AMCC 9690SA manual Operating System Requirements

Chapter 1. Getting Started

Operating System Requirements

„Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit x86), Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit x86)

„Red Hat Linux, 32-bit and 64-bit x86

„SuSE Linux, 32-bit and 64-bit x86

„Fedora Core, 32-bit and 64-bit x86

„FreeBSD, 32-bit and 64-bit x86

„Other versions of Linux, 32-bit and 64-bit x86, using the open source Linux 2.4 or 2.6 kernel driver

For the latest driver versions for all operating systems, see the current Release Notes, at http://www.3ware.com/support.

Other Requirements

„Adequate air flow and cooling

„Adequate power supply for drives

„3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager), a browser-based application used to configure and maintain RAID units, requires one of the following browsers:

„Internet Explorer 5.5 and later

„Mozilla Firefox 1.2 and later

„Netscape 7 and later

„Konquerer 3.5.1 and later

In addition:

„JavaScript must be enabled

„Cookies must be enabled

For best viewing, screen resolution should be 1024 x 768 or greater, with 16-bit color or greater.

63ware 9690SA SAS/SATA RAID Controller Installation Guide