Adaptec 3405 - Kit Contents; System Requirements

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