On 08/10/2011, at 8:29 AM, Albert Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Stefano Del Corno > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, I'm sorry if the question have been already discussed in the past: >> I'm having an issue with a PCI-e 3132 SATA card and a 3726 port >> multiplier. Digging both the internet and OI discussions, I had the >> feeling that this specific combination is working fine in a few >> different environments. >> >> http://openindiana.org/pipermail/openindiana-discuss/2011-January/002209.html >> http://openindiana.org/pipermail/openindiana-discuss/2011-May/003998.html >> >> I've loaded latest "ide" firmware (B7703) on my 3132 card. I tested >> the pci-e card, the port multiplier and 4 attached sata drives under >> linux: everything was working fine. I did also a couple of "raw" >> performance tests with good results. Given the good experience under >> "another OS" and given that I saw positive reports of SIL port >> multipliers with SIL based SATA boards, I dropped both the card and >> the port multiplier in my OpenIndiana box. >> >> I'm running OI 148 on a SuperMicro X7SPA-H board. It's booting from a >> couple of USB drives (forming a mirrored rpool). Right now I'm using 4 >> out of 6 internal sata connectors to drive a small SSD and 3 1.5tb >> drives. My plan is to add the above mentioned 3124 + 3726 + 4drives to >> my OpenIndiana box to test different protection schemes and run some >> "zpool send" tests. >> >> The issue I'm experiencing is that I can only see the first drive >> (port 0) I've attached to the port multiplier. >> > > I'm not sure where you heard otherwise, but only the ahci driver > supports SATA port multipliers. > > -Albert I have a Si3124 4 port SATA card, and could only get it to work with the pic-ide drivers. It also doesn't support hot plugging / reconfiguration via cfgadm. Matt. _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
