Tested Hardware and Operating System List
Adapters and Peripherals Intel® Server Board S5400SF
Rev 1.9
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4 Adapters and Peripherals
Add-in adapter card and peripheral compatibility and stress testing will only be performed
with the latest version of an operating system at the time the validation testing occurred.
The following table shows the operating system and base system configurations used to
validate each device. The adapters are divided into categories based on their functionality.
All integrated on-board devices are tested by default and are therefore not included in the
following tables.
Note that not all adapter cards were tested under all operating systems. The following
notation is used in the tested adapters and peripherals table below to indicate the support
level that Intel provides for a particular adapter under a particular operating system:
Number (i.e. 1)
This adapter or peripheral has been tested and is supported under the specific
configuration identified in the Base System Configurations Table in Section 2 of
this document.
Number in brackets (i.e. [1])
This adapter or peripheral has been tested, but is NOT supported under the
specific configuration identified in the Base System Configurations Table in
Section 2 of this document.
NT
This adapter or peripheral has not been tested under this operating system and is
not supported under this operating system.
ND
This adapter or peripheral has not been tested under this operating system due to
limitations in IHV driver availability, and is not suported under this operating
system.
SA (Similar Adapter)
This adapter is supported, but not tested. This adapter model has not been tested
with this server board, but Intel will support it based on successful testing of a
similar adapter from the same adapter family. Intel has high confidence that this
adapter will function correctly with the server board. This adapter uses the same
firmware and drivers, and has a nearly identical system interface to another
adapter of the same family that has been successfully tested with this server
board. In addition, Intel has secured IHV commitment to support the similar
adapters equally. Customers should always test adapters as part of the final
system configuration prior to deployment. All installation guidelines for the tested
adapter also apply to the similar adapter.
Any variations to the standard adapter installation process or to expected adapter
functionality are documented in the Installation Guidelines section of this document. If there
are installation guidelines affecting a particular adapter and operating system combination,
these are referenced in the following table. If there are no installation guidelines noted in the
following table, then the adapter installed and functioned as expected using manufacturer’s
installation instructions or Intel’s best-known methods.
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Testing of adapters cards normally is performed with unused add-in adapters
and onboard controller expansion ROMs disabled in BIOS Setup. Intel
recommends that customers disable the option ROM for add-in controllers
and/or the on-board controllers when not booting from the controller or needing
to use its built in utilities.