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Subject: Re: Intel SR1500AL SAS/SATA RAID problem
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Hi Rihad,

It doesn't work with FreeBSD and most Linux distis. Forget it. Install a 
-good- raid controller.
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Lanny Baron

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Rihad wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm attempting to install FreeBSD 6.2 on Intel Server System SR1500AL 
> with 2 SAS drives set up as RAID1. The problem is that the OS can't see 
> the RAID, only the 2 separate drives. As I also had problems with Ubuntu 
> Linux recognizing RAID1 on an almost twin board, but with 2 SATA disks 
> instead of SAS, I asked their support forum. Someone there suggested [*] 
> that ESB2 controller used by Intel is software based, and that I must 
> use software RAID to make use of it. I'm not sure if I should do the 
> same with FreeBSD/SAS array too? Maybe there's a ready to go driver?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> [*] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3329522#post3329522
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