Instruction Manual

16 Overview
PCI Architecture
• The PERC H700 and H800 cards support a PCI-E 2.0 x8 host interface.
• The PERC H700 Modular cards support a PCI-E 2.0 x4 host interface.
Operating System Support
The PERC H700 and H800 cards support the following operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008, including Hyper-V virtualization
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5.5 and later (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.0 and later (64-bit)
•Sun
Solaris10 (64-bit)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 10 SP3 and later (64-bit)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 11 SP1 and later (64-bit)
• VMware ESX and ESXi 4.0 Update 2
• VMware ESX and ESXi 4.1
NOTE: For the latest list of supported operating systems and driver installation
instructions, see the system documentation at support.dell.com/manuals. For
specific operating system service pack requirements, see the Drivers and
Downloads section at support.dell.com.
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