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drivers are also supported. For the most recent driver and firmware requirements, contact your service

provider.

NOTE: To download the latest storport driver, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base article KB943545

at support.microsoft.com.

If you install Storage Management without the minimum required firmware and drivers, Storage

Management may not be able to display the controllers or perform other functions. Storage Management

generates alerts 2131 and 2132 when it detects unsupported firmware or drivers on a controller.

For information on alert messages, see the Server Administrator Messages Reference Guide.

Supported Controllers

NOTE: The firmware and drivers listed in the Server Administrator Release Notes refer to the

minimum supported version for these controllers. Later versions of the firmware and drivers are also

supported. For the most recent driver and firmware requirements, contact your service provider.

This release of Storage Management supports the following controllers.

Supported RAID Controllers

Storage Management supports the following RAID controllers. For information on the technology used

by the supported RAID controllers, see RAID Controller Technology: SATA and SAS.

• PERC 6/E

• PERC 6/I Integrated and PERC 6/I Adapter

• PERC 6/I Modular

• SAS 6/iR controller

• PERC S100, PERC S110, PERC S130, and PERC S300

• PERC H200 Adapter, PERC H200 Integrated, and PERC H200 Modular

• PERC H800 Adapter, PERC H700 Adapter, PERC H700 Integrated, and PERC H700 Modular

• PERC H310 Adapter, PERC H310 Mini Monolithic, PERC H310 Mini Blades, PERC H710 Adapter, PERC

H710 Monolithic, PERC H710 Mini Monolithic, PERC H710P Adapter, PERC H710P Monolithic, PERC

H710P Mini Monolithic, and PERC H810 Adapter

• PERC H330 Adapter, PERC H330 Mini Monolithic, PERC H330 Mini Blades, PERC H330 Embedded,

PERC H730 Adapter, PERC H730 Mini Monolithic, PERC H730 Mini Blades, PERC H730P Adapter,

PERC H730P Mini Monolithic, PERC H730P Mini Blades, PERC H730P Slim, and PERC H830 Adapter

• PERC FD33xD/FD33xS

NOTE: The PERC H200, PERC H7x0, and PERC H8x0 controllers support 3TB NL SAS hard drives,

3TB NL SATA hard drives, SATA SSDs, and SAS SSDs.

NOTE: The order of the controllers displayed on Storage Management may differ with the order of

the controllers displayed in the Human Interface (HII) and PERC Option ROM. The order of the

controllers does not cause any limitation.

Supported Non-RAID Controllers

Storage Management supports the following non-RAID controllers:

• Broadcom PCIe U320

• SAS 6 Gbps Host Bus Adapter (HBA)

• Broadcom SAS 9207-8e