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Tested operating system list

This page contains a list of the tested operating systems for the Intel® Server Board S5520UR/S5520URT family. Operating systems not listed below are not supported by this Intel® Server Board or Intel® Server System.

Operating System Type of Testing Note
Microsoft Windows Server 2008*, Service Pack 2, 32-bit & 64-bit

P1

1, 3, 7

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2*, 64-bit, Service Pack 1
Microsoft Windows Server 2003* Release 2, 32-bit & 64-bit
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11* (32-bit & 64-bit) with SP1

2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1* (32-bit & 64-bit)

2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4* - Update 8 (32-bit & 64-bit)

P2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6* (32-bit & 64-bit)

SCO Unixware 7.14*
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10* - Service Pack 4 (32-bit & 64-bit)
Sun Solaris 10* U7

2

VMWare ESX 3.5* U4
VMWare ESXi 3.5* U4
VMWare ESX 4.0* U1
VMWare ESXi 4.0* U1
VMWare* ESX 4.1* U1
VMWare ESXi 4.1* U1
VMWare ESXi 5.0*
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2011*, (Standard, Essentials* and Premium Add-on)
Microsoft Windows 7*

6

CentOS v5.5*

P3
Debian v5.0.3*
Fedora 13*
FreeBSD v8.1*
Ubuntu LTS 9.10*
Note
  1. The Microsoft WHQL information page is located here.
  2. The Linux*and UNIX* certification test submission report can be obtained here.
  3. An update to the on-board network controller driver is required after the operating system has completed the installation. For more details, see the, High CPU utilization under Windows 2008 R2* or Windows 7* with embedded NIC driver. Download the latest network interface driver.
  4. When configuring a RAID system, check out the RAID troubleshooting document if an issue is encountered.
  5. During installation of Microsoft Windows Server 2008*, if the system is unable to load the RAID driver, check the System cannot determine if there is a valid system volume solution for a possible workaround.
  6. Use the embedded Microsoft Windows 7 on-board video driver.
  7. The Microsoft* Windows Server 2008 R2, 32-bit & 64-bit testing & certification extends support to the following editions:
    Microsoft* Windows Server 2008 R2 for Embedded systems (standard)
    Microsoft* Windows Server 2008 R2 for Embedded systems (Enterprise)
    Microsoft* Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation
    Microsoft* Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
    Microsoft* Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
    Microsoft* Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter
    Microsoft* Windows Web Server 2008 R2
    Microsoft* Windows HPC Server 2008 R2
    Microsoft* Windows Essential Business Server 2008
Type of testing Support Commitment
P1 Compatibility and stress – system stress with special test software is used to maximize the stress of the CPU, memory, and IO buses of the platform. The test areas within compatibility validation are verification of basic functionality, OS installation and boot. Intel will provide support for customer issues with these operating systems involving installation and/or functionality of the server board with or without the adapters and peripherals as having been tested under the particular operating system.
P2 Basic testing – OS installation, boot, and functional validation Intel will provide and test operating system drivers for each of the server board’s integrated controllers, provided that the controller vendor has a driver available upon request. Vendors will not be required by Intel to develop drivers for operating systems that they do not already support. This may limit the functionality of certain server board integrated controllers.

Intel will NOT provide support for issues related to use of any add-in adapters or peripherals installed in the server system when an operating system that received only basic installation testing is in use.

P3 Basic installation - install and boot testing only of all onboard components Intel will not provide any technical support to the open source operating systems listed above. If you, as a customer, encounter any technical problem or difficulty in installation and/or usage of any software above, please directly seek the support and/or help from the corresponding open source operating system community.

This applies to:
Intel® Server Board S5520UR
Intel® Server System SR1600UR
Intel® Server System SR1625UR
Intel® Server System SR2600UR
Intel® Server System SR2612UR
Intel® Server System SR2625UR

Solution ID: CS-030025
Date Created: 06-Jan-2009
Last Modified: 09-Nov-2011
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