Intel MFSYS35, MFSYS25, MFS5000SI manual 4.I/O Expansion Cards & Peripherals, Revision

Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS25, Intel® Modular Server System MFSYS35, Intel® Compute Module MFS5000SI

4.I/O Expansion Cards & Peripherals

I/O Expansion card and peripheral compatibility and stress testing 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 expansion cards and peripherals 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 not all expansion cards or peripherals were 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:

	This expansion card or peripheral has been tested and is supported under the specific
Number (i.e. 1)	configuration identified in the Base System Configurations Table in Section 2 of this
	document.
	This expansion card or peripheral has been tested, but is NOT supported under the
Number in brackets (i.e. [1])	specific configuration identified in the Base System Configurations Table in Section 2
	of this document.
NT	This expansion card or peripheral has not been tested under this operating system
	and is not supported under this operating system.
	This expansion card or peripheral has not been tested under this operating system
ND	due to limitations in IHV driver availability, and is not suported under this operating
	system.
	This expansion card/peripheral is supported, but not tested. This expansion
	card/peripheral model has not been tested with this server board, but Intel will support
	it based on successful testing of a similar expansion card/peripheral from the same
	family. Intel has high confidence that this expansion card/peripheral will function
	correctly with the server board. This expansion card/peripheral uses the same
SD (Similar Device)	firmware and drivers, and has a nearly identical system interface to another
	expansion card/peripheral of the same family that has been successfully tested with
	this server board. In addition, Intel has secured IHV commitment to support the
	similar expansion card/peripheral equally. Customers should always test expansion
	card/peripheral as part of the final system configuration prior to deployment. All
	installation guidelines for the tested expansion card/peripheral also apply to the
	similar device.

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 expansion card/peripheral and operating system combination, these are referenced in the following table. If there are no installation guidelines noted in the following table, then the expansion card/peripheral installed and functioned as expected using manufacturer’s installation instructions or Intel’s best-known methods.

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