Dell blog post (#223)

Author: simcod

blog/2026/03-dell-support/index.md

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+---
+title: Support for Dell Servers
+shortDescription:
+watermark: "Blog"
+date: 2026-03-10T10:00:00+02:00
+description: "With release v0.22.6, metal-stack now supports Dell server hardware."
+authors: [simcod]
+type: "blog"
+tags:
+  - news
+  - release
+---
+
+With release v0.22.6, we are pleased to announce that [metal-stack.io](http://metal-stack.io/) has been officially tested and validated to run on Dell server hardware.
+
+This milestone continues a journey we started last year when we [introduced](../../2025/12-ocp-hardware/index.md) support for an additional hardware vendor. With Dell adding to the list of supported hardware, metal-stack takes another step toward broader hardware compatibility — giving users greater flexibility when setting up bare-metal private cloud environments and reducing dependency on any single vendor.
+
+The testing process validated the operation of metal-stack.io on Dell servers, confirming its readiness for enterprise-grade deployments.
+
+## Vendor-Agnostic Serial Console Access
+
+Alongside Dell support, our pixiecore component was improved: it can now detect the server manufacturer during the boot process. As a result, the serial console is now available for maintenance tasks across all machines in your partition, regardless of vendor — something that was not possible before this release.
+
+## More Information
+
+You want to know more about everything that landed in this release? Check out the full [release notes](https://github.com/metal-stack/releases/releases/tag/v0.22.6).

blog/authors.yml

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+simcod:
+  name: Simon Mayer
+  title: Junior Cloud Native Engineer @ x-cellent technologies GmbH
+  url: https://github.com/simcod
+  image_url: https://github.com/simcod.png
+  page: true
+  socials:
+    github: simcod