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Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 15 Kit Contents ● Adaptec RAID controller ● RAID Installation CD (bootable), including controller drivers, and this guide Note: 3-series kits ship with a boot CD; 5-series and 2-series kits ship with a boot DVD. ● Adaptec Storage Manager Installation CD (not bootable), including user guides for Adaptec Storage Manager and the ARCCONF command line utility ● Cables (Not all kits contain cables. If your kit does, the type and quantity vary-for cable information about your controller, visit the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com.) ● (Selected models only) Low-profile bracket ● Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Quick Start Guide System Requirements ● PC-compatible computer with Intel Pentium, or equivalent, processor ● Motherboard with these features: ● Support for multifunction devices where one of the devices is a PCI bridge ● Large memory-mapped address ranges Refer to the Readme file on the RAID Controller Installation CD for additional motherboard compatibility information. ● One of these operating systems: Note: Operating system support varies by controller type (3-series vs. 5- and 2-series). For up-to-date operating system version support check the readme on your RAID Controller Installation CD or visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com. From the main menu select Support>Knowledgebase>Find Answers. Select your controller type and OS support to generate a list of supported operating systems. ● Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 (with SP2), Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2003 (Enterprise and Standard with SP1 or SP2), Windows Server 2003 R2 (5series and 2-series controllers only), Windows 7, Windows VistaTM (with SP1 or SP2), Windows XP (with SP1, SP2, or SP3) ● Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 4.8, 5.4 ● SUSE Linux ES 10 SP3, SUSE Linux ES 11 (5-series and 2-series controllers only) Note: For the latest on Adaptec's support of Linux or to download driver sources, visit the Support area of the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com. ● SCO® OpenServer® 6.0 MP4 ● UnixWare® 7.1.4 ● Sun® SolarisTM 10, Solaris 10 x86 U7, Solaris 10 x64 U4 ● VMware ESX Server 3.x with U1, U2, or U3, VMware ESX Server 4.0 (5-series and 2- series controllers only). Storage management must be done by command-line, BIOS utility, or remote GUI connection-see page 91. ● FreeBSD 6.1, 6.0 (3-series controllers only), FreeBSD 8.0, 7.2, 6.4 (5-series and 2-series controllers only) ● 128 MB (or more) of RAM

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Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements
15
Kit Contents
Adaptec RAID controller
RAID Installation CD (bootable), including controller drivers, and this guide
Note:
3-series kits ship with a boot CD; 5-series and 2-series kits ship with a boot DVD.
Adaptec Storage Manager
Installation CD (not bootable), including user guides for
Adaptec Storage Manager and the ARCCONF command line utility
Cables (Not all kits contain cables. If your kit does, the type and quantity vary—for cable
information about your controller, visit
the Adaptec Web site at
www.adaptec.com
.)
(
Selected models only
) Low-profile bracket
Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Quick Start Guide
System Requirements
PC-compatible computer with Intel Pentium, or equivalent, processor
Motherboard with these features:
Support for multifunction devices where one of the devices is a PCI bridge
Large memory-mapped address ranges
Refer to the Readme file on the RAID Controller Installation CD for additional
motherboard compatibility information.
One of these operating systems:
Note:
Operating system support varies by controller type (3-series vs. 5- and 2-series). For
up-to-date operating system version support check the readme on your RAID Controller
Installation CD or visit the Adaptec Web Site at
www.adaptec.com
. From the main menu
select Support>Knowledgebase>Find Answers. Select your controller type and OS support
to generate a list of supported operating systems.
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Server 2008 (with SP2), Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows
Server 2003 (Enterprise and Standard with SP1 or SP2), Windows Server 2003 R2 (
5-
series and 2-series controllers only
), Windows 7, Windows Vista
TM
(with SP1 or SP2),
Windows XP (with SP1, SP2, or SP3)
Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux 4.8, 5.4
SUSE Linux ES 10 SP3, SUSE Linux ES 11 (
5-series and 2-series controllers only)
Note:
For the latest on Adaptec’s support of Linux or to download driver sources, visit
the Support area of the Adaptec Web site at
www.adaptec.com
.
SCO
®
OpenServer
®
6.0 MP4
UnixWare
®
7.1.4
Sun
®
Solaris
TM
10, Solaris 10 x86 U7, Solaris 10 x64 U4
VMware ESX Server 3.x with U1, U2, or U3, VMware ESX Server 4.0 (
5-series and 2-
series controllers only).
Storage management must be done by command-line, BIOS
utility, or remote GUI connection—see
page 91
.
FreeBSD 6.1, 6.0 (
3-series controllers only
), FreeBSD 8.0, 7.2, 6.4 (
5-series and 2-series
controllers only
)
128 MB (or more) of RAM