Tested hardware and operating system list

Intel
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RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 THOL Introduction
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1. Introduction
This document provides users of the Intel
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RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 with a guide to
the RAID controllers and modules that Intel tested for use with this RAID expander card.
This document will be updated as additional testing is performed, or until the Intel
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RAID
Expander Card RES2SV240 is no longer in production. Each new release of the document will
include the information from previous releases.
Intel will only provide support for this RAID expander card when it is installed in a system
configured with the specified RAID controllers with the tested expander card firmware. Refer to
the RAID controllers Tested Hardware and Operating System List for other compatible
components such as server board, server chassis and physical drive.
This RAID expander card was thoroughly tested with Intel
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RAID Controllers in this document.
However, it is not practical to test the RAID expander card in every possible combination of
RAID controllers or RAID modules, server board, drive enclosure, hard drive, and peripheral
device. Sample combinations have been tested to gain confidence in their compatibility, and the
devices listed were tested in one or more configurations.
1.1 Test Overview
Testing performed on the Intel
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RAID Expander Card RES2SV240 is classified under two
categories:
 Compatibility Testing
 Stress Testing
1.1.1 Basic Compatibility Testing
Compatibility testing is performed with each supported operating system. Basic installation
testing validates that the RAID expander card together with the compatible RAID controller can
be used to install the operating system and that the base hardware feature set is functional. A
small set of peripherals are used for installation purposes only. Additional add-in cards are not
tested.
Note: The latest version of an operating system signifies the latest supported version at the
time of testing. New releases of this document may include a newly supported release of an
operating system. Previous releases of a supported operating system may not be tested
beyond the basic compatibility test process.
1.1.1.1 Support Commitment for Basic Installation Testing
Intel commits to the following level of customer support for operating systems that receive only
basic installation testing:
 Intel will provide tested operating system drivers for each of the integrated controllers on
the server board, provided the controller vendor has a driver available. Intel does not
require vendors to develop drivers for operating systems that they do not already
support. This may limit the functionality of certain server board integrated controllers.