User Guide

Supported operating systems
The DDS Generation 5 USB Tape Drive supports the following operating systems:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x64)
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (x64)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (x86)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
Microsoft Windows Vista (x64)
Microsoft Windows Vista (x86)
Microsoft Windows XP (x64)
Microsoft Windows XP (x86)
Novell Open Enterprise Server
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 (x64)
Oracle Enterprise Linux 4 (x86)
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 (x64)
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5 (x86)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (x64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (x86)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x64)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (x86)
Sun Solaris 10 (x64)
Sun Solaris 10 (x86)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (x64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (x86)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x64)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86)
See IBM ServerProven for the latest information on the specific versions and service packs 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.
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