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System halts and can't boot xWindows with W5100
driver installed.
Run aticonfig --initial -f after the install and
before the boot. Refer to AMD
documentation.
Management Tools OS Deployment of Driver Packs is not supported.
NOTE: OSD is not supported on R7910.
IPMI is not supported on Windows 7.
Server Cab files are used for driver updates.
nVIDIA Tesla K20 nVIDIA Tesla is not supported on Win7 x32 OS.
Intel 3120A Intel 3120A is not supported on Win7 x32 OS.
nVIDIA GPU VMware Host hangs running 3Dmark stress. Use Unigine Heaven to replace 3DMark for
benchmark loop test.
Intel RSTe Only 4 drives can be configured as RAID. Only 4 drives can be used in a RAID
configuration. Drives 0-3. Drives 4-7 can be
configured as JBOD (non-RAID, just a
bunch of disks).
PCoIP System cannot be remotely turned ON. You must wait a minimum of 30 seconds
from the time the system is remotely
turned OFF to the time it is turned ON.
PXE Not all NIC ports support Pre-boot Execution
Environment (PXE).
Port 1 of the 4 port 1g Network Daughter
Card (NDC) supports PXE. Port 3 of the
2+2 NDC supports PXE.
NDC 10G port No function when plugging 10g NDC port to 100 Mbs
switch.
10g NDC ports are incompatible with
100Mbps full duplex switch port.
PERC RAID 6/50/60 are not supported.
iSCSI Cannot connect iSCSI device. iSCSI is not supported on Precision R7910
SATA SSD SATA SSD devices are recognized as external
devices
SATA SSD devices are recognized as
external devices under OS when using the
onboard AHCI controller.
ISCSI Cannot connect iSCSI boot device in UEFI mode. iSCSI support for system.
WHQL Compliance WHQL Sleep and PNP test will fail. Install the Intel RSTe driver first, followed
by the Intel chipset driver.
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