Quick Integration Guide

Intel® RAID SSD Cache Controller RCS25ZB040/RCS25ZB040LX Quick Installation Guide 9
4 Operating Systems Supported
The Intel
®
RAID SSD Cache Controller RCS25ZB040/RCS25ZB040LX supports the
following operating systems:
• Microsoft Windows XP-SP2* (64-bit only), Windows Server 2003-SP2*, Windows
Vista-SP2*, Windows Server 2008-SP2*, Windows 7-SP1*, and Windows Server
2008 R2-SP1*
• Linux* SLES10-SP4, Linux* SLES11 GA, and Linux* SLES11-SP1
• Linux* RHEL 5.6, Linux* RHEL 6.0, Linux* RHEL 6.1, and Linux* RHEL 6.2
• VMware* 4.0 ESX, VMware* 4.0 ESXi, VMware* 4.1 ESX, VMware* 4.1 ESXi,
and VMware* 5.0 ESXi
• Solaris* 10U8, Solaris* 10U9, Solaris* 10U10, and Solaris* 11
See the Nytro MegaRAID SAS Device Driver Installation User Guide for more
information about the drivers. To download the latest operating system drivers, go
to:
http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/server/.
The Intel
®
RAID SSD Cache Controller RCS25ZB040/RCS25ZB040LX uses
Fusion-MPT architecture for all major operating systems, thinner drivers, and
technical support.
For your operating system to communicate with your Nytro MegaRAID card, you need to
install a driver that matches your OS. The drivers perform these functions:
• Support the PCI Express* protocol.
• Support multiple RAID storage adapters.
• Provide the ability to see newly configured logical drives in the configuration
software utility without rebooting the system.
• Permit the random deletion of logical drives that were created by using Intel
®
RAID
Web Console 2 (refer to the Intel
®
RAID Software User’s Guide for more
information).
• Support the use of the remaining array capacity by Intel
®
RAID Web Console 2.