Enclosures, PCI Adapters, and Peripherals
Intel
®
RAID Controller
RS25AB080
THOL
Revision 1.0
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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 RS25AB080 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
RS25AB080 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 RS25AB080.
Manufacturer
Model Name
Model Number
Interface
Comments
Intel Intel
®
Backplane
AXX6DRV3GEXP
AXX6DRV3GEXP SAS/SATA
3Gb/s
only
Intel Intel
®
Backplane
AXX6DRV3GR
AXX6DRV3GR
SAS/SATA
Up to 6Gb/s
Intel Intel
®
Backplane
AXX6DRV3G
AXX6DRV3G SAS/SATA 3Gb/s
only
Intel Intel
®
Backplane
AXX4DRV3GEXP
AXX4DRV3GEXP SAS/SATA
3Gb/s
only
