[OpenIndiana-discuss] 2 small Qs about Sata controllers

[Alexander Lesle]

Hello Robin Axelsson and List,

On Februar, 20 2011, 00:15 <Robin Axelsson> wrote in [1]:

> 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.

http://kb.lsi.com/KnowledgebaseArticle15591.aspx?Keywords=15591

> 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 ;)

Thats fine for you. Asus and Asrock are the same company? Ok fine,
thats new for me. I have no problems with this company.
I told here my experience with this board and this HBA card.

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Best Regards
Alexander
Februar, 20 2011
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