A technician is tasked with upgrading the hard drives of a high-end workstation to SSD. The drives must be configured in a RAID array, but the RAID card does not support SSD. Which of the following…

RAID controller firmware governs which drive types, interfaces, and feature sets the controller recognizes and supports; manufacturers regularly release firmware updates that extend compatibility to newer technologies such as SSDs, including features like TRIM pass-through. Verifying that the latest firmware is installed - or that an update exists - is the correct first step before concluding the RAID card is incompatible with the new drives. Without a firmware update, the controller may not recognize or properly manage SSD devices even if they are electrically compatible.

SSDs generally consume less power than HDDs, so power requirements are not a concern when replacing spinning drives with solid-state ones.

File system type is managed by the OS above the RAID/storage layer and is independent of whether the RAID controller supports the physical drive hardware.

The system BIOS handles boot device initialization but does not control which drive types are supported by a dedicated RAID controller card; that is governed by the controller's own firmware.