J-H
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Thanks for this helpful, but disappointing news.

I have opened a support request and let’s see what I get as an answer.

What do you mean with ?

“You could try creating a RAID1 set using the ROMBs hostraid, you might have more luck that way.”

Do you refer to the SATA/SAS ports on the motherboard?

I tried that, but ESX even did not see my disks. I think this is the Intel 6321ESB chip, and it looks like the device has no drivers included in ESX.

If I need the RAID key or have to use another controller, then it would have been better if I bought the S5000PSLSATA motherboard. The saved 200 Euro would have been better spent on controller!

I already used all 4 internal disk ports of the SRCSAS18E. This will be a difficult decision after I already had some hassle to get a S5000PSLROMB board with a material master number 886037 to have official Quad Core support from Intel.

Okay, maybe I buy a HP Smart Array P400 or P600 with BBWC. But I’m not sure about using them in non HP servers.

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