Intel S2600CP Software User Guide for Windows* - Page 10

1 Overview Overview The software described in this document is designed for use with Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Intel® RSTe). Intel® RSTe will provide added performance and reliability for supported systems equipped with Serial ATA (SATA) devices, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) devices, and/or solid state drives (SSD's) to enable an optimal enterprise storage solution. It offers many value-add features such as RAID and advanced SAS* and/or SATA* capabilities for the Microsoft Windows*, Linux* and other operating systems. 1.1 Supported Hardware This manual covers the software stack that is shared across Intel® C600 series chipset based server products:  Intel® Server Board S1400FP  Intel® Server Board S1400SP  Intel® Server Board S2600CO  Intel® Server Board S2400SC  Intel® Server Board S2400EP  Intel® Server Board S2600WP  Intel® Server Board S2400LP  Intel® Server Board S1600JP  Intel® Server Board S2400BB  Intel® Server Board S2400GP  Intel® Server Board S2600CP  Intel® Server Board S2600GZ/GL  Intel® Server Board S2600IP  Intel® Server Board S2600JF  Intel® Workstation Board W2600CR 1.2 Supported Operating Systems Intel® provides drivers for the following operating systems:  Microsoft Windows Server 2008*  Microsoft Windows Server 2008* R2  Microsoft Windows 7*  Microsoft Windows Server 2003* x64 1.3 Software and Utilites Intel® RSTe includes a set of software and utilities to configure and manage RAID systems. These include: 1.3.1 Pre-boot software  Intel® RSTe RAID Legacy Option ROMs - There are two pre-boot based Option ROMs (including a RAID Pre-boot configuration utility). One for the AHCI (Advance Host Controller Interface) controller and the other for the SCU (Storage Controller Unit) controller.  Intel® RSTe RAID UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) Drivers - There are UEFI drivers for AHCI and SCU, and UEFI mode command line utilities for AHCI and SCU (named RCFGSCU.efi and RCFGSATA.efi) to provide a RAID Pre-boot configuration environment. 1.3.2 Operating System running time software  Intel® RSTe operating system AHCI/RAID driver. This driver will manage/control the SATA devices attached to the AHCI controller configured in either AHCI mode (pass-through) or RAID mode. Intel® RSTe User's Guide 1