[rescue] T5220 update

Carl R. Friend crfriend at rcn.com
Sun Oct 29 16:22:09 CDT 2017


On 10/29/2017 04:56 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> Nice to know that SATA drives were in some manner supported, and as I
> understand it, by definition SATA should work anywhere SAS does. I can always
> use the drives elsewhere if need be.

    Be wary of this assertion.  I have modern knowledge of a SuperMicro
motherboard that supports SAS natively that does *NOT* reliably support
SATA drives.  YMMV, of course, but just because the spec says so does
not necessarily mean that it works in practise.

    Cheers!
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