Adaptec 2268300R manual Kit Contents, System Requirements

Chapter 2: Kit Contents and System Requirements ● 15

Kit Contents

●Adaptec by PMC RAID controller

●Adaptec Installation DVD (bootable), including controller drivers, Adaptec Storage Manager, ARCCONF command line utility, and documentation

●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 Adaptec Installation DVD for additional motherboard compatibility information.

●One of these operating systems:

Note: For up-to-date operating system version support check the readme on the

Adaptec Installation DVD or visit the Adaptec Web Site at www.adaptec.com.

●Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008 R2 (64- bit), Windows Server 2003 (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows Vista, Windows 7

●Red Hat® Enterprise Linux 6.0, 5.5 (32-bit and 64-bit)

●SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit and 64-bit)

●FreeBSD 8.x, 7.x,

●Debian Linux 5, 6 (32-bit and 64-bit)

●Ubuntu Linux 10, 11 (32-bit and 64-bit)

●Fedora Linux 12, 13, 14 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Note: For the latest on Linux support or to download driver sources, visit the Support area of the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com.

●Solaris 10, Solaris 11 Express

●VMware ESXi 5.0, VMware ESX 4.1 Classic

Note: VMware storage management options vary, depending on which version of the operating system you are running. For more information, see page 81.

●128 MB (or more) of RAM

●Available compatible PCIe slot (depending on your controller model—see the descriptions starting on page 17)

●20 MB of free disk drive space

●16-bit SVGA color monitor with a resolution of at least 800 x 600