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Introduction
System Requirements and Compatibility
This section summarizes the following system requirements:
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Operating System Compatibility
Drive Requirements
You need to have enough drives available for the RAID array level
you want to build. For details, see
.
Note:
Arrays work best when all array members (drives) are
identical.
Hardware Requirements
The following list summarizes the hardware requirements:
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Intel Pentium, or equivalent, processor
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A motherboard that meets the following compatibility
requirements:
– Complies with the
PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.2
and higher.
– Supports multifunction devices where one of the devices is a
PCI bridge.
– Provides large memory-mapped address ranges.
Refer to the
Readme
file on the installation CD for additional
motherboard compatibility information.
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At least 128 MB of RAM
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An available 3.3 Volt 32- or 64-bit PCI or PCI-X slot
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20 MB of free drive space
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16-bit SVGA color monitor with a resolution of at least 800 x 600
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CD drive
