Intel CPUs and Supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Versions

The minimum versions and update releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) required to support Intel processors.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Versions

Family	4.x	5.x	6.x	7.x
Xeon® Processor X5500, W5500, L5500, E5500 series	4.7 Resource 15223	5.3 Resource 15223	6.0	7.0
Xeon® Processor X7500, X6500, L7500, E7500, E6500 series	Not supported*	5.4.z (1) Resource 25195 Resource 42231	6.0	7.0
Xeon® Processor X5600, W3600, L5600, E5600 series	4.8 Resource 24382	5.3 Resource 24382	6.0	7.0
Xeon® Processor E-2800, E-4800 and E-8800 series	Not supported*	5.5 Resource 58721	6.0	7.0
Core™ i3-2100, i3-2300 Family Processors	Not supported*	5.5 Resource 25195 Resource 58721	6.0	7.0
Xeon® Processor E3-1200 series	Not supported*	5.6	6.0	7.0
Xeon® Processor (EP) E5-26XX/16XX C600 Chipset	Not supported*	5.7	6.1	7.0
Xeon® Processor (EN) E5-24XX C600 Chipset	Not supported*	5.7	6.1	7.0
Xeon® Processor (EP/4S) E5-46XX C600 Chipset	Not supported*	5.7	6.1	7.0
Xeon® Processor (EP) E5-26XX/16XX V2 C600 Chipset	Not supported*	5.9	6.4	7.0
Xeon® Processor E3-1200 V2 Series	Not supported*	5.8	6.2	7.0
Xeon® Processor (EN) E5-24XX V2 C600 Chipset	Not supported*	5.9	6.4	7.0
Xeon® Processor (EP-4S) E5-4600 V2 Series	Not supported*	5.9	6.4	7.0
Xeon® Processor (EX) E7-88XX/48xx/28xx V2 C600 Chipset	Not supported*	5.9	6.4	7.0
Xeon® Processor E3-12XX V3 C226 Chipset	Not supported*	5.9	6.4	7.0
Xeon® Processor (EP) E5-26XX/16XX V3 C610 Chipset	Not supported*	Not supported*	6.5	7.0
Xeon® Processor (EP) E5-46XX V3 C610 Chipset	Not supported*	Not supported*	6.5	7.0
Xeon® Processor (EX) E7-88XX/48xx V3 C600 Chipset	Not supported*	Not supported*	6.6	7.1
Xeon® Processor E3-12XX V4 C226 Chipset	Not supported*	Not supported*	6.7	7.2
Xeon® Processor E5-26XX/46XX V4 C610 Chipset	Not supported*	Not supported*	6.7	7.2
Xeon® Processor E7-88XX/48XX V4 C610 Chipset	Not supported*	Not supported*	6.7	7.2
Xeon® Processor E3-12XX V5	Not supported*	Not supported*	6.7	7.2
Xeon® Processor (Centerton SOC) S1200	Not supported*	Not supported*	6.4	7.0
Xeon® Processor (Avoton SOC) C25xx/27xx/23xx	Not supported*	Not supported*	6.5	7.0
Xeon® Processor (Broadwell-DE SOC) D-15xx/25xx	Not supported*	Not supported*	6.8	7.2
Xeon® Phi™ Processor 7210, 7230, 7250, 7290	Not supported*	Not supported*	Not supported	7.3
Xeon® Phi™ Processor 7210-F, 7230-F, 7250-F, 7290-F	Not supported*	Not supported*	Not supported	7.3

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