Need driver for SATA 6 gbps?

[Orvar Korvar]

I am thinking of buying an SSD, OCZ Vertex 3, which has some sick performance. To that I need to buy an SATA 6gbps card, because my old mobo offers only 3 gbps. Do I need to install Solaris drivers first, or can I use the 6 gbps card without drivers?

[Brandon High]

On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Orvar Korvar

Post by Orvar Korvar
I am thinking of buying an SSD, OCZ Vertex 3, which has some sick performance. To that I need to buy an SATA 6gbps card, because my old mobo offers only 3 gbps. Do I need to install Solaris drivers first, or can I use the 6 gbps card without drivers?

You will need drivers.

The Marvell SATA chips have been supported for a while in the base OS.
Some SAS 6G cards as well. Someone posted a really nice comparison of
supported cards and bus speeds a while back, it may be worth looking
for.

-B

[Orvar Korvar]

I have looked a bit, but can not find the comparison you talk of. Can you find the link?

Which 6Gbps cards work together with Solaris 11 Express?

[Orvar Korvar]

Ok, Ive found some useful links that lists several SATA cards working on OpenSolaris:

http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=10

http://www.sun.com/io_technologies/sata/SATA0.html

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.solaris.opensolaris.storage.general/8240

[Orvar Korvar]

http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=129352&tstart=0