Operating Systems Type of testing Microsoft Windows Server 2012* with Hyper-v x64 Compatibility & Stress Intel provides support for customers that have issues with the operating systems involving installation and/or functionality of the server board. Support is provided, regardless if adapters and peripherals were tested under the operating system. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2*/R2 SP1 with Hyper-v x64 & EFI Microsoft Windows Server 2008* SP2 with Hyper-v (32-bit & 64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1* with KVM (32-bit & 64-bit) only supported in AHCI or ESRT2 mode Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2* with KVM (32-bit & 64-bit) only supported in AHCI or ESRT2 mode Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3* with KVM (32-bit & 64-bit) only supported in AHCI or ESRT2 mode SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11* SP2 with KVM (32-bit & 64-bit)only supported in AHCI or ESRT2 mode UEFI 2.1 VMware* ESXi 5.0 (only with AHCI Capable SATA Controller in AHCI mode) Basic Testing Intel provides and tests operating system drivers for each of the server board integrated controllers, provided that the controller vendor has a driver available upon request. Intel does not require vendors to develop drivers for operating systems they do not already support. Functionality of certain server board integrated controllers can be limited. VMware* ESX 4.1 U1, U2 and VMware ESXi 4.1 U1, U2 (only with AHCI Capable SATA Controller in AHCI mode) Microsoft Windows Server 2003* R2 SP2 (32-bit & 64-bit) Microsoft Windows 7* SP1 Ultimate (32-bit & 64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5* U6, U7, U8 with Xen and KVM (32-bit & 64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux only supported in AHCI or ESRT2 mode SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10* SP3 with Xen (32-bit & 64-bit) only supported in AHCI or ESRT2 mode Sun Solaris 11* Sun Solaris 10* U9 CentOS 6.x Basic installation Intel does not provide technical support for the open source operating systems listed. Contact the related open source community for support. Fedora Core FreeBSD 9.x Ubuntu 12.10

Related Topics:
Microsoft WHQL information
Linux and UNIX certification test submission report.
Processor Compatibility

The Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2* 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*
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011* (uses Windows Server 2008 R2 drivers)

This applies to:

IntelŽ Server Board S2600GL IntelŽ Server Board S2600GZ IntelŽ Server System R1000GZ/GL Family IntelŽ Server System R2000GZ/GL Family