Appendix A: I/O Adapter Compatibility Guide
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I/O Adapter Compatibility Guide
VMware ESX Server has an architecture that delivers high performance I/O for PCI-
based SCSI, Fibre Channel, Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet adapters, as well as internal
RAID controllers. These high performance devices are accessed directly through
device drivers in the ESX Server and not through a host operating system as with
VMware Workstation and GSX Server products.
Currently Supported Device Families
This appendix to the VMware ESX Server Version 1.5 User’s Manual provides the latest
available information on supported devices. Updates are posted to the VMware Web
site at www.vmware.com/pdf/esx_io_devices_15.pdf. VMware currently has ESX Server
device drivers available that support the following families of adapters.
SCSI Adapters
• Adaptec SCSI adapters
• Mylex (Buslogic) SCSI adapters
• LSI Logic (Symbios, NCR) chip set based SCSI adapters
Fibre Channel Adapters (SCSI protocol support only)
• Emulex adapters
• QLogic adapters
Internal RAID Controllers
• Compaq RAID controllers
• Dell RAID controllers
• IBM RAID controllers
• Mylex DAC960 RAID controllers
Ethernet NICs
• Intel EEPro Ethernet NICs
• 3Com EtherLink PCI III/XL
Gigabit Ethernet NICs
• Alteon Websystems AceNIC and compatible Gigabit Ethernet NICs
• Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5700 and compatible
• Intel e1000 and compatible
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