Reference Guide

6
Network Interface Controllers and
supported operating systems
The drivers required for a Network Interface Controllers (NIC) depend on the operating system installed
on your system.
NIC can be monitored or managed in-band using OpenManage Server Administrator 8.0.2 or out-of-
band management using iDRAC8.
The following table lists the NIC manufacturers and drivers version required for the supported operating
systems in OpenManage 8.0.2.
Table 26. NIC manufacturers and drivers required for supported operating systems
NIC Product
Name
Microsoft
Windows
Server 2008
Family
Microsoft
Windows
Server 2012
Family
Red Hat
Enterprise
Linux 6.5 (64–
bit)
Red Hat
Enterprise
Linux 7.0 (64–
bit)
SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server
11 SP3 (64–bit)
Broadcom
Family of
Adapters
18.4.0 18.4.0 18.4.0 Input drivers 18.4.0
Intel Family of
Adapters
16.0.0 16.0.0 16.0.0 16.0.0 16.0.0
QLogic Family
of Adapters(FC
& Classic CNAs)
5.3.25.0425 5.3.25.0425 5.3.55.7 5.3.55.7 5.3.55.7
Emulex Family
of Adapters
08.02.30 08.02.30 08.02.30 08.02.30 08.02.30
Brocade Family
of Adapters
3.1.0 3.1.0 3.1.0 3.1.0 3.1.0
Mellanox Family
of Adapters
(Ethernet only)
WinOF
4.60(x64
and R2 only)
WinOF
4.60(W2K12
only)
MLNX OFED
2.1–1.0.0
Inbox Drivers MLNX OFED 2.1–
1.0.0
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