Operating System Compatibility for Intel® Server Board S2600GL/GZ, Intel® Server System R1000GL/GZ, and Intel® Server System R2000GL/GZ
| Operating systems | Type of testing |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2* with Hyper-v | Compatibility and Stress Intel provides support for customers who have issues with the operating systems involving installation and/or functionality of the server board. Support is provided, regardless if adapters and peripherals were tested under the operating system. |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012* with Hyper-v x64 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2*/R2 SP1 with Hyper-v x64 and EFI | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008* SP2 with Hyper-v (32-bit and 64-bit) | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1* with KVM (32-bit and 64-bit) only supported in AHCI or ESRT2 mode | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2* with KVM (32-bit and 64-bit) only supported in AHCI or ESRT2 mode | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3* with KVM (32-bit and 64-bit) only supported in AHCI or ESRT2 mode | |
| SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11* SP2 with KVM (32-bit and 64-bit) only supported in AHCI or ESRT2 mode | |
| UEFI 2.1 | |
| VMware* ESXi 5.0 and 5.51 | Basic Testing Intel provides and tests operating system drivers for each of the server board integrated controllers, provided that the controller vendor has a driver available upon request. Intel does not require vendors to develop drivers for operating systems they do not already support. Functionality of certain server board integrated controllers can be limited. |
| VMware* ESX 4.1 U1, U2 and VMware ESXi 4.1 U1, U2 (only with AHCI-Capable SATA Controller in AHCI mode) | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003* R2 SP2 (32-bit and 64-bit) | |
| Microsoft Windows 7* SP1 Ultimate (32-bit and 64-bit) | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5* U6, U7, U8 with Xen and KVM (32-bit and 64-bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux only supported in AHCI or ESRT2 mode | |
| SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10* SP3 with Xen (32-bit and 64-bit) only supported in AHCI or ESRT2 mode | |
| Sun Solaris 11* | |
| Sun Solaris 10* U9 | |
| CentOS* 6.x | Basic installation Intel does not provide technical support for the open source operating systems listed. Contact the related open source community for support. |
| Fedora Core* | |
| FreeBSD* 9.x | |
| Ubuntu* 12.10 |
1 Only with AHCI-Capable SATA Controller in AHCI mode. Some network controllers may not be visible under VMware* 5.0, 5.1, or 5.5 with BIOS versions later than 1.03.0002 unless the BIOS is set for > Advanced > PCI Configuration > Memory Mapped I/O above 4 GB > Disabled.
The Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2* testing and certification extends support to the following editions:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2* for Embedded systems (standard)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2* for Embedded systems (Enterprise)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation*
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard*
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise*
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter*
- Microsoft Windows Web Server 2008 R2*
- Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008* R2
- Microsoft Windows Essential Business Server 2008*
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011* (uses Windows Server 2008 R2 drivers)
| Related topics |
| Linux* and UNIX* certification test submission report |
| Processor Compatibility |