Avago Technologies 3ware SAS 9750-16i4e - Manual (Page 16)

Chapter 1. Introducing the LSI 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card
4 3ware SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Software User Guide, Version 10.2
Enclosure Management Requirements
For 9750 RAID controllers and release 10.2, enclosure management features
in 3ware software are available for supported chassis that provide SCSI
Enclosure Services 2 (SES-2) through an internal sideband connection, or via
an expander.
When chassis enclosures are cascaded, expanders of the same type are
recommended. A limit of 4 cascaded expanders is supported.
Chassis and enclosures may be cascaded up to 4 deep, per wide port.
Must support both SAS1 and SAS2, and desirable to allow both within the
same domain.
CLI supports in-band firmware downloads to the enclosure processor.
A list of supported enclosures is available at
http://www.lsi.com/channel/support/marketing_resources , through the Data &
Interoperability tab.
Operating System
3ware 9750 RAID controllers may be used with the following operating
systems for Intel and AMD 32-bit and 64-bit x86 based motherboards:
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (SP2 or newer) and 2008
• Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
®
• openSUSE
®
Linux
• SUSE
®
Linux Enterprise Server
• Fedora Core Linux
• Other Linux distributions based on open source Linux 2.6 kernel
• VMware
• OpenSolaris
• FreeBSD
• Mac OS X (Intel only)
For the latest supported operating systems, see the current Release Notes at
http://www.lsi.com/channel/ChannelDownloads or the file versions.txt,
available on the 3ware CD.
Other Requirements
• Adequate air flow and cooling
• Adequate power supply for drives
• 3DM2 (3ware Disk Manager 2) displays information in a browser. It
requires one of the following browsers: