Support of 'Broadcom 57711 10GbE NIC', 'PERC H700 RAID Adapter' and 'PERC H800 RAID Adapter' on RHEL5

Issue

• With which version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the Broadcom® 57711 10GbE NIC supported?
• With which version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the PERC H700 Adapter, Internal RAID Controller supported?
• With which version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the PERC H800 RAID Adapter for External JBOD supported?

Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
• Broadcom® 57711 10GbE NIC
• PERC H700 Adapter (Internal RAID Controller)
• PERC H800 RAID Adapter for External JBOD

Resolution

• Customers must use Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 or later to use any  of this hardware: 'Broadcom® 57711 10GbE NIC', 'PERC H700 Adapter (Internal RAID Controller)' or 'PERC H800 RAID Adapter for External JBOD'.
• Customers using the 32-bit (x86) version of Red Hat Enterprise  Linux on systems which use the AMD Opteron 6000-series processor  (code-named "Magny-Cours") and AMD Opteron 4100 series (code-named  "Lisbon") should be aware that kernel-2.6.18-194.el5 will panic on boot  on these platforms. In order to resolve, kernel-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5 or  later must be used on these systems. For further details, please refer  to the following knowledge base articles:
  • AMD "Lisbon" (Opteron 4100-series) systems will panic when booting the x86 (32bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 kernel
  • AMD "Magny-Cours" (Opteron 6000) systems will panic when booting the X86 (32bit) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 kernel