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Intel® RAID SSD Cache Controller RCS25ZB040 and RCS25ZB040LX THOL Enclosures, PCI Adapters, and Peripherals

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5. Enclosures, PCI Adapters, and Peripherals

The testing of enclosures, add-in cards, and peripherals was performed on the Intel

RAID SSD

Cache Controller RCS25ZB040 and RCS25ZB040LX by Intel labs, independent test labs, or the

vendor. Compatibility and stress testing was performed with the latest version of an operating

system available at the time of testing.

Although a large sample of configurations were tested, not all devices were tested under all

operating systems, and not all possible combinations or configurations of third-party devices

were tested for inter-compatibility due to the large number of possible configurations. To verify

compatibility, use the Server Configurator Tool available at:

http://serverconfigurator.intel.com/default.aspx.

Add-in adapter card and peripheral compatibility and stress testing is performed with the latest

version of an operating system available at the time of testing. The adapters are divided into

categories based on their functionality. All integrated on-board devices are tested by default and

are, therefore, not included in the following tables.

Note: All adapter cards and peripherals were not tested under all operating systems.

Any variations to the standard adapter installation process or to expected adapter functionality

are documented in the ‘Installation Guidelines’ section of this document. If there are installation

guidelines affecting a particular adapter and operating system combination, they are referenced

in the following table. If the installation guidelines are not noted in the following table, then the

adapter installed and functioned as expected, using the manufacturer’s installation instructions

or Intel’s best-known methods.

Note: Adapter cards are normally tested with unused add-in adapters and on-board controller

expansion ROMs disabled in the BIOS Setup. Intel recommends that customers disable the

option ROM for add-in controllers and/or the on-board controllers when not booting from the

controller or needing to use its built-in utilities.

5.1 Internal and External Storage

Note: The enclosures are listed only if they were attached to the Intel

RAID SSD Cache

Controller RCS25ZB040 and RCS25ZB040LX during testing. There is no out-of-band enclosure

management for a second backplane, so the only way to get enclosure management with two

backplanes is to use at least one expander backplane with the Intel

RAID SSD Cache

Controller RCS25ZB040 and RCS25ZB040LX.

Note: For enclosures below that support 3Gb/s only, RAID controllers and drives must follow

any of below recommendations. In these configurations, the working speed is 3Gb/s.

- RAID controller supports up to 6Gb/s, Drives supports up to 3Gb/s

- RAID controller supports up to 3Gb/s; Drives supports up to 6Gb/s

- RAID controller supports up to 3Gb/s; Drives supports up to 3Gb/s

If RAID controllers and drives both support 6Gbps, the working speed is 6Gb/s. The 3Gb/s only

enclosures shouldn’t be used, otherwise can result in instability in the RAID system.