Reference Guide

70 Network Interface Controllers and Supported Operating Systems
Table 9-1. NIC Manufacturers and Drivers Required for Supported Operating Systems
NIC Product Name Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000
Microsoft
Windows 2003
Red Hat
®
Enterprise
Linux 3
Red Hat
Enterprise
Linux 4
SUSE
®
LINUX
Enterprise Server
3COM
®
3C98x
Family of Adapters
NOTE: Dell no
longer supports this
NIC.
NA NA NA NA NA
Alteon ACEnic
Copper Gigabit
7.100
(7.7 family of
adapters)
7.100 (7.7 family
of adapters)
7.4.12
(7.7 family of
adapters)
3.10 Broadcom
driver
NOTE: bcm5700 is
not supported on
Red Hat Enterprise
Linux version 4.
NA
Broadcom
NetXtreme Family
of Adapters
7.100
(7.7 family of
adapters)
7.100 (7.7 family
of adapters)
7.4.12
(7.7 family of
adapters)
3.10 Broadcom
driver
3.37 (Broadcom
Tigon3 ethernet
driver)
Intel
®
EtherExpress
®
Family of Adapters
6.0 8.0.17
(Intel PRO/100
Adapters)
8.4.21
(Intel PRO/1000
Adapters)
NA NA (Intel
PRO/100 Adapters)
5.7.6.1(Intel
PRO/1000
Adapters)
3.4.14p1-NAPI
(Intel PRO/100
Network Driver)
6.2.15-NAPI (Intel
PRO/1000 Network
Driver)