--------------------------------------------------------------------README.TXTAdaptec ASR-5085/ASR-5405/ASR-5445/ASR-5805/ASR-51245/ASR-51645/ASR-52445 Unified SerialControllersAdaptec ASR-2045/ASR-2405/ASR-2405Q/ASR-2805 Unified Serial ControllersAdaptec ASR-5405Z/ASR-5445Z/ASR-5805Z Unified Serial ControllersAdaptec ASR-5805Q/ASR-5805ZQ Unified Serial ControllersAdaptec ASR-6405/ASR-6445/ASR-6805/ASR-6405E/ASR-6805E/ASR-6805E R5 Unified SerialControllersAdaptec ASR-6805Q/ASR-6405T/ASR-6805T/ASR-6805TQ Unified Serial ControllersNOTE: All Adaptec by PMC products are UL listed and for use only with UL listed ITE.as of May 14, 2012--------------------------------------------------------------------Please review this file for important information about issuesand errata that were discovered after completion of the standardproduct documentation. In the case of conflict between variousparts of the documentation set, this file contains the mostcurrent information.NOTE: The latest firmware, BIOS, drivers and documentation can bedownloaded from www.adaptec.com when they become available.The following information is available in this file:1. Software and Documentation1.1 Controller & Utility Software1.2 Documentation on this DVD2. Installation and Setup2.1 Installation Instructions2.2 Windows Setup on Adaptec Series 6 Controllers2.3 Solaris 11 Express Setup2.4 Fedora Linux Setup2.5 SCSI Device Setup on Debian and Ubuntu Linux2.6 Other Linux Setup Issues2.7 Adaptec maxCache Setup2.8 Power Management Setup3. General Cautions4. Known Limitations4.1 Adaptec Series 5 Forward Compatibility4.2 ACU Utility4.3 AFU Utility4.4 Creating an Array from the Adaptec Installation DVD4.5 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with Service Pack 24.6 Using the Controller with an Adaptec S50 JBOD Enclosure4.7 Hot-adding Disk Drives4.8 SuperMicro Disk Drive Enclosures4.9 Using the Controller with a Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA Drive4.10 Intel SE7525RP2 and SE7320EP2 Motherboards4.11 Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) and RAID Level Migration (RLM) Issues4.12 Power Management under FreeBSD4.13 Failed Arrays under FreeBSD4.14 Power Management with Seagate SAS Drive ST31000640SS4.15 Linux Cache Synchronization4.16 Listing Devices in VMware ESX 4.0 Console4.17 BIOS Hangs When Booting RAID Controller with Batteryless Backup (ZMCP)4.18 Updating Firmware on Hitachi HUS1514xxVLS300 SAS drives4.19 Installing Windows OS from Direct-Attached Non-DASD Device4.20 maxCache SSD Cache Performance4.22 Exceeding 2TB LUN Size on VMware ESX Server4.22 PHY Rate Limitations on Western Digital Hard Drives4.23 PHY Rate Limitations on SSDs in HP Proliant Backplanes4.24 Changing the Stripe Size for Large RAID Arrays4.25 Hot-Adding maxCache SSDs4.26 Some SSDs Appear as SATA Drives4.27 Mismatch in RAID x0 creation in BIOS and ASM4.28 WDC WD3200BJKT-00F4T SATA Drives with Promise J630 Enclosures4.29 SATA 6G Drives Not Detected on Intel and Promise Backplanes4.30 Samsung Spinpoint SATA Drives Timeout on I/O Load1