Do Red Hat drivers work on CentOS?

Question

I'm thinking on buying a Dell PowerEdge T310. It's marked as certified hardware in Red Hat HCL, but I'd like to use CentOS. I know CentOS it's built from the RHEL sources, but do RHEL drivers work on CentOS?

Answer 1

Typically, RHEL drivers will work with CentOS. Sometimes, I'll need to modify the /etc/redhat-release file on the CentOS system to match a RHEL servers' in order to get certain drivers/software to install or run, but otherwise, things are pretty compatible.

Answer 2

CentOS is marketed as being binary compatible to RedHat. So while there is no guarantee for compatibnility (is there ever?), it is very likely that it works.