Harry Putnam wrote:
Murman, can you coach me a bit about how the bios settings regarding
sata ports, and the LSI utility, effects the actual ports themseleves?
There are three options at bios main menu `Storage' and then the
`options', then the SATA Emulation [...] heading item:
SATA Emulation—Sets the SATA emulation mode with the following options:
RAID + AHCI–both the RAID and AHCI OPROMs execute. This
emulation mode is the default and offers the best performance
and most functionality.
Separate IDE Controller–offers standard SATA supports (four
ports only).
Combined IDE Controller–makes the SATA controller look like an
IDE controller and offers best IDE compatibility (two ports
only).
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Here. I am running a version (Openindiana) of solaris 11.
Far as I can see, my setup will only boot with options 2 or 3. I've
been using 2 (Separate IDE) which is recommended in some of the oracle
documentation.
WIth that setting, the two RED ports on the upper (main) row of sata
ports are unusable for sata disks.
Further, attempting to plug a pair or wd black, 1tb drives (new) into
the two right most SAS/Sata ports on the bottom row fails. The bios
fails to recognize them.
So far I've only been able to use the first 4 Sata ports on top row,
beginning with the left most port.
I really need to be able to use all the available Sas/Sata ports for
Sata discs.
What you really want is AHCI and no RAID.
Running it as an emulated IDE is rather sub-optimal, but maybe your only
choice unless you go and buy a separate disk controller.
--
Andrew Gabriel
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