Distribution support

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The major distributions for Linux® on IBM® Z support PCI network adapters. On the distribution, you need the mlx5 device driver.
The following table shows the minimum level for the major distributions for Linux on IBM Z®.
Table 1. Distribution support for PCI network adapter features
Feature Red Hat® Enterprise Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Ubuntu Server
Network Express® As of 9.6 at the latest service level As of 15 SP5 at the latest service level As of 20.04 LTS at the latest service level
RoCE Express3 As of 8.4 at the latest service level As of 15 SP3 at the latest service level As of 20.04 LTS at the latest service level

RoCE Express2.1
and
RoCE Express2

 As of 7.3 at the latest service level As of 12 SP3 at the latest service level As of 16.04 LTS at the latest service level