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Solaris 10.0
VMware ESX/ESXi
ESX 4.0, 4.1, 5.0
Oracle Enterprise Linux
(OEL) 5.6, 6.0
Oracle VM 3.0
1.
2.
KB932755 (or later) is the minimum requirement and KB943545 is recommended.
3.
for CNAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in CNA mode. For Windows 2008 R2 KB977977 is recommended for
CNAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in CNA mode
4.
5.
6.
systems. Note that the Solaris driver does not support NPIV, authentication, and fabric device management interface
(FDMI). Brocade 804 and 1007 adapters are not supported on Solaris systems.
Hypervisor support
Table 8
TABLE 8
System
VMware ESX 4.0, 4.1
VMware ESX 5.0
Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
RHEVH 6.x
Linux XEN
Linux KVM
Oracle VM 3.0
Citrix XenServer 6.0
NOTE
For the latest support information on specific operating system release levels, service pack levels,
and other patch requirements, please refer to the latest release notes for your adapter.
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Operating system support for network and storage drivers (continued)
Network driver
supported - 32b
Storage driver
supported - 32b
N/A
Both drivers
supported - 32b
Storage driver
supported -32b
For Windows, the Storport miniport driver is supported (there is no support for the SCSI miniport driver).
Support for Windows 2003 is limited to Fabric Adapter ports configured in HBA mode and HBAs. Hot fix
For Windows 2008, hot fix KB968675 and KB2490742 are recommended. Hot fix KB958015 is recommended
Supported by Windows 2008 drivers
Not supported on IEM64T systems.
For Solaris systems, only the Leadville-based storage driver is supported on adapters that support Solaris
describes Hypervisor support for Brocade adapters.
Hypervisor support for Brocade adapters
x86
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Network driver Both drivers not
supported - 32, supported
64b
Storage driver
supported - 32b,
64b
Both drivers N/A
supported - 64b
Both drivers N/A
supported - 64b
N/A N/A
x84 Intel IA64 SPARC
Yes N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
yes N/A N/A
yes N/A N/A
yes N/A N/A
yes N/A N/A
yes N/A N/A
yes N/A N/A
1
Adapter software
Both drivers
supported.
N/A
N/A
N/A
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