the HCL page, located at http://www.vmware.com/go/hcl. These guides provide details about the features that are supported by a specific piece of supported hardware, and can be seen in the following screenshot:

Listing the compatibility guides directly from the HCL webpage

The following screenshot is an excerpt from the Storage/SAN Compatibility Guide, showing the support details of the EMC VNX series arrays:

Example EMC VNX support ...

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