• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1• VMware ESXi 5.1 Update 2NOTE: The 12 GBPS SAS HBA driver for VMware ESXi is bundled with the VMware ISO imageavailable from Dell. For more information, see dell.com/virtualizationsolutions.• VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 2• Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 6.5 (64-bit)• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 for HPC Compute Node• Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 4.0 (64-bit)• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 11 SP3 (64-bit)• Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7NOTE: For the latest list of supported operating systems and driver installation instructions, see thesystem documentation at dell.com/support/manuals. For specific operating system service packrequirements, see the Drivers and Downloads section at dell.com/support/manuals.Related documentation• For all storage controllers and PCIe SSD documents, go to dell.com/storagecontrollermanuals.• For all Dell OpenManage documents, go to dell.com/openmanagemanuals.• For all operating system documents, go to dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals.• For all PowerEdge documentation, go to dell.com/poweredgemanuals.• For all PowerVault documentation, go to dell.com/powervaultmanuals.• Your product documentation includes, Dell PowerEdge 12 Gbps SAS HBA User’s Guide . The User’sGuide describes features, installation, management, and troubleshooting of 12 Gbps SAS HBAcontroller.7