To make a long story short: I'm trying to determine if this raid card (Intel 82801 SATA Controller) would be considered a software or hardware RAID?
Boss purchased 4 Dell Precision T1700's. He decided that it was likely a software RAID card, so purchased the Adaptec ASR-6805E. The bios won't recognize this as a bootable option. Dell won't support an Adaptec card. So thinking of using the onboard. Boss doesn't want to use it if it's a 'software' RAID.
Any insight would be appreciated.
Boss purchased 4 Dell Precision T1700's. He decided that it was likely a software RAID card, so purchased the Adaptec ASR-6805E. The bios won't recognize this as a bootable option. Dell won't support an Adaptec card. So thinking of using the onboard. Boss doesn't want to use it if it's a 'software' RAID.
Any insight would be appreciated.