--- title: "OVHcloud Dedicated Servers" description: "All the OVHcloud US Dedicated Servers documentation: guides, tutorials and reference for every task." url: https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/landing-page-dedicated-servers lang: en lastUpdated: 2026-09-28 --- > For AI agents: the complete documentation index is available at https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/llms.txt, the full documentation bundle is available at https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/llms-full.txt. # OVHcloud Dedicated Servers ## OVHcloud Dedicated Servers Launch powerful bare metal dedicated servers in minutes with SSD storage, 256 IPs, Anti-DDoS protection, secure vRack networking, and no extra fees ## Key concepts - [Dedicated servers - Get to know the OVHcloud Control Panel](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/get-know-ovhcloud-console.md) - [Kimsufi, So You Start, and Rise - Get to Know the OVHcloud Control Panel](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/kimsufi-so-you-start-rise-get-know-ovhcloud-console.md) - [Dedicated Servers - Responsibility sharing](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/responsibility-sharing.md) - [All About APAC Region Servers](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/all-about-apac-region-servers.md) ### Getting started - [How to order a Dedicated Server](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/order-dedicated-server.md) - [Getting started with a dedicated server Windows and Linux](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/getting-started-dedicated-server-windows-linux.md) - [Getting started with a Kimsufi, So You Start, or Rise dedicated server](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/getting-started-with-dedicated-server-eco.md) - [How to get started with SSH connections](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/ssh-introduction.md) - [How to create and use authentication keys for SSH connections to OVHcloud servers](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/create-use-authentication-keys-ssh-connections-ovhcloud-server.md) - [How to store public authentication keys in the OVHcloud Control Panel](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/import-keys.md) - [How to use the IPMI console with a dedicated server](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/use-ipmi-console.md) ### System - [How to configure user accounts and root access on a server](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configure-user-accounts-root-access-server.md) - [How to reset the administrator password on a Windows server](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/reset-administrator-password-windows-server.md) - [How to manage Intel SGX on a dedicated server](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/sgx-enable-and-use.md) - [How to assign a tag to a Bare Metal server](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/resource-tag-assign.md) - [How to install VMware ESXi 8 on a dedicated server](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/esxi-partitioning.md) - [SQL Server and Windows Server compatibility](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/sql-server-windows-server-compatibility.md) - [How to create a VM in VMware ESXi](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/create-vm-vmware-esxi.md) - [How to Create a VM in Proxmox VE](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/create-vm-proxmox-ve.md) - [Configure Your Windows Server for the BYOI API in QCOW2](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configure-windows-server-byoi-api-qcow2.md) ### Storage - [How to configure and rebuild software RAID](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configure-rebuild-software-raid.md) - [Managing hardware RAID](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/managing-hardware-raid.md) - [Configuring a Software Mirror RAID on Windows](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configuring-software-mirror-raid-windows.md) - [OVHcloud API and Storage](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/partitioning-ovh.md) - [How to Configure RAID from the BIOS](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configure-raid-from-bios.md) - [How to Configure Software RAID on Ubuntu 18.04](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configure-software-raid-ubuntu-18-04.md) - [How to configure Software RAID in the OVHcloud Control Panel](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configure-software-raid.md) - [Advance Dedicated Servers - Upgrading Your Samsung NVMe PM9A1 Firmware](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/advance-upgrading-samsung-nvme-pm9a1-firmware.md) - [High Grade Dedicated Servers - Upgrading Your SSD SAS Western Digital SS300 Firmware](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/high-grade-upgrading-ssd-sas-western-digital-ss300-firmware.md) - [Dedicated Servers - Upgrading your SSD Solidigm D7-P5520 firmware](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/upgrading-ssd-solidigm-d7-p5520-firmware.md) - [Dedicated Servers - Upgrading your Micron 7500 PRO firmware](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/micron-7500-fw-upgrade.md) - [How to verify the BMC firmware version on a dedicated server](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/verify-bmc-firmware-version-dedicated-server.md) ### Network - [Configuring secondary DNS on a dedicated server](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configuring-secondary-dns-dedicated-server.md) - [How to set up a web server LAMP on Debian or Ubuntu](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/installing-lamp-debian9-ubuntu18.md) - [Configuring OVHcloud Link Aggregation in the OVHcloud Control Panel](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/ola-enable-manager.md) - [Configure OVHcloud Link Aggregation on a Dedicated Server Debian](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configure-ovhcloud-link-aggregation-dedicated-server-debian.md) - [How to configure Link Aggregation with LACP in Debian 12 or Ubuntu 24.04](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configure-link-aggregation-lacp-debian-12-ubuntu-24-04.md) - [How to configure OVHcloud Link Aggregation in Windows Server 2019](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configure-ovhcloud-link-aggregation-windows-server-2019.md) - [How to configure OVHcloud Link Aggregation in SLES 15](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configure-ovhcloud-link-aggregation-sles-15.md) - [Manage your server reboot with the OVHcloud Link Aggregation feature](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/pxe-with-full-private-dedicated.md) - [Configuring IPv6 on dedicated servers](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/network-ipv6.md) - [Configuring an IPv6 address on a virtual machine](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configure-an-ipv6-on-a-vm.md) - [Moving an Additional IP](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/move-failover-ip.md) - [Configuring Additional IPs in bridge mode on your virtual machines](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/network-bridging.md) - [OVHcloud Monitoring IP addresses for Dedicated Servers](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/ovhcloud-monitoring-ip-addresses.md) - [Configuring IP aliasing](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configuring-ip-aliasing.md) - [How to determine if your dedicated server supports virtual MAC addresses](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/determine-if-dedicated-server-supports-virtual-mac-addresses.md) - [Assigning a Virtual MAC to an Additional IP](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/network-virtual-mac.md) - [Configuring the Network on Windows Server with Hyper-V on the HG & Scale Ranges](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configuring-network-windows-server-hyper-v-hg-scale-ranges.md) - [Configuring the Network on Windows Server with Hyper-V on the ADVANCE Gen 3 Servers](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configuring-network-windows-server-hyper-v-advance-gen-3-servers.md) - [Configuring the network on Proxmox VE on the High Grade, Scale, and Advance ranges](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configuring-network-proxmox-ve-high-grade-scale-advance-ranges.md) - [How to Connect a VM to the Internet Using Microsoft Hyper-V](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/connect-vm-internet-using-microsoft-hyper-v.md) - [Connecting a VM to the Internet Using Proxmox VE](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/connecting-vm-internet-using-proxmox-ve.md) - [Improving network resilience on Bare Metal servers](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/lacp-resilience-scale-hg.md) - [Configuring the network on VMware ESXi with SCALE and HG servers](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configuring-network-vmware-esxi-scale-hg-servers.md) - [How to connect a VM to the internet using VMware ESXi](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/connect-vm-internet-using-vmware-esxi.md) - [How to deploy VLANs with VMware ESXi](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/deploy-vlans-vmware-esxi.md) - [How to use VLANs with multiple VMware ESXi hosts](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/use-vlans-multiple-vmware-esxi-hosts.md) ### vRack - [Configuring the vRack on your dedicated servers](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/vrack-configuring-on-dedicated-server.md) - [How to Configure Jumbo Frames in vRack](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configure-jumbo-frames-vrack.md) - [Configuring an Additional IP block in a vRack](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configuring-an-ip-block-in-a-vrack.md) - [Configuring an Additional IPv6 block in a vRack](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configure-ipv6-in-vrack.md) - [Creating multiple VLANs in a vRack](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/creating-multiple-vlans-vrack.md) - [Setting up a Virtual Machine using Additional IPs and Hyper-V over a vRack](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/setting-up-virtual-machine-using-additional-ips-hyper-v-over-vrack.md) - [Configuring the vRack between the Public Cloud and a Dedicated Server](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configuring-the-vrack-between-the-public-cloud-and-a-dedicated-server.md) - [Upgrading and downgrading private bandwidth vRack via OVHcloud API](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/upgrading-downgrading-private-bandwidth-vrack-via-ovhcloud-api.md) ### Deployments - [OVHcloud API and OS Installation](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/ovhcloud-api-os-installation.md) - [Bring Your Own Image BYOI vs Bring Your Own Linux BYOLinux - Comparison for dedicated servers](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/bring-your-own-image-versus-bring-your-own-linux.md) - [Bring Your Own Image BYOI](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/bring-your-own-image.md) - [Bring Your Own Linux BYOLinux](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/bring-your-own-linux.md) - [Configure a custom iPXE script to boot your server from the OVHcloud API](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/ipxe-scripts.md) ### Migration - [Migrate data from one dedicated server to another](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/migrate-a-server-to-another.md) - [Copying data from one dedicated server to another using rsync](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/copying-data-from-one-dedicated-server-another-using-rsync.md) ### Tutorials - [How to use PuTTY for SSH connections and authentication](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/ssh-using-putty-on-windows.md) - [Tutorial - Configuring pfSense network bridge](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/pfsense-bridging.md) - [Activating Windows machines using Hyper-V on an OVHcloud licensed Windows Server](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/activating-windows-machines-using-hyper-v-ovhcloud-licensed-windows-server.md) - [How to use SFTP to transfer files](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/transfer-data-via-sftp.md) - [Tutorial - Creating a Palworld-compatible server](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/tutorial-creating-palworld-compatible-server.md) - [How to prevent your emails from being marked as spam](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/mail-sending-optimization.md) - [How to Deploy a Minecraft Server in Linux](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/deploy-minecraft-server-linux.md) ### Hardening - [How to secure a dedicated server](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/securing-a-dedicated-server.md) - [Manage and secure your ESXi dedicated server from the outset](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/manage-secure-esxi-dedicated-server-from-outset.md) ### Backup - [Getting Started - Backing Up a Bare Metal Server with Veeam Enterprise](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/getting-started-backing-up-bare-metal-server-veeam-enterprise.md) - [Backing Up a Bare Metal Linux Server with Veeam Enterprise](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/veeam-enterprise-server-backup-linux.md) - [Backing Up a Bare Metal Server Using Veeam Agent for Windows](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/backing-up-bare-metal-server-using-veeam-agent-windows.md) - [Restoring a Bare Metal Server with Veeam Enterprise](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/veeam-enterprise-server-restore.md) ### Network - [How to configure the Anti-DDos Infrastructure for Solana](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/configure-anti-ddos-infrastructure-solana.md) - [OVHcloud AntiSpam - Best practices and unblocking an IP](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/antispam-best-practices.md) - [Configuring the firewall on Linux with iptables](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/firewall-linux-iptable.md) - [Anti-hack information - Dedicated Server and VPS](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/anti-hack-dedicated-vps.md) - [Configuring the firewall on Windows](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/activate-port-firewall-soft-win.md) - [Enabling and configuring the Edge Network Firewall](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/firewall-network.md) - [How to protect a Game server with the application firewall](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/firewall-game-ddos.md) - [Monitoring DDoS attacks with the Network Security Dashboard](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/network-security-dashboard.md) ### Troubleshooting - [How to recover server access if your user password is lost](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/replacing-user-password.md) - [How to activate and use rescue mode](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/rescue-mode.md) - [How to activate and use Windows rescue mode](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/rescue-customer-windows.md) - [End of life for personal installation templates](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/end-of-life-for-personal-installation-templates.md) - [How to replace a SSH key pair](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/replacing-lost-ssh-key-pair.md) - [How to Recover the Root Password in Proxmox VE 6](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/recover-root-password-proxmox-ve-6.md) - [Hardware diagnostics for a dedicated server](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/hardware-diagnostics-dedicated-server.md) - [Finding the serial number of a hard disk](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/finding-serial-number-hard-disk.md) - [Finalize a maintenance intervention on your dedicated server](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/intervention-support.md) - [FAQ - Interventions and hardware replacement](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/faq-interventions-hardware-replacement.md) - [Canceling a dedicated server](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal-cloud/dedicated-servers/canceling-dedicated-server.md)