On Jan 13, 2014, at 5:50 PM, Richard Elling <[email protected]> wrote:

> That server has a number of options for active and passive PCIe risers and 
> not 
> all slots are created equal. Depending on the riser, you might have to change
> slot configurations to clear. It is possible to look at the fmtopo and 
> determine
> how many pci bridges are in the way.
> — richard



Thanks Richard.

I am using active riser to get all the HBAs I need. The passive riser only 
supports two or three PCI-e slots. In the interest of complete transparency I 
replaced the active mid plane with the passive mid plane for the drives.

This is actually a tricky wick. I forgot to mention those systems also have 
DDRdrive X1s. The current configuration is the only configuration that allowed 
all of the PCI-e cards to work together. The tipping point was adding the Intel 
910.  I literally had to create a truth table for all the possible permutations 
 and test them to find one that worked. Other configurations resulted in 
missing HBA or other more erratic behavior.



j.
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