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Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCente
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Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Premium Edition
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Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003/2003 R2 Standard Edition
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Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 Premium Edition
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Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2008 Standard Edition
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for iSeries and pSeries
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AS for x86
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES for x86
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 WS/HPC for x86
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for System i and System p
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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 x64 Edition
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for IBM POWER
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T
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VMware ESX 3.5
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VMware ESXi 3.5
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See IBM ServerProven at the following address for the latest information about the specific versions and
service packs that are 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, see the following resources:
Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv
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Installation and User's Guide
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http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=psg1MIGR-5080195
IBM U.S. Announcement Letter
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http://ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=ca&&htmlfid=897/ENUS109-283
IBM U.S. Announcement Letter for NPIV support on JS23/JS43
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http://ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=ca&&htmlfid=897/ENUS109-545
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