Tested hardware and operating systems list

Intel® RAID Controller RS3DC080, RS3DC040 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
Controller RS3DC080 and RS3DC040 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 Controller
RS3DC080 and RS3DC040 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 Controller RS3DC080 and
RS3DC040.
Manufacturer Model Type HDD Count
Drive Form
Factor
Transfer Rate
Ci Design
CiNSR316 3U Chassis
16
3.5" 6Gb/s
CiNSR212 2U Enclosure
12
3.5" 6Gb/s
CiNSR524 5U Chassis
24
3.5" 6Gb/s
12-6507-XXX
(2012/2/24)
Backplane
4
3.5'/2.5"
6Gb/s
Intel
RES2CV360
Expander
Board
36
2.5" 6Gb/s