Contents

• Is the Adaptec RAID driver aacraid completely open source?
• Which of the currently available Adaptec products are supported by the aacraid driver?
• What does it mean if a Linux distribution is "Officially Supported"?

Is the Adaptec RAID driver aacraid completely open source?

Yes, all the sources are available under the Linux homepage

Which of the currently available Adaptec products are supported by the aacraid driver?

The aacraid driver supports all Adaptec RAID products which are based on Adaptec RAID code. This includes the following products:

Adaptec Unified Serial™ RAID (SATA/SAS)

• Adaptec RAID 5805Z
• Adaptec RAID 5445Z
• Adaptec RAID 5405Z
• Adaptec RAID 52445
• Adaptec RAID 51645
• Adaptec RAID 51245
• Adaptec RAID 5085
• Adaptec RAID 5805
• Adaptec RAID 5445
• Adaptec RAID 5405
• Adaptec RAID 31605
• Adaptec RAID 31205
• Adaptec RAID 3085
• Adaptec RAID 3805
• Adaptec RAID 3405
• Adaptec RAID 2405
• Adaptec RAID 2045
• Adaptec RAID 4805
• Adaptec RAID 4800
• Adaptec RAID 4000

Adaptec Parallel SCSI RAID

• Adaptec SCSI RAID 2130SLP
• Adaptec SCSI RAID 2230SLP
• Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S

Adaptec SATA RAID

• Adaptec SATA RAID 2820SA
• Adaptec SATA RAID 2420SA
• Adaptec SATA RAID 2410SA

What does it mean if a Linux distribution is "Officially Supported"?

"Officially Supported" Linux distributions and versions are those tested at Adaptec as a part of the validation process, which occurs every time that a new version of the Adaptec software and driver kit is released.