HCL/RAID Controllers

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Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)
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Components Video Cards - Sound Cards - Wired Net Adapters - Wireless Adapters - Bluetooth Adapters - Printers - Scanners - TV Cards - Digital Cameras - Web Cameras - UPS - Floppy Drives
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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 Image:22px-Tick.png - Installation area can`t mount DVD or CD devices.
- Decision of this problem.

PCI/Cardbus

Vendor Chipset Model Type Driver Works Out of The Box SUSE Releases Comments
Adaptec Adaptec 2020SA SATA Zero Channel aacraid Image:22px-Tick.png 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.
Adaptec Adaptec 2410SA SATA aacraid Image:22px-Tick.png 10.2 - This controller be managed using ASM (Adaptec Storage Manager).
Dell Adaptec CERC (Un-officially called Adaptec 2610SA) SATA aacraid Image:22px-Tick.png 10.2 (x86_64), 11.0 (x86_64) - Dell provides a Linux management program, also can be managed using ASM (Adaptec Storage Manager). Older firmware versions need to be upgraded.
LSI LSI MegaRAID SCSI 320-2 (518) SCSI megaraid 10.2 (x86_64)
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 Image:22px-Tick.png 10.2 PATA Harddrive automatically detected and configured during install and thereafter for 10.2
Promise PDC20318 S150TX4 SATA sata_promise 10.0, 10.1 fakeraid, warning shows on installer - can use only as SATA-controller
Promise PDC20318 S150TX2 SATA sata_promise 10.0, 10.1 fakeraid, warning shows on installer - can use only as SATA-controller


PCIe

Vendor Chipset Model Type Driver Works
Out of
The Box
SUSE Release Comments
10.3 11.0
Areca Intel IOP332 I/O processor ARC-1210 SATA II arcmsr Image:22px-Tick.png Image:22px-Tick.png Image:22px-Tick.png arcmsr was integrated in kernel 2.6.19 kernel, and has been available since 10.3.
Promise Intel IOP338 I/O processor STEX-8650 SATA/SAS Stex.ko Image:22px-Tick.png Image:22px-Tick.png Image:22px-Tick.png In the kernel as of 2.6.19. Available for EX4650,EX8650,EX8654, EX8658

Internal Links

Checkout an alternative to hardware raid, software raid:
How to install SUSE Linux on software RAID

External Links

Gentoo Areca Hardware RAID Information
Serial ATA (SATA) chipsets — Linux support status
Linux SATA RAID FAQ


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