Intel RAID Controller RS25FB044

Enclosures, PCI Adapters, and Peripherals Intel® RAID Controller RS25FB044 THOL
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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
Controller RS25FB044 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 following table identifies the
operating system and base system configurations used to validate each device. 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 External /Internal Storage*
Note: The enclosures below are listed only if they were attached to the Intel
®
RAID Controller
RS25FB044 during testing. Only external enclosures listed in this document are supported for
use with this raid controller. Unsupported enclosures slot mapping may be displayed incorrectly
by the RAID controller firmware, and may result in unpredictable fault LED behavior. Use of
external enclosures not listed as supported in this document is not recommended.
Manufacturer
Model Name
Model Number
Interface
Known Limitations
AIC
Xstor
XJ3000-3163
SAS/SATA
Some connected drives may not
show in Disk Management in
Windows 2008 R2*
Ci Design
12-6507-xx
12-6507-xx
SAS/SATA
Drives are mapped reversed (far
left = 7, then 6, then 5, far right =
4) and enumerate with 4/5/6/7
(should it be 1/2/3/4)