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 2016
 Windows Server 2012 R2
 Windows Server 2012
 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
 Windows Server 2008 SP2 x64
 Windows Server 2008 SP2 x32
Linux
One of the following versions of Linux:
 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.5
 RHEL 7.4
 RHEL 7.3
 RHEL 7.2
 RHEL 6.9
 RHEL 6.8
 RHEL 6.7
 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 SP3
 SLES 12 SP2
 SLES 11 SP4
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.