Intel CPUs and Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Versions
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Intel CPUs and Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Versions
The follow table lists the minimum versions and update releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) that are required to support Intel processors.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Vendor Family Name Version Knowledgebase Resource(s) Version Knowledgebase Resource(s) Version Knowledgebase Resource(s) Version Knowledgebase Resource(s) Intel Xeon® Processor X5500, W5500, L5500, E5500 series 4.7 15223 5.3 15223 6.0 7.0 Intel Xeon® Processor X7500, X6500, L7500, E7500, E6500 series Not supported 5.4.z (1) 25195, 42231 6.0 7.0 Intel Xeon® Processor X5600, W3600, L5600, E5600 series 4.8 24382 5.3 24382 6.0 7.0 Intel Xeon® Processor E-2800, E-4800 and E-8800 series Not supported 5.5 58721 6.0 7.0 Intel Core™ i3–2100, i3–2300 Family Processors Not supported 5.6 6.0 7.0 Intel Xeon® Processor E3–1200 series Not supported 5.6 6.0 7.0 Intel Xeon® Processor (EP) E5–26XX/16XX
C600 Chipset Not supported 5.7 6.1 7.0 Intel Xeon® Processor (EN) E5–24XX
C600 Chipset Not supported 5.7 6.1 7.0 Intel Xeon® Processor (EP/4S) E5–46XX
C600 Chipset Not supported 5.7 6.1 7.0 Intel Xeon® Processor (EP) E5–26XX/16XX V2
C600 Chipset Not supported 5.9 6.4 7.0 Intel Xeon® Processor E3–1200 V2 Series Not supported 5.8 6.2 7.0 Intel Xeon® Processor (EN) E5–24XX V2
C600 Chipset Not supported 5.9 6.4 7.0 Intel Xeon® Processor (EP-4S) E5–4600 V2 Series Not supported 5.9 6.4 7.0 Intel Xeon® Processor (EX) E7–88XX/48xx/28xx V2
C600 Chipset Not supported 5.9 6.4 7.0 Intel Xeon® Processor E3–12XX V3
C226 Chipset Not supported 5.9 6.4 7.0 Intel Xeon® Processor (EP) E5–26XX/16XX V3
C610 Chipset Not supported Not supported 6.5 7.0 Intel Xeon® Processor (EP) E5–46XX V3
C610 Chipset Not supported Not supported 6.5 7.0 Intel Xeon® Processor (EX) E7–88XX/48xx V3
C600 Chipset Not supported Not Supported 6.6 7.1 Intel Xeon® Processor E3–12XX V4
C226 Chipset Not supported Not supported 6.7 7.2 Intel Xeon® Processor E5–26XX/46XX V4
C610 Chipset Not supported Not supported 6.7 7.2 Intel Xeon® Processor E7–88XX/48XX V4
C610 Chipset Not supported Not supported 6.7 7.2 Intel Xeon® Processor E3–12XX V5 Not supported Not supported 6.7 7.2 Intel Xeon® Processor (Centerton SOC) S1200 Not supported Not Supported 6.4 7.0 Intel Xeon® Processor (Avoton SOC)
C25xx/27xx/23xx Not supported Not Supported 6.5 7.0 Intel Xeon® Processor (Broadwell-DE SOC)
D-15xx/25xx Not supported Not Supported 6.8 7.2
Please note that this applies only to bare metal environment, and not to virtual environment. Additionally, only those Intel processors that have been publicly launched by Intel are listed above.
For more information on Intel processors, including the ability to look up processors by their pre-release codenames, please visit http://ark.intel.com.
Notes
(1) RHEL 5.4 plus RHSA-2009–1670–1; RHEL5.5 recommended and required for greater-than 256GB memory or greater-than 64 CPUs
