[OpenIndiana-discuss] 2x Xeon XS8600

[Alex Smith (K4RNT)]

SATA disks can run on a SAS controller no problem - they are backwards
compatible, however SAS disks will NOT work on a SATA only controller.

The blue colored SATA socket is port 0, probably for the boot volume. I
can't see from the angle of the photo, but I bet the white colored sockets
are for SAS. Are there any SFF-8087 connectors on the mainboard, by chance?

With the LSI HBA, if it requires it, just make each individual disk a RAID
0 volume. That's how I did it with MegaRAID.

Best of luck!

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- Alex Smith
- Huntsville, Alabama metropolitan area USA


On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Harry Putnam <reader at newsguy.com> wrote:

> Murray <themurman01 at gmail.com> writes:
>
>
> [...]
>
> >> Can anyone tell me what I'm looking at here?  What the color coding
> >> means? How many are actually working sata ports?  What does RED
> >> indicate?
> >>
> >
> > Images didn't get through, but from memory, there should be 6 sata
> > ports and 8 sas ports on the motherboard. Should be an Lsi 1068e on
> > the mobo.
>
> I've posted them online at:
>   zeus.jtan.com/~reader/vu/disp.cgi
>
> If there is an Lsi 1068... what impact would that have on an `oi'
> install?  Wouldn't I want to ignore of disable any raid type stuff?
>
> > I think I still have one as a spare at work, I will check tomorrow and
> let you know for sure.
> >
> > The inside of the hp lid usually has a sticker detailing sata and sas
> > ports, PCI-x and PCI-e slots, etc.
>
> Egad, I had completely overlooked the info on the inside of lid.  I've
> had the lid off laying with that info down... and never thought to
> look.  Although I must have seen it when I took the cover off.
>
> One big problem is that I'm pretty confused about sata and sas.  I did
> google up and wikipaedia up on it...  but much of it went right over
> my head.
>
> What is the practical meaning in this case?  Can a sata disc run on an
> SAS port?  If not what runs on them?
>
> > I had very good luck running OI on an 8400 with 12 gb ram.
>
> OK, good news.
>
> If you have time, please take a look at the images at the site listed
> up above, and let me know what you can about what I'm seeing there
>
>
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