Hardware and Software Requirements

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Before using the adapter, ensure that your server meets the hardware and software requirements. For additional information, check the product web page at:

http://www.oracle.com/goto/10gb-ethernet-adapter

Supported Hardware and Operating Systems	Supported Products
Hardware, Oracle servers	X5-2 X5-2L For the most up-to-date supported platforms, check the product web page for the specific server and its I/O options.
Optical transceivers	QSFP+ transceiver (short haul) QSFP+ transceiver (long haul)
Operating Systems	Oracle Solaris 11.2 SRU11 Oracle Linux 6.6, Oracle Linux 7, Oracle Linux 7.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.5, RHEL 6.6, RHEL 7, RHEL 7.1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 9 SP5, SLES 10 SP3, SLES 11 SP3, SLES 12 Microsoft Windows Server 2008R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012 For the most up-to-date supported OS's, check the product web page for the specific server.
Hypervisors	VMware ESXi 5.1 (in 10 GbE mode) and 5.5 Oracle VM 3.3.2 Microsoft Hyper-V

Cabling Options	Description
QSFP Optical Transceiver	QSFP optical SR (supports multimode cables, MPO connector up to 100m)
QSFP to QSFP Optical Cable Options	QSFP optical SR (supports multimode cables, MPO connector up to 100 m) High-bandwidth QSFP optical cable: 10 meters, MPO to MPO High-bandwidth QSFP optical cable: 20 meters, MPO to MPO High-bandwidth QSFP optical cable: 50 meters, MPO to MPO High-bandwidth QSFP optical cable: 100 meters, MPO to MPO For the most up-to-date supported cables and part numbers, check the product web page.
QSFP to 4 SFP+ Optical Splitter Cable Options	MPO to 4LC optical splitter cable, 10 meter, multimode MPO to 4LC optical splitter cable, 20 meter, multimode MPO to 4LC optical splitter cable, 50 meter, multimode
QSFP to QSFP Direct-Attach Passive Copper Cable Options (QSFP transceivers not required)	QSFP to QSFP passive copper cable, 1 meter QSFP to QSFP passive copper cable, 2 meters QSFP to QSFP passive copper cable, 3 meters QSFP to QSFP passive copper cable, 5 meters
QSFP to 4 SFP+ Splitter Cable Options	QSFP to 4 SFP+ passive copper splitter cable, 1 meter QSFP to 4 SFP+ passive copper splitter cable, 3 meters QSFP to 4 SFP+ passive copper splitter cable, 5 meters