NC51xx PCIe 10 Gigabit Server Adapter Software and Configuration Guide

Overview 4
Overview
HP PCIe 10 Gigabit server adapters
This guide describes the system requirements, installation, and setup required for the following adapters:
• HP NC510F PCIe 10 Gigabit Server Adapter
• HP NC510C PCIe 10 Gigabit Server Adapter
• HP NC512m Dual Port 10 GbE Multifunction BL-c Adapter
System requirements
Before installing the product, be sure that the minimum system configuration requirements have been met.
Supported Windows operating systems
• Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP2 (x32 and x64)
• Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition SP2 (x32 and x64)
Supported Linux operating systems
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS/ES Update 3 for AMD64/EM64T
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS/ES Update 3 for x86
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS/ES Update 4 for AMD64/EM64T
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS/ES Update 4 for x86
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AS/ES for AMD64/EM64T
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AS/ES for x86
• SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 SP3 for x86
• SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 SP3 for AMD64/EM64T
• SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for x86
• SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for AMD64/EM64T
Memory requirements
• Windows or Linux operating systems require a minimum 2 GB of system memory per 10 Gigabit
Ethernet port.
NOTE: Windows 32 bit may require the Physical Address Extension (PAE) option to utilize 4
GB or more of memory. PAE is a memory address extension that enables support of greater
than 4 GB of physical memory for most 32-bit (IA-32) Intel Pentium Pro and later platforms. For
more information, see PAE Memory and Windows information on the Microsoft
(http://www.microsoft.com
) website.