HCL/RAID Controllers
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< HCL
| Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) |
| Full Systems |
| Laptops - Desktops - Servers - Virtual Machines |
| Components |
| Video Cards - Sound Cards - Wired Net Adapters - Wireless Adapters - Bluetooth Adapters - Printers - Scanners - TV Cards - Digital Cameras - Web Cameras - UPS - Floppy Drives |
Contents |
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Integrated
| Vendor | Chipset | Model | Type | Driver | Works Out of The Box | SUSE Release | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.2 | |||||||
| Intel® | Intel P965 ICH8 | JMicron® JMB363 | PATA SATA RAID | pata_jmicron | - Installation area can`t mount DVD or CD devices. - Decision of this problem. | ||||
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PCI/Cardbus
| Vendor | Chipset | Model | Type | Driver | Works Out of The Box | SUSE Releases | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adaptec | Adaptec | 2020SA | SATA Zero Channel | aacraid | 10.0, 10.3 | - Only compatible with a few motherboards - When using "aacraid" driver that comes with kernel this controller cannot be managed using ASM (Adaptec Storage Manager) so all operations have to be done at controller bios. | |
| Promise | Promise R20378 | 378 | SATA PATA | sata_promise | 10.0 | PATA connector works after custom kernel build (non SUSE Source). Patch | |
| Silicon Image [[1]] | 0680 | SiI 0680 | PATA | unknown | 10.2 | PATA Harddrive automatically detected and configured during install and thereafter for 10.2 |
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PCIe
| Vendor | Chipset | Model | Type | Driver | Works Out of The Box | SUSE Release | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.2 | |||||||
| Areca | Intel IOP332 I/O processor | ARC-1210 | SATA II | arcmsr | Necessary to compile driver manually. Refer to Areca RAID Controllers Howto. | ||||
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Areca
Areca submitted their arcmsr controller driver into the Linux Kernel in 2.6.11-rc3-mm1. Integration into mainline kernel should happen with the 2.6.19 kernel, thus will be available in 10.3 and beyond.
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Internal Links
Checkout an alternative to hardware raid, software raid:
How to install SUSE Linux on software RAID
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External Links
Gentoo Areca Hardware RAID Information
Serial ATA (SATA) chipsets — Linux support status
Linux SATA RAID FAQ
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