Operating System and Technology Requirements

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The HBA requires the operating system (OS) and technology levels, at minimum, listed in Table 1.

Table 1 Supported Operating System/Technology Versions

Operating System/Technology	Recommended Versions (minimum) Oracle supports the Oracle Solaris 10 10/09 OS with patches 142676-02 (x86) and 143523-02 (SPARC) as the minimum Oracle Solaris OS level. However, if issues occur with the HBA, Oracle Support requires that you update to the recommended OS levels listed in Table 1.
Oracle Solaris OS for the x86 (32-bit and 64-bit) platform	Oracle Solaris 11.1 with SRU7 Oracle Solaris 10 01/13 with patches 149176-02 and 145649-04, at minimum To obtain the latest patches and SRUs, go to http://support.oracle.com
Oracle Solaris OS for the SPARC (32-bit and 64-bit) platform	Oracle Solaris 11.1 with SRU7 Oracle Solaris 10 01/13 with patches 149175-02 and 145648-04, at minimum To obtain the latest patches and SRUs, go to http://support.oracle.com
Linux OS (64-bit)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.9 and 6.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP2 Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.9 and 6.4 (Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK) and Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) 2, at minimum)
Virtual Machine OS	Oracle VM 3.2.1
Microsoft Windows OS (64-bit)	Window Server 2008 R2 including SP1 Windows Server 2012
VMware Technology	VMware ESX/ESXi 5.0 VMware ESX/ESXi 5.1