Adaptec 3805 User Guide - Page 15
Kit Contents, System Requirements, Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Quick Start Guide - bios
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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