[OpenIndiana-discuss] 2 small Qs about Sata controllers

[Robin Axelsson]

On 2011-02-19 19:26, Alexander Lesle wrote:
> Hello Robin Axelsson,
>
> am Samstag, 19. Februar 2011 um 02:14 hat<Robin Axelsson>  u.a.
> in mid:4D5F197C.4060608 at student.chalmers.se geschrieben:
>> I would recommend that you choose a motherboard with more PCIe x16 slots
>> (unless you are absolutely sure that you won't need more in the future).
>> Then you could get an LSI 1068e based SAS/SATA controller (that uses
>> PCIe x8 which fits into a PCIe x16 but not x4 or less) which allows you
>> to connect 8 drives to it.
> I can not confirm that the LSI 1068e HBA runs with this Motherboard
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131655
> ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3 AM3 AMD 890FX
>
> But I can confirm that the new LSI HBA SAS 9211-8i
> http://store.lsi.com/index.cfm?category=17&subcategory=24&productid=LSI00194
> do _not_ run with this Board.
> LSI support tells me that the Asus PCIe x16 is programmed by BIOS only
> for graphic cards.
> Asus support send me a modified BIOS but the HBA is not running.
>
> I have the same problems with a asrock board.
>
> Now I have bought a Supermicro Board and all rocks fine.
> http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon3000/#1156
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182212&cm_re=supermicro_x8sil-_-13-182-212-_-Product
> Wow its cheaper than the Asus.
>

Wow, I never heard before that there was such a problem with 
motherboards. The motherboards I have tried my LSI SAS 3081E-R are 
GIgabyte GA-790FXTA-UD5 and MSI 790FX-GD70 and it runs fine on both of 
them. I recently got an MSI 890FX-GD70 and although I have not tried I 
can't imagine that there would be a problem to fit such a card into one 
of its x16 slots. From what you told me it looks like I should stay away 
from Asus and ASRock's motherboards (ASUS and ASRock are pretty much the 
same company but I guess you already know that).

I hope you give them a hard time on the phone, make them regret that 
they have released such a motherboard ;)