Best Practices Value map

Physical Server

Approved

Manufacturer: Dell, HPE
Age: Less than 5 years old.
Production servers need to be under hardware warranty from manufacturer.

Supported

Manufacturer: IBM, Lenovo
Age: Less than 5 years old.
Production servers need to be under hardware warranty from manufacturer.

Unsupported

Manufacturer: Whitebox, end-user assembled.
Age: Greater than 5 years.
No hardware warranty.