Supported Hardware

Supported Hardware #

SynergyCP generally supports the following hardware out of the box.

Servers #

Servers with a BMC that support the IPMI standard can generally be interfaced with SynergyCP.

  • Supermicro X9, X10, X11, X12, X13 and beyond, and H-series equivalent.
    • X8 and older is generally not supported due to X8 and older IPMI interfaces becoming non-responsive and requiring a power cycle.
    • We’ve had limited exposure to Supermicro Microblade deployments. If you have one of these and would like to assist us with beta testing support for reduced license fees while we build support, we’d love to hear from you.
      • Note that this offer is indeed for Microblade servers, because they do not have IPMI for each server and are controlled by a single controller for the chassis, which has its own API. Microcloud servers, which have individual IPMI per server, are fully supported out of the box.
  • Dell rack and blade servers
    • Dell blade servers must have individual iDRAC per server. Blades managed solely via CMC are not supported due to lack of an API for CMC.
  • HP rack and blade servers
    • These must have IPMI enabled, which is usually disabled in iLO by default.

Supported #

  • Asrock Rack servers
    • Please be advised that Asrock Rack has shown a consistent inability to produce firmware releases for their BMCs that are not rife with bugs. Expect issues outside of the sphere of influence of the SynergyCP software, expect to have to contact Asrock Rack support, expect to be given “beta” firmwares to use.
  • Gigabyte servers
    • Please contact us before attempting to interface with a Gigabyte server.
  • Lenovo servers
    • These must have IPMI enabled. Use the HP iLO profile in SynergyCP.
  • Oracle servers with IPMI that looks like HP iLO
    • These must have IPMI enabled. Use the HP iLO profile in SynergyCP.
  • Cisco servers
    • These must have IPMI enabled. Use the HP iLO profile in SynergyCP.

For other make/model of servers, try the HP iLO or Asrock Rack profiles, as these will be most compatible. If you find that either works, we’d appreciate a heads up so we may update this list.

For a server that does not support the IPMI standard, but have some other interface or API, interfacing out-of-the-box may be difficult. Enterprise customers can contact us to discuss pricing to build support for unique hardware.

Desktop hardware, or servers without a BMC, are not supported.

Switches #

  • Juniper (Legacy Junos, ELS, ELS IRB)
  • Arista (EOS, EOS v4)

Supported #

  • Dell Networking
  • Dell Powerconnect
  • Cisco WS
  • Cisco IOS
  • Cisco Nexus
  • FS
  • Brocade
  • Brocade FCX/ICX
  • Supermicro
  • Supermicro SMIS
  • MikroTik (limited support)

The software’s switch management/networking foundation is based on assigning VLANs to ports. If this does not match your network, you can add your own switch types with custom commands using Add-On Packages, e.g. this custom switch setup. Packages are like small Laravel applications, and any Laravel developer should be able to assist you.

Given the complexity of maintaining switch command packages to meet the unique needs of every company’s unique network deployment, we will decline to build custom switch packages. As noted above, switch packages are like small Laravel applications, and any Laravel developer should be able to assist you at reasonable cost.

While we will not build bespoke packages for specific switch commands for devices listed above for your exact network, we’re interested in supporting devices NOT listed above. If you have a switch make/model not listed above and would like to assist us with beta testing support for reduced license fees while we build support, we’d love to hear from you.

We will decline to build support for switch families that are entirely end of life (e.g. Force10), or make adjustments to switch packages to support outdated switch operating systems (e.g. adjusting SSH flags to support outdated switch operating systems). If you need suggestions for a Juniper or Arista switch to replace your outdated/end-of-life switch, we’re happy to offer suggestions.