Intel S5000XAL Hardware Guide - Page 17

Intel® Server Board S5000PAL/S5000XAL Adapters and Peripherals 4. Adapters and Peripherals Compatibility and stress testing for add-in adapter cards and peripherals 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 all adapter cards were not 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 Chapter 2. 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 Chapter 2. 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 supported 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 the installation guidelines are not noted in the following table, then the adapter installed and functioned as expected using manufacturer's installation instructions or Intel's best-known methods. / Testing of adapters cards normally is performed with unused add-in adapters and on-board controller expansion ROMs disabled in the 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. Revision 5.0 11