xviii Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual53-1002144-01• Solaris 11, except Open Solaris (x86, x64, and SPARC)• VMware ESX Server 4.0, 4.1, 5.0 (x64)NOTEHCM is not supported in ESXi systems.NOTEHCM is supported only on the guest operating system for VMware.• Oracle Enterprise Linux (OEL) 5.6, 6.0 (x86 and x64)NOTESpecific operating system service patch levels and other patch requirements are detailed in thecurrent release notes for your adapter software version.What’s new in this documentThis document adds details on adapter software release 3.0 and the Brocade 1860 Fabric Adapter.For further information about new features not covered in this document and documentationupdates, refer to the release notes for your adapter software version.Document conventionsThis section describes text formatting conventions and important notice formats used in thisdocument.Text formattingThe narrative-text formatting conventions that are used are as follows:bold text Identifies command namesIdentifies the names of user-manipulated GUI elementsIdentifies keywords and operandsIdentifies text to enter at the GUI or CLIitalic text Provides emphasisIdentifies variablesIdentifies paths and Internet addressesIdentifies document titlescode text Identifies CLI outputIdentifies command syntax examplesFor readability, command names in the narrative portions of this guide are presented in mixedlettercase: for example, switchShow. In actual examples, command lettercase is often alllowercase.