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Product Technical Exceptions
Minimum Supported Red Hat Updates Footnotes
DL120 G5 RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.6
DL120 G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.4
RHEL 4.8
DL120 G7* RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.6 		* The HP Dynamic Smart Array B110i/B120i/B320i controller requires a close source driver from HP. The RHEL certification was completed in native SAS/SATA mode.
DL145 G3 RHEL 5.0
RHEL 4.3
RHEL 3.7
DL160 G5 RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.6
DL160 G5p RHEL 5.1 1,2,3
RHEL 4.6 1 		1 This server is not Red Hat certified but HPE supported on RHEL 4 and RHEL 5.
2 All servers with Intel VT and AMD-V hardware are certified with RHEL 5.4 or later include certification for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.
3 HPE management Agent support is now available with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 XEN Kernel on RHEL 5.2 or later and the HPE Linux ProLiant Support Pack version 8.10. SAN support is now available on HPE storage with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 XEN Kernel.
DL160 G6* RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.3
RHEL 4.7 1, 2 		1 A Driver Update Diskette for the network interface card is required.
2 The DL160 G6 will be certified with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8
* The HPE Dynamic Smart Array B110i/B120i/B320i controller requires a close source driver from HPE. The RHEL certification was completed in native SAS/SATA mode.
DL165 G5 RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.6
DL165 G5p RHEL 5.1 1,2,3
RHEL 4.6 1 		1 This server is not Red Hat certified but HPE supported on RHEL 4 and RHEL 5.
2 All servers with Intel VT and AMD-V hardware are certified with RHEL 5.4 or later include certification for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.
3 HPE management Agent support is now available with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 XEN Kernel on RHEL 5.2 or later and the HPE Linux ProLiant Support Pack version 8.10. SAN support is now available on HPE storage with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 XEN Kernel.
DL165 G6 RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.6
DL165 G7 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.4 1

AMD Opteron™ 6200 Series Processors

RHEL 5.7
RHEL 6.1 		1 This server requires minimum of kernel 2.6.18-164.9.1.el5 from Red Hat. This update is available to active subscribers as an errata from the Red Hat Network. See RHSA-2009:1670-1 for details.
DL170e G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.5
DL170h G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.3
RHEL 4.8
DL180 G5 RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.6
DL180 G6* RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.3
RHEL 4.7 1, 2 		1 A Driver Update Diskette for the network interface card is required.
2 The DL180 G6 will be certified with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8
* The HPE Dynamic Smart Array B110i/B120i/B320i controller requires a close source driver from HPE. The RHEL certification was completed in native SAS/SATA mode.
DL185 G5 RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.6 (quad core processor only)
RHEL 4.5 (dual core processor only)
DL320 G5 RHEL 5.0
RHEL 4.3
RHEL 3.7
DL320 G5p RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.5
DL320 G6* RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.3
RHEL 4.8 (Intel® Xeon® Processor 5600 Series)
RHEL 4.7 		* The HPE Dynamic Smart Array B110i/B120i/B320i controller requires a close source driver from HPE. The RHEL certification was completed in native SAS/SATA mode.
DL320s RHEL 5.0
RHEL 4.3
RHEL 3.8
DL360 G4p RHEL 5.0
RHEL 4.1 (dual core processors)
RHEL 4.0 (single core processors)
RHEL 3.5 (SAS model or dual core processors)
RHEL 3.2 (SCSI or SATA models and single core processors)
DL360 G5 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.0
RHEL 4.4 (quad core processors) 1
RHEL 4.2 (dual core processors only) 1
RHEL 3.6 (Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5100 Series) 		1 An upgrade to RHEL 4.5 errata kernel-2.6.9-55-0.12 may be necessary. Refer here for details.
DL360 G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.3
RHEL 4.8 (Intel® Xeon® Processor 5600 Series)
RHEL 4.7
DL360 G7 RHEL 7.0
RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.3 1
RHEL 4.8 2 		1 Drivers for the HPE 4X QDR PCI-e G2 QLogic InfiniBand Dual Port HCA (Part Number 583211-B21) are not available in the RHEL 5 distribution but are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com.
2 Drivers for the following devices are not available in the RHEL 4.8 distribution but are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com:
  • HPE 10 GbE PCI-e G2 Dual Port (Part Number 516937-B21)
  • HPE 4X QDR PCI-e G2 QLogic InfiniBand Dual Port HCA (Part Number 583211-B21)
  • HPE NC365T 4-port Ethernet Server Adapter (Part Number 593722-B21)
  • HPE NC550SFP Dual Port 10GbE Server Adapter (Part Number 581201-B21)
DL365 RHEL 5.0
RHEL 4.3
RHEL 3.8 + 2.4.21-47.0.1.EL kernel (x86)
RHEL 3.8 (AMD64/EM64T)
DL365 G5 RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.6
DL370 G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.3
RHEL 4.7 1, 2 		1 A Driver Update Diskette for the network interface card is required.
2 The DL370 G6 will be certified with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8
DL380 G5 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.0
RHEL 4.4 (quad core processors) 1
RHEL 4.2 (dual core processors only) 1
RHEL 3.6 (Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5100 Series) 		1 An upgrade to RHEL 4.5 errata kernel-2.6.9-55-0.12 may be necessary. Refer here for details.
DL380 G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.3
RHEL 4.7
DL380 G7 RHEL 7.0
RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.3 1
RHEL 4.8 2 		1 Drivers for the HPE 4X QDR PCI-e G2 QLogic InfiniBand Dual Port HCA (Part Number 583211-B21) are not available in the RHEL 5 distribution but are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com.
2 Drivers for the following devices are not available in the RHEL 4.8 distribution but are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com:
  • HPE 4X QDR PCI-e G2 QLogic InfiniBand Dual Port HCA (Part Number 583211-B21)
  • HPE NC365T 4-port Ethernet Server Adapter (Part Number 593722-B21)
  • HPE NC550SFP Dual Port 10GbE Server Adapter (Part Number 581201-B21)
DL385 G2 RHEL 5.0
RHEL 4.3
RHEL 3.8 + 2.4.21-47.0.1.EL kernel (x86)
RHEL 3.8 (AMD64/EM64T)
DL385 G5 RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.6
DL385 G5p RHEL 6.0 1
RHEL 5.1 2,3
RHEL 4.6 		1 This server is not Red Hat certified but HPE supported on RHEL 6.
2 All servers with Intel VT and AMD-V hardware are certified with RHEL 5.4 or later include certification for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.
3 HPE management Agent support is now available with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 XEN Kernel on RHEL 5.2 or later and the HPE Linux ProLiant Support Pack version 8.10. SAN support is now available on HPE storage with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 XEN Kernel.
DL385 G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.6
DL385 G7 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.4 1

AMD Opteron™ 6200 Series Processors

RHEL 5.7
RHEL 6.1 		1 This server requires minimum of kernel 2.6.18-164.9.1.el5 from Red Hat. This update is available to active subscribers as an errata from the Red Hat Network. See RHSA-2009:1670-1 for details.
DL580 G4 RHEL 5.0
RHEL 4.2
RHEL 3.8
DL580 G5 RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.5
6-Core/4-Core Intel®, Xeon®, Processor 7400 Series
RHEL 5.2 1
RHEL 4.7 		1 An upgrade to RHEL 5.2 errata kernel (2.6.18-92.1.10) for x86_64 may be necessary. Refer here for details.
DL580 G7 RHEL 7.0
RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.5
DL585 G2 RHEL 5.0
RHEL 4.3
RHEL 3.8 + 2.4.21-47.0.1.EL kernel (x86)
RHEL 3.8 (AMD64/EM64T)
DL585 G5 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.6
DL585 G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.4
RHEL 4.6
DL585 G7 RHEL 7.0
RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.5 (64-bit)
RHEL 5.4 1 (32-bit)

AMD Opteron™ 6200 Series Processors

RHEL 7.0
RHEL 6.1
RHEL 5.7

AMD Opteron™ 6300 Series Processors

RHEL 7.0
RHEL 6.3
RHEL 5.8 		1 This server requires a minimum of kernel 2.6.18-164.9.1.el5 from Red Hat. This update is available to active subscribers as an errata from the Red Hat Network. See RHSA-2009:1670-1 for details.
DL785 G5 RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.6
DL785 G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.3
RHEL 4.8
DL980 G7* RHEL 7.0
RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.5 		* This system supports only 64-bit.
PLEASE NOTE: Use of DISTRIBUTION-PROVIDED DRIVERS is supported as are the drivers in the SPP. Any new drivers not found in the distribution can be found in the latest SPP. Please view the SPP OS Guide for a mapping of supported Linux distributions to SPP releases.
ML
Product Technical Exceptions
Minimum Supported Red Hat Updates Footnotes
ML110 G5 RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.6
ML110 G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.3
RHEL 4.8
ML110 G7* RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.6 		* The HPE Dynamic Smart Array B110i/B120i/B320i controller requires a close source driver from HPE. The RHEL certification was completed in native SAS/SATA mode.
ML115 G5 RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.6
ML150 G5 RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.6
ML150 G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.3
RHEL 4.7
ML310 G4 RHEL 5.0
RHEL 4.3
RHEL 3.7
ML310 G5 RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.5
ML310 G5p RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.5
ML330 G6* RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.2
RHEL 4.8 (Intel® Xeon® Processor 5600 Series)
RHEL 4.7 		* The HPE Dynamic Smart Array B110i/B120i/B320i controller requires a close source driver from HPE. The RHEL certification was completed in native SAS/SATA mode.
ML350 G5 RHEL 5.0
RHEL 4.4 (quad core processors) 1
RHEL 4.2 (dual core processors only) 1
RHEL 3.6 (Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5100 Series)
 1 An upgrade to RHEL 4.5 errata kernel-2.6.9-55-0.12 may be necessary. Refer here for details.
ML350 G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.3
RHEL 4.8 (Intel® Xeon® Processor 5600 Series)
RHEL 4.7
ML370 G5 RHEL 5.0
RHEL 4.4 (quad core processors) 1
RHEL 4.2 (dual core processors only) 1
RHEL 3.6 (Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5100 Series) 		1 An upgrade to RHEL 4.5 errata kernel-2.6.9-55-0.12 may be necessary. Refer here for details.
ML370 G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.3
RHEL 4.7 1, 2 		1 A Driver Update Diskette for the network interface card is required.
2 The ML370 G6 will be certified with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8
PLEASE NOTE: Use of DISTRIBUTION-PROVIDED DRIVERS is supported as are the drivers in the SPP. Any new drivers not found in the distribution can be found in the latest SPP. Please view the SPP OS Guide for a mapping of supported Linux distributions to SPP releases.
BL & WS
Product Technical Exceptions
Minimum Supported Red Hat Updates Footnotes
BL2x220c G5 RHEL 4.5 1
RHEL 5.1
RHEL 6.0 		1 An upgrade to RHEL 4.5 errata kernel-2.6.9-55-0.12 may be necessary. Refer here for details.
BL2x220c G6 RHEL 4.8 2
RHEL 5.3 1
RHEL 6.0 		1 Drivers for the HPE 4X QDR PCI-e G2 QLogic InfiniBand Dual Port HCA (Part Number 583211-B21) are not available in the RHEL 5 distribution but are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com.
2 RHEL 4 drivers for the HPE BLc NC542m 10GbE KR Dual Port Adapter (Part Number 539857-B21) and HP 10GbE Dual Port Mezzanine Adapter (Part Number 516936-B21) are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com.
BL2x220c G7 RHEL 5.5
RHEL 6.0
BL260c G5 RHEL 4.6
RHEL 5.1
BL280c G6 RHEL 4.7 2, 3
RHEL 4.8 (Intel® Xeon® Processor 5600 Series)
RHEL 5.3 1
RHEL 6.0 		1 Drivers for the HPE 4X QDR PCI-e G2 QLogic InfiniBand Dual Port HCA (Part Number 583211-B21) are not available in the RHEL 5 distribution but are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com.
2 A Driver Update Diskette for the network interface card is required.
3 The BL280c G6 will be certified with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8.
BL460c RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.0
RHEL 4.4 1
RHEL 3.6 (Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5100 Series) 		1 An upgrade to RHEL 4.5 errata kernel-2.6.9-55-0.12 may be necessary. Refer here for details.
BL460c G5 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.0 2,3
RHEL 4.6 1 		1 This server is not Red Hat certified but HPE supported on RHEL 4.
2 All servers with Intel VT and AMD-V hardware are certified with RHEL 5.4 or later include certification for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.
3 HPE management Agent support is now available with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 XEN Kernel on RHEL 5.2 or later and the HPE Linux ProLiant Support Pack version 8.10. SAN support is now available on HPE storage with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 XEN Kernel.
BL460c G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.3
RHEL 4.8 (Intel® Xeon® Processor 5600 Series)
RHEL 4.7 1, 2 		1 A Driver Update Diskette for the network interface card is required.
2 The BL460c G6 will be certified with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8
BL460c G7 RHEL 7.0
RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.5 1 		1 Drivers for the HPE 4X QDR PCI-e G2 QLogic InfiniBand Dual Port HCA (Part Number 583211-B21) are not available in the RHEL 5 distribution but are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com.
BL465c RHEL 5.0
RHEL 4.3
RHEL 3.8 + 2.4.21-47.0.1.EL kernel (x86)
RHEL 3.8 (AMD64/EM64T)
BL465c G5 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.6
BL465c G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.6
BL465c G7 RHEL 7.0
RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.5 (64-bit) 3, 4
RHEL 5.4 (32-bit) 1, 2, 3, 4

AMD Opteron™ 6200 Series Processors

RHEL 7.0
RHEL 6.1
RHEL 5.7 		1 A driver update is required. Refer to the Customer Advisory for more details.
2 This server requires a minimum of kernel 2.6.18-164.9.1.el5 from Red Hat. This update is available to active subscribers as an errata from the Red Hat Network. See RHSA-2009:1670-1 for details.
3 Drivers for the Brocade 804 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter for HPE c-Class BladeSystem (Part Number 590647-B2) are not available in the RHEL 5 distribution but are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com.
4 Drivers for the HPE 4X QDR PCI-e G2 QLogic InfiniBand Dual Port HCA (Part Number 583211-B21) are not available in the RHEL 5 distribution but are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com.
BL480c RHEL 5.0
RHEL 4 .4 (quad core processors) 1
RHEL 4 .2 (dual core processors only) 1
RHEL 3.6 (Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5100 Series) 		1 An upgrade to RHEL 4.5 errata kernel-2.6.9-55-0.12 may be necessary. Refer here for details.
BL490c G6 RHEL 5.3 1
RHEL 4.8 (Intel® Xeon® Processor 5600 Series)
RHEL 4.7 2, 3 		1 Drivers for the HPE 4X QDR PCI-e G2 QLogic InfiniBand Dual Port HCA (Part Number 583211-B21) are not available in the RHEL 5 distribution but are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com.
2 A Driver Update Diskette for the network interface card is required.
3 The BL490c G6 will be certified with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8.
BL490c G7 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.5 1 		1 Drivers for the HPE 4X QDR PCI-e G2 QLogic InfiniBand Dual Port HCA (Part Number 583211-B21) are not available in the RHEL 5 distribution but are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com.
BL495c G5 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.2 1, 2
RHEL 4.7 1, 2 		1 A Driver Update Diskette for the network interface card is required. Click here and select the Operating System.
2 The BL495c G5 will be certified with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8
BL495c G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.2 1, 2 RHEL 4.7 1, 2 		1 A Driver Update Diskette for the network interface card is required. Click here and select the Operating System.
2 The BL495c G6 will be certified with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8
BL620c G7 RHEL 7.0
RHEL 6.0 1
RHEL 5.5 1, 2 		1 Drivers for the Brocade 804 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter for HPE c-Class BladeSystem (Part Number 590647-B21) are not available in the RHEL distribution but are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com.
2 Drivers for the HP 4X QDR PCI-e G2 QLogic InfiniBand Dual Port HCA (Part Number 583211-B21) are not available in the RHEL 5 distribution but are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com.
BL680c G5 RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.5
6-Core/4-Core Intel®, Xeon®, Processor 7400 Series
RHEL 5.2 1
RHEL 4.7 		1 An upgrade to RHEL 5.2 errata kernel (2.6.18-92.1.10) for x86_64 may be necessary. Refer here for details.
BL680c G7 RHEL 7.0
RHEL 6.0 1
RHEL 5.5 1, 2 		1 Drivers for the Brocade 804 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter for HPE c-Class BladeSystem (Part Number 590647-B21) are not available in the RHEL distribution but are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com.
2 Drivers for the HPE 4X QDR PCI-e G2 QLogic InfiniBand Dual Port HCA (Part Number 583211-B21) are not available in the RHEL 5 distribution but are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com.
BL685c RHEL 5.0
RHEL 4.3
RHEL 3.8 + 2.4.21-47.0.1.EL kernel (x86)
RHEL 3.8 (AMD64/EM64T)
BL685c G5 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.1
RHEL 4.6
BL685c G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.3
RHEL 4.7 1, 2 		1 A Driver Update Diskette for the network interface card is required.
2 The BL685c G6 will be certified with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8
BL685c G7 RHEL 7.0
RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.5 (64-bit) 3, 4
RHEL 5.4 (32-bit) 1, 2, 3, 4

AMD Opteron™ 6200 Series Processors

RHEL 7.0
RHEL 6.1
RHEL 5.7

AMD Opteron™ 6300 Series Processors

RHEL 7.0
RHEL 6.3
RHEL 5.8 		1 A driver update is required. Refer to the Customer Advisory for more details.
2 This server requires a minimum of kernel 2.6.18-164.9.1.el5 from Red Hat. This update is available to active subscribers as an errata from the Red Hat Network. See RHSA-2009:1670-1 for details.
3 Drivers for the Brocade 804 8Gb Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter for HPE c-Class BladeSystem (Part Number 590647-B2) are not available in the RHEL 5 distribution but are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com.
4 Drivers for the HPE 4X QDR PCI-e G2 QLogic InfiniBand Dual Port HCA (Part Number 583211-B21) are not available in the RHEL 5 distribution but are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com.
WS460c G6 RHEL 6.2
RHEL 5.3
RHEL 4.8
PLEASE NOTE: Use of DISTRIBUTION-PROVIDED DRIVERS is supported as are the drivers in the SPP. Any new drivers not found in the distribution can be found in the latest SPP. Please view the SPP OS Guide for a mapping of supported Linux distributions to SPP releases.
SL
Product Technical Exceptions
Minimum Supported Red Hat Updates Footnotes
SL160s G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.4
SL160z G6 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.3
RHEL 4.8
SL165s G7 RHEL 6.0 1
RHEL 5.4 1, 2, 3, 4 		1 NC523SFP is not supported on media until 5.6 and 6.1
2 NC365T is not supported on media until 5.5
3 This server requires minimum of kernel 2.6.18-164.9.1.el5 from Red Hat. This update is available to active subscribers as an errata from the Red Hat Network. See RHSA-2009:1670-1 for details.
4 Drivers for the following devices are not available in the RHEL 5.4 distribution but are available under Support & Drivers on hpe.com:
  • HPE NC365T 4-port Ethernet Server Adapter (Part Number 593722-B21)
SL165z G7 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.4 1 		1 This server requires minimum of kernel 2.6.18-164.9.1.el5 from Red Hat. This update is available to active subscribers as an errata from the Red Hat Network. See RHSA-2009:1670-1 for details.
SL170s RHEL 5.5
SL170s G6* RHEL 6.0 1
RHEL 5.5 1 		1 NC523SFP is not supported on media until 5.6 and 6.1
* The HPE Dynamic Smart Array B110i/B120i/B320i controller requires a close source driver from HPE. The RHEL certification was completed in native SAS/SATA mode.
SL170z G6 RHEL 6.0 1
RHEL 5.3 2
RHEL 4.8 		1 This server is not Red Hat certified but HPE supported on RHEL 6
2 All servers with Intel VT and AMD-V hardware are certified with RHEL 5.4 or later include certification for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.
SL2x170z G6 RHEL 6.0 1
RHEL 5.3 2
RHEL 4.8 		1 This server is not Red Hat certified but HPE supported pm RHEL 6.
2 All servers with Intel VT and AMD-V hardware are certified with RHEL 5.4 or later include certification for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.
SL335s G7 RHEL 6.0
RHEL 5.4 1 		1 This server requires minimum of kernel 2.6.18-164.9.1.el5 from Red Hat. This update is available to active subscribers as an errata from the Red Hat Network. See RHSA-2009:1670-1 for details.
SL390s G7* RHEL 6.0 1
RHEL 5.5 		1 NETWORK HP 4X QDR PCI-e G2 QLogic InfiniBand Dual Port HCA - is not supported on RH6 x86
* The HPE Dynamic Smart Array B110i/B120i/B320i controller requires a close source driver from HPE. The RHEL certification was completed in native SAS/SATA mode.
SL4545 G7* RHEL 6.1 1
RHEL 5.7 		* The HPE Dynamic Smart Array B110i/B120i/B320i controller requires a close source driver from HPE. The RHEL certification was completed in native SAS/SATA mode. This server supports only 64-bit.
1 There are kdump issues with RHEL6.1 which is fixed in RHEL6.2. Refer to the HPE Smart Array Customer Advisory and RHEL 6.1 Customer Advisory for more details.
PLEASE NOTE: Use of DISTRIBUTION-PROVIDED DRIVERS is supported as are the drivers in the SPP. Any new drivers not found in the distribution can be found in the latest SPP. Please view the SPP OS Guide for a mapping of supported Linux distributions to SPP releases.