Support for Intel KX4-based 10GigE NICs in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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Issue

Intel KX4-based NICs, such as the Intel® X520 DA 10GB, are supported as of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Intel KX4-based 10GigE NIC

Resolution

  • Customers must use Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 or later to use NICs based on the Intel KX4 chipset.
  • 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") should be aware that kernel-2.6.18-194.el5 will panic on boot on these platforms. kernel-2.6.18-194.3.1.el5 or later must be used on these systems.

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