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Operating system support
The Broadcom 10 Gb Gen 2 2-port and 4-port Ethernet Expansion Cards (CFFh) support the following
operating systems:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Web Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2008 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2008 R2, Datacenter x86 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2008 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2008 R2, Enterprise x86 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2008 R2, Standard x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2008 R2, Standard x86 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2008 R2, Web x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2008 R2, Web x86 Edition
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for AMD64/EM64T
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for x86
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for AMD64/EM64T
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for x86
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition with Xen
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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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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 3.5
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VMware ESX 4.0
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VMware ESXi 3.5
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VMware ESXi 4.0
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Support for operating systems is based on the combination of the expansion card and the blade server in
which it is installed. See IBM ServerProven for the latest information about the specific versions and
service packs supported:
http://ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/
. Select the blade
server and then select the expansion card to see the supported operating systems.
Related publications
For more information, refer to these documents:
Broadcom 10 Gb 2-port and 4-port Ethernet Expansion Cards (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
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Installation and User's Guide
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5079889
IBM BladeCenter Interoperability Guide
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http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5073016
IBM Redbooks publication
IBM BladeCenter Products and Technology, SG24-7523
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http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247523.html
