Supported Operating Systems; Operating Environment - IBM 6 Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter Product Manual

Supported operating systems

The adapter supports the following operating systems:
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x86 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x86 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x86 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x86 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2012
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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server with Xen x64 Edition
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server Edition
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for x86
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
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VMware ESX 4.1
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VMware ESXi 4.1
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VMware vSphere 5.0 (ESXi)
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VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi)
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VMware vSphere 5.5 (ESXi)
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See the IBM ServerProven Web site for the latest information about the specific versions and service
packs supported: http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/. Click System x servers, then
Disk controllers to see the support matrix. Click the check mark that is associated with the System x
server in question to see details about the operating system support.

Operating environment

The IBM 6Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter is supported in the following environment:
Temperature:
10 to 35 °C (50 to 95 °F) at an altitude of 0 to 914 m (0 to 3,000 ft)
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10 to 32 °C (50 to 90 °F) at an altitude of 0 to 2,100 m (0 to 7,000 ft)
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Humidity: 20% to 80%, non-condensing
Maximum altitude: 2,100 m (7,000 ft)
IBM 6 Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter for System x 6