Users Guide

4–Installing the Hardware
System Requirements
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Operating System Requirements
This section describes the requirements for each supported OS.
General
The following host interface is required:
 PCI Express v1.0a, x1 (or greater) Host Interface
Microsoft Windows
One of the following versions of Microsoft Windows:
 Windows Server 2019
 Windows Server 2016
 Windows Server 2012
 Windows Server 2012 R2
Linux
One of the following versions of Linux:
 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.1
 RHEL 8.0
 RHEL 7.7
 RHEL 7.6
 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15
 SLES 15 SP1
 SLES 12 SP4
VMware ESXi
One of the following versions of vSphere
®
ESXi:
 VMware ESXi 6.7 U3
 VMware ESXi 6.5 U3
Citrix XenServer
The following versions of Hypervisor:
 Hypervisor 8.2
 Hypervisor 7.1 CU
NOTE
Because the Dell Update Packages Version xx.xx.xxx User’s Guide is not
updated in the same cycle as this Ethernet adapter user’s guide, consider
the operating systems listed in this section as the most current.