IBM 10GBE - Manual (Page 9)

Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II for IBM BladeCenter 9
Operating environment
This adapter complies with temperature rating requirements for BladeCenter H and BladeCenter HT
chassis and is supported in the following environment:
Temperature - Operating:
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10 to 52° C (50 to 125° F) at an altitude of 0 to 914 m (0 to 3,000 ft)
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10 to 49° C (50 to 120° F) at an altitude of 0 to 3,000 m (0 to 10,000 ft)
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Temperature - Non-operating:
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40 to 65°C (-40 to 149° F) at an altitude of 0 to 12,000 m (0 to 39,370 ft)
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Humidity
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Operating: 8 to 80%, noncondensing
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Non-operating: 5 to 80%, noncondensing
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Operating system support
The Emulex 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapter II supports the following operating systems:
Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Datacenter x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Datacenter x86 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise x86 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Standard x86 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x64 Edition
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Web x86 Edition
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server Edition
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server x64 Edition
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server Edition
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Real Time 10 AMD64/EM64T
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for AMD64/EM64T
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 for x86
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T
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SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for x86
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Solaris 10 Operating System
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VMware ESX 3.5
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VMware ESX 4.0
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VMware ESX 4.1
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VMware ESXi 4.1
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VMware vSphere 5
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Support for operating systems is based on the combination of the expansion card and the blade server on
which it is installed. See the IBM ServerProven Web site for the latest information about the specific
versions and service packs supported. Select the blade server, and then select the expansion card to see
the supported operating systems. http://www.ibm.com/systems/info/x86servers/serverproven/compat/us/