Avago Technologies 3ware SAS 9750-4i - Manual (Page 10)

Chapter 1. Getting Started
4 3ware 9750 SATA+SAS RAID Controller Card Installation Guide
Enclosure Requirements
In order to attach more than four drives per connector, enclosures
with expanders are required.
In order to use enclosure support services, such as locating a drive
by blinking an LED or notification of a rebuild, the enclosure needs
to support SES (SCSI Enclosure Services). For a list of supported
chassis and enclosures, access the LSI website at:
http:/ www.lsi.com/channel/support/marketing_resources , through
the Data & Interoperability tab.
Internal backplane connector: Internal SFF-8087 connector
Drive Requirements
SAS and/or SATA drives can be used with the 3ware 9750 RAID
controller.
SATA drives must meet SATA-2 (3.0 Gbps) standards and/or
SATA-3 (6.0 Gbps) standards and also be included on the list of
supported drives on the interoperability list.
SAS drives must meet SAS (3.0 Gbps and 6.0 Gbps) standards and
also be included on the list of supported drives on the
interoperability list.
For a list of supported drives, access the LSI website at
http://www.lsi.com/channel/support/marketing_resources , through
the Data & Interoperability tab.
Operating System Requirements
3ware 9750 RAID controller may be used with the following
operating systems for Intel and AMD 32-bit and 64-bit x86 based
motherboards:
„ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (SP-2) and 2008
„ Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7
„ Red Hat Enterprise Linux
„ openSUSE Linux