Software and Hardware Requirements

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Before using Oracle Fabric OS 1.0.2, ensure that your hardware meets the hardware and software requirements.

Supported Hardware and Software	Minimum Version
Oracle InfiniBand switches	Oracle Fabric Interconnect F2-12. For more information on this virtualization switch, refer to https://www.oracle.com/networking/fabric-interconnect-f2-12/index.html and Oracle Fabric Interconnect F2-12 and Oracle F2 I/O Modules Product Notes Oracle InfiniBand Switch IS2-46 Switch. For more information on the leaf switch, refer to https://www.oracle.com/networking/infiniband-switch-is2-46/index.html.
I/O modules	For more information about the I/O modules supported by the virtualization switch, refer to https://www.oracle.com/networking/fabric-interconnect-f2-12/index.html.
Oracle Fabric Manager software	Oracle Fabric Manager version 5.0.2. If you have version 5.0.1, you must upgrade to 5.0.2. Any version prior to 5.0.0 is not supported. For more information, refer to http://www.oracle.com/us/products/networking/virtual-networking/fabric-manager/overview/index.html.
Operating Systems	Oracle Linux, starting with version 6.7 with UEK4. VMware ESXi, starting with version 6.0.

Note - These two Oracle dual port adapters do not have model numbers, but they have a 64-bit GUID which uniquely identifies the adapter in the server and on the IB fabric.

This table lists the IB HCA cards that are supported for an Oracle InfiniBand switch on a server.

Supported HCA Cards	Minimum Firmware Version
Oracle Dual Port QDR InfiniBand Adapter M4 and Oracle Dual Port EDR InfiniBand Adapter	Oracle Solaris systems – Oracle Solaris 11.3 SRU 9 Oracle Linux systems: Oracle for Oracle Linux 6 Update 7 Oracle Linux 7 Update 1 Oracle VM systems - Oracle VM 3.4.2

More information on the supported HCA cards is available at https://www.oracle.com/networking/dual-port-edr-infiniband-adapter/index.html and https://www.oracle.com/networking/dual-port-qdr-infiniband-adapter-m4/index.html.