System Requirements; Hardware Requirements - IBM High IOPS Adapter Hardware User's Manual

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems
All operating systems must be 64-bit x86 architecture to support the IBM High IOPS Adapter. Running the latest
Service Pack of a release is strongly recommended.
Attention
UPGRADE WARNING: Version 2.2 and later of the driver software, including ioMemory VSL, are not
backward-compatible with any driver version earlier than 2.2. When you install version 2.2 or later, you
cannot revert to any driver version before 2.2.
Supported Linux Distributions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, 6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, 11
Supported Windows Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server 64-Bit (with SP2 or higher)
Microsoft Windows 2008 Server 64-Bit, R1 (with SP2 or higher)
Microsoft Windows 2008 Server 64-Bit, R2
NOTE
IBM High IOPS Adapters cannot be used as hibernation devices.

Hardware Requirements

IBM High IOPS Adapter Requirements
The IBM High IOPS Adapter requires at least:
A PCI-Express (PCIe) Gen1 x4 slot.
The IBM High IOPS Adapter is a half-height, half-length, PCIe 1.1 x4 card and for full performance, it must
reside in a PCIe slot where at least 4 lanes are electrically active.
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