Alec Muffett wrote:
>> Does anyone on this list have experience with a recent board with 6 or more
>> SATA ports that they know is supported?
>>
>
>
> Well so far I have only populated 5 of the ports I have available,
> but my writeup with my 9-port SATS ASUS mobo is at:
>
> http://www.crypticide.com/dropsafe/article/2091
>
> ...and I hope to run a few more tests this weekend, time permitting.
>
> But you know this, since you've already commented there. :-)
>
> - alec
>
>
In fact, any of the recent Intel chipset motherboards;
Server class: Chipset ESB-2 southbridge
Desktop class: Chipset ICH-8 and ICH-9
Motherboards known as i965 chipset
and Intel P35 chipsets
The above all support AHCI and have typically up
to 6 SATA connectors, which the southbridge supports.
On ICH-9, all six are in the southbridge and supported/tested
running Solaris. On some i965 classs motherboards, there may
only be 4 SATA ports that Solaris supports, since the other 2
may or may not be present and may be a third party SATA
controller chip with no device driver software for Solaris.
So if you want all six SATA ports for Solaris in AHCI mode,
go with a desktop board using the P35 chipset (ICH-9 southbridge)
or a server board based on ESB-2 southbridge (Intel Series S-5000
server boards).
Hope this helps.
Neal
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