On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Jeremy Chadwick <free...@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 fjwc...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
