System Requirements

Before installing Intel® Ethernet Server Adapters and Intel® Ethernet FCoE Protocol Drivers, check your system for the following minimum configuration requirements. If you are using an Intel® Ethernet FCoE-capable OEM server system, refer to the instructions provided from the OEM to enable Intel® FCoE Remote Boot.

System Hardware Compatibility for Network Adapters


Supported 32-bit Operating Systems

Intel® Ethernet FCoE Protocol Driver and Intel® FCoE Remote Boot are supported on the following IA-32 operating systems:


Supported Intel® 64 Architecture (Intel® 64) Operating Systems

Intel® Ethernet FCoE Protocol Driver and Intel FCoE Remote Boot are supported on the following Intel® 64 operating systems:

Platform Requirements for Intel® 64

A platform that supports Intel® 64 will run in either 64-bit mode or 32-bit compatibility mode. In order for it to run in 64-bit mode, the following requirements must be met:

The installer for the adapter drivers will only list the drivers that are compatible with the currently running operating system.


Jumbo Frames

The base driver supports FCoE mini-Jumbo Frames (2.5k bytes) independent of the LAN Jumbo Frames setting.