Adaptec 48300 - Manual (Page 14)

Introduction ●
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Overview of the Installation Process
This section provides an overview of how to install and configure the
Adaptec HostRAID controller:
1 Install and configure the HostRAID controller and hard disk drives,
as described in
Installing the HostRAID Controller and Drives on
page 22 .
2 Install the HostRAID controller driver, as described in Installing the
Driver on page 31 .
3 Install Adaptec Storage Manager as described in Installing Adaptec
Storage Manager on page 37 .
System Requirements and Compatibility
This section summarizes the following system requirements:
● Drive Requirements
● Hardware Requirements
● Operating System Compatibility
Drive Requirements
You need to have enough drives available for the RAID array level you
want to build. For details, see
Understanding RAID on page E89 .
Note: Arrays work best when all array members (drives) are identical.
Hardware Requirements
The following list summarizes the hardware requirements:
● Intel Pentium, or equivalent, processor
● 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.