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Adapters and Peripherals Intel® Server Board S5400SF
Rev 1.0
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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:
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 Section 2 of this
document.
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 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.
SA (Similar Adapter)
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
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.
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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.