Intel S5400SF manual Adapters and Peripherals

Adapters and Peripherals Intel® Server Board S5400SF

4.Adapters and Peripherals

Add-in adapter card and peripheral compatibility and stress testing will only be performed with the latest version of an operating system available at the time of testing. 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.

Not all adapter cards were tested with 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 adapter 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 adapter or peripheral has been tested, but is NOT supported under the specific
Number in brackets (i.e. [1])	configuration identified in the Base System Configurations Table in Section 2 of this
	document.
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 suported under this operating system.
	This adapter is supported, but has not been tested with this server board. Intel will
	support the adapter based on successful testing of a similar product 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
SA (Similar Adapter)	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 adapter equally. Customers should always test an
	adapter 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 there are no installation guidelines noted in the following table, then the adapter installed and functioned as expected using manufacturer’s installation instructions or Intel’s best-known methods.

✏Adapters cards are normally tested with the unused add-in adapters and on- board controller expansion ROMs disabled in 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 using the built in utilities.

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