GIGABYTE Server Operating System Support List
This document provides a comprehensive overview of operating system compatibility for GIGABYTE servers utilizing Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors. The table below details support for various operating systems across different processor generations, including 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors, Intel® Xeon® CPU Max Series, and 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors.
| Processor | 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors | Intel® Xeon® CPU Max Series | 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows Server 2019 | V* | V | |
| Windows Server 2022 | V | V* | |
| Windows Server 2025 | V | V | V |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 8.6 x64 | V | V | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 8.7 x64 | V | V | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 8.8 x64 | V | V | V |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 8.9 x64 | V | V | V |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 8.10 x64 | V | V | V |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 9.0 x64 | V | V | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 9.1 x64 | V | V | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 9.2 x64 | V | V | V |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 9.3 x64 | V | V | V |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 9.4 x64 | V | V | V |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 9.5 x64 | V | V | V |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 9.6 x64 | V | V | V |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux server 10.0 x64 | V | V | V |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise server 15 SP4 | V | V | V |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise server 15 SP5 | V | V | V |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise server 15 SP6 | V | V | V |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise server 15 SP7 | V | V | V |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS x64 | V** | V** | |
| Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS x64 | V** | V** | |
| Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS x64 | V** | V** | |
| Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS x64 | V** | V** | |
| Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS x64 | V** | V** | |
| Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS x64 | V** | V** | |
| Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS x64 | V** | V** | |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS x64 | V | V | V |
| Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS x64 | V | V | V |
| Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS x64 | V | V | V |
| Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS x64 | V | V | V |
| Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS x64 | V | V | V |
| Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS x64 | V | V | V |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS x64 | V | V | V |
| Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS x64 | V | V | V |
| Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS x64 | V | V | V |
| VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3i | V | ||
| VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 30 | V | V | |
| VMware ESXI 8.0 | V | ||
| VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 1 | V | ||
| VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 2 | V | ||
| VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 3 | V | V | V |
| VMware ESXI 9.0 | V | V | V |
| Citrix Hypervisor 8.2 LTSR CU1 | V | V | V |
| XenServer 8.4 | V | V | V |
* VT-D is enabled by default in BIOS. While booting Windows Server 2019, please disable VT-D and ProcessorX2apic or enable "Limit CPU PA to 46 bits" to avoid BSOD.
** Supported with kernel 5.15.
