Support for SAS/SATA non-RAID adapters

[Freddie Cash]

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Jeremy Chadwick
<freebsd at jdc.parodius.com> wrote:
> By the way, I'll add that the AOC-USASLP-L8i is **not** compatible with
> the UIO riser/adapter for the X7SBi.  This should be apparent just from
> examining the location of the PCIe x8 slot on the RAID card vs.  where
> the CSE-RR1U-ELi PCIe x8 slot is located.
>
> You'll find what boards the AOC-USASLP-L8i is compatible with, UIO
> riser-wise, here:
>
> http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-USASLP-L8i.cfm
>
> So in general, make sure whatever Supermicro card (RAID, Ethernet, SAS,
> SCSI, whatever) you're going with is indeed compatible with whatever
> Supermicro board you stick it in.
>
> Best thing to do is contact Supermicro Technical Support and ask.  Their
> TS folks are better than average; I can get full specifications for ICs
> out of them, while I've never been able to achieve this with Tyan.
> Rackable (who uses Tyan mainboards) might have better luck.  :-)

Ah, in that case, it's not a solution for us.  We use Tyan
motherboards for pretty much everything, and have never had any luck
with any kind of riser card, whether it be in a standard PCI slot or a
PCI-X slot.

-- 
Freddie Cash
fjwcash at gmail.com