Intel X79 Raid Controller Driver

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Intel X79
Codename(s)Patsburg
CPU supportedIntel Core i7
(Sandy Bridge-E)
(Ivy Bridge-E)
Socket supportedLGA 2011 also known as socket LGA 2011-1 and Socket R
Fabrication process65 nm
TDP7.8 W
Miscellaneous
Release date(s)November 14, 2011
PredecessorIntel X58 (Uses CPU Socket LGA 1366)
SuccessorIntel X99 (Uses CPU Socket LGA 2011 V3)

The Intel X79 (codenamedPatsburg) is a Platform Controller Hub (PCH) designed and manufactured by Intel for their LGA 2011 (Socket R) and LGA 2011-1 (Socket R2).

Socket and chipset support CPUs targeted at the high-end desktop (HEDT) and enthusiast segments of the Intel product lineup: Core i7-branded and Xeon-branded processors from the Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPU architectures.[1]

The supported CPUs feature quad channel memory controllers, and a certain amount of PCIe lanes, the chipset features additional PCIe lanes; it is designed to connect an Intel processor through a DMI 2.0 interface to peripheral devices.

Features[edit]

The first product was announced on November 14, 2011, for 'Extreme' CPUs using the LGA 2011 socket.[2]

Features include:

  • 2× Serial ATA (SATA) 3.0 (6Gbit/s) ports & 4x SATA 2 (3Gbit/s) ports.
  • 8× PCI Express 2.0 lanes [3]
  • 14 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 ports
  • Integrated Gigabit Ethernet MAC (Lewisville PHY)
  • Optional Intel Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3.0
    • SATA RAID support (0/1/10/5)
    • Write journaling
  • 100 MHz BCLK
  • Supports processor, memory and chipset overclocking
  • Supports Intel Extreme Tuning Utility 3.0 (XTU)
  • 8-layer printed circuit board (PCB), 2 oz copper recommended

The X79 chipset is made to work with the Intel LGA 2011 (Socket R) which features 2011 copper pins. The added pins allow for more PCI Express lanes and interconnects for server class processors.

Newer Core and Xeon processors address 40 PCI Express 3.0 lanes directly through Sandy Bridge-E architecture (Xeon) and Ivy Bridge architecture (Core processors).[4][5][6]

Partial support for Windows XP[edit]

The X79 chipset does not support installing Windows XP in AHCI mode for Intel's Serial ATA controllers as Intel won't release AHCI drivers for 32-bit Windows XP.[7] Windows XP can be installed in IDE mode but without SATA features enabled. For users that dual boot Windows XP with another operating system installed in AHCI mode, this means changing to IDE mode every time to boot into Windows XP and changing back to SATA to boot the other OS, or installing the other OS which supports AHCI also in IDE mode to prevent switching the setting in the BIOS each time. This restriction applies only to 32-bit Windows XP; 64-bit Windows XP is supported by Intel drivers.

For motherboards with X79 chipset but with third party SATA disk controllers, 32-bit Windows XP AHCI drivers may still be supported by the disk controller vendor (non-Intel).

Intel X79 Raid Controller Driver

See also[edit]

  • Platform Controller Hub (PCH)

References[edit]

  1. ^'Intel's latest X79 Chipset'. gamerzrepublic.com. May 25, 2010.
  2. ^'Intel Refreshes Ultimate Enthusiast Processor Lineup with Six-Core Offerings'. News release. Intel. November 14, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  3. ^'Intel® X79 Express Chipset (Intel® BD82X79 PCH)'. official product information. Intel. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
  4. ^'Products (Formerly Sandy Bridge-EP)'. official product information. Intel. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  5. ^'Products (Formerly Sandy Bridge-EN)'. official product information. Intel. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  6. ^'Products (Formerly Ivy Bridge)'. official product information. Intel. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  7. ^Intel X79 SATA AHCI RAID Mode NoticeArchived 2014-03-26 at Archive.today

External links[edit]

  • Official Release Date and Ivy Bridge vs Sandy Bridge Benchmarks Revealed, by Lenzfire.com
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Hello everyone,

I am currently trying to build an esxi machine as a home server & vSAN.

I am using an Intel s2600cp4 server board and an Intel Xeon E5-2620v2.

the server is running on Esxi 5.1 u2, bios is updated to latest version.

But i ran into a problem when i want to configure my sata controllers.

only 2 of my 3 controllers show up in my configurations.

Even though the controllers are active when i check command line:

~ # lspci | grep Mass

00:00:1f.2 Mass storage controller: Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI Controller [vmhba0]

00:03:00.0 Mass storage controller: Intel Corporation Patsburg Dual 4-Port SATA Storage Control Unit [vmhba1]

00:04:00.0 Mass storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic LSI2008 [vmhba2]

I have checked the device in the compatibility list from vmware & which driver was needed for it.

it was not the driver i had on my system, so i installed the following driver:

rste version 2.0.2.0088-1vmw

i checked using the following:

~ # esxcli software vib list | grep rste

scsi-rste 2.0.2.0088-1vmw.510.2.23.1483097 VMware VMwareCertified 2014-01-17

the new driver is being used.

and when i try to configure the device for passtrough, Esxi constantly wants to reboot the device to complete the configuration for that device.

Both other controllers fully work passtroughed to a vm, but this one won't do anything...

I also found the following information, not really of any help to me, but maybe on of you guys can see something i didn't.

Raid controller driver windows xp

~ # dmesg | grep 00:03

0:00:00:06.027 cpu0:2048)Chipset: 404: 100:03 busIRQ= 3 on 00-03

0:00:00:06.030 cpu0:2048)PCI: 1047: scanning pci bridge 0x41000d372220 @ seg/bus 00:03

0:00:00:06.030 cpu0:2048)PCI: 5578: 00:03:00.0: Found Advanced Error Reporting support

0:00:00:06.030 cpu0:2048)PCI: 5578: 00:03:00.0: Found Endpoint Association support

0:00:00:06.030 cpu0:2048)PCI: 5578: 00:03:00.0: Found Single Root I/O Virtualization support

0:00:00:06.031 cpu0:2048)PCI: 5578: 00:03:00.3: Found Endpoint Association support

0:00:00:06.031 cpu0:2048)PCI: 5578: 00:03:00.4: Found Endpoint Association support

0:00:00:06.031 cpu0:2048)PCI: 3771: 00:03:00.0 8086:1d6a 8086:3585 added

0:00:00:06.031 cpu0:2048)Device: 527: Registered device: p=0x41000d372220 0x41000d371770 00:03:00.0 8086:1d6a 8086:3585 bd=0x41000f637a40

0:00:00:06.031 cpu0:2048)VMK_PCI: 317: device 00:03:00.0 event: Device inserted: new owner module

0:00:00:06.031 cpu0:2048)PCI: 3771: 00:03:00.3 8086:1d70 8086:3584 added

0:00:00:06.031 cpu0:2048)Device: 527: Registered device: p=0x41000d372220 0x41000d371770 00:03:00.3 8086:1d70 8086:3584 bd=0x41000f637f00

0:00:00:06.031 cpu0:2048)VMK_PCI: 317: device 00:03:00.3 event: Device inserted: new owner module

0:00:00:06.031 cpu0:2048)PCI: 3771: 00:03:00.4 8086:1d71 8086:3584 added

0:00:00:06.031 cpu0:2048)Device: 527: Registered device: p=0x41000d372220 0x41000d371770 00:03:00.4 8086:1d71 8086:3584 bd=0x41000f638330

0:00:00:06.031 cpu0:2048)VMK_PCI: 317: device 00:03:00.4 event: Device inserted: new owner module

0:00:00:06.032 cpu0:2048)PCI: 6593: 00:03.0: PCIe v2 PCI Express Root complex port

0:00:00:06.032 cpu0:2048)PCI: 5578: 00:00:03.0: Found Vendor Specific support

0:00:00:06.032 cpu0:2048)PCI: 5578: 00:00:03.0: Found Enhanced Access Control support

0:00:00:06.032 cpu0:2048)PCI: 5578: 00:00:03.0: Found Advanced Error Reporting support

0:00:00:06.032 cpu0:2048)PCI: 5578: 00:00:03.0: Found Vendor Specific support

0:00:00:06.032 cpu0:2048)PCI: 5578: 00:00:03.0: Found Vendor Specific support

0:00:00:06.032 cpu0:2048)PCI: 6528: 00:03.0: PCIe v2 PCI Express Root complex port

0:00:00:06.032 cpu0:2048)PCI: 6593: 00:03.2: PCIe v2 PCI Express Root complex port

0:00:00:06.032 cpu0:2048)PCI: 5578: 00:00:03.2: Found Vendor Specific support

0:00:00:06.032 cpu0:2048)PCI: 5578: 00:00:03.2: Found Enhanced Access Control support

0:00:00:06.032 cpu0:2048)PCI: 5578: 00:00:03.2: Found Advanced Error Reporting support

0:00:00:06.032 cpu0:2048)PCI: 5578: 00:00:03.2: Found Vendor Specific support

0:00:00:06.032 cpu0:2048)PCI: 5578: 00:00:03.2: Found Vendor Specific support

0:00:00:06.032 cpu0:2048)PCI: 6528: 00:03.2: PCIe v2 PCI Express Root complex port

0:00:00:06.032 cpu0:2048)PCI: 3771: 00:00:03.0 8086:0e08 0000:0000 added

0:00:00:06.032 cpu0:2048)Chipset: 404: 00:03 A busIRQ= 12 on 01-23

0:00:00:06.032 cpu0:2048)Device: 527: Registered device: p=0x41000d371110 0x41000d371770 00:00:03.0 8086:0e08 0000:0000 bd=0x41000f639b90

0:00:00:06.032 cpu0:2048)VMK_PCI: 317: device 00:00:03.0 event: Device inserted: new owner module

0:00:00:06.033 cpu0:2048)PCI: 3771: 00:00:03.2 8086:0e0a 0000:0000 added

0:00:00:06.033 cpu0:2048)Chipset: 404: 00:03 A busIRQ= 12 on 01-23

0:00:00:06.033 cpu0:2048)Device: 527: Registered device: p=0x41000d371110 0x41000d371770 00:00:03.2 8086:0e0a 0000:0000 bd=0x41000f63a0d0

0:00:00:06.033 cpu0:2048)VMK_PCI: 317: device 00:00:03.2 event: Device inserted: new owner module

2014-01-18T16:53:05.807Z cpu2:2506)VMK_PCI: 1225: device 00:03:00.0 allocated 1 vectors (intrType 1)

2014-01-18T16:53:05.807Z cpu2:2506)WARNING: VMK_PCI: 1171: device 00:03:00.3 has no legacy interrupt(s)

2014-01-18T16:53:05.807Z cpu2:2506)VMK_PCI: 1228: device 00:03:00.3 failed to allocate 1 vectors (intrType 1)

2014-01-18T16:53:05.807Z cpu2:2506)WARNING: LinPCI: LinuxPCILegacyIntrVectorSet:80:Could not allocate legacy PCI interrupt for device 0000:03:00.3

2014-01-18T16:53:05.807Z cpu2:2506)WARNING: VMK_PCI: 1171: device 00:03:00.4 has no legacy interrupt(s)

Intel X79 Raid Controller Drivers

2014-01-18T16:53:05.807Z cpu2:2506)VMK_PCI: 1228: device 00:03:00.4 failed to allocate 1 vectors (intrType 1)

2014-01-18T16:53:05.807Z cpu2:2506)WARNING: LinPCI: LinuxPCILegacyIntrVectorSet:80:Could not allocate legacy PCI interrupt for device 0000:03:00.4

2014-01-18T16:53:05.807Z cpu2:2506)VMK_PCI: 1225: device 00:00:03.0 allocated 1 vectors (intrType 1)

2014-01-18T16:53:05.807Z cpu2:2506)VMK_PCI: 1225: device 00:00:03.2 allocated 1 vectors (intrType 1)

2014-01-18T16:53:12.098Z cpu4:2437)PCI: 4577: 00:03:00.0 named 'vmhba1' (was ')

~ # cat /var/log/vmkdevmgr.log

2014-01-18T16:53:22.383Z| vthread-3| I120: ADD event for bus=pci addr=00:03:00.0 id=8086:1d6a 8086:3585.

2014-01-18T16:53:22.383Z| vthread-3| I120: No driver for specific PCI id=8086:1d6a 8086:3585. Trying generic id=8086:1d6a 0000:0000.

2014-01-18T16:53:22.383Z| vthread-3| I120: Found driver rste for device bus=pci addr=00:03:00.0 id=8086:1d6a 8086:3585.

2014-01-18T16:53:22.387Z| vthread-3| I120: Error binding driver rste for bus=pci addr=00:03:00.0 id=8086:1d6a 8086:3585: No such file or directory

Raid Controller Driver Windows Xp

2014-01-18T16:53:22.387Z| vthread-3| I120: ADD event for bus=pci addr=00:03:00.3 id=8086:1d70 8086:3584.

Intel X79 Raid Controller Driver Windows 7

2014-01-18T16:53:22.387Z| vthread-3| I120: ADD event for bus=pci addr=00:03:00.4 id=8086:1d71 8086:3584.

2014-01-18T16:53:22.387Z| vthread-3| I120: ADD event for bus=pci addr=00:00:03.0 id=8086:0e08 0000:0000.

2014-01-18T16:53:22.387Z| vthread-3| I120: ADD event for bus=pci addr=00:00:03.2 id=8086:0e0a 0000:0000.

I really hope you guys get a clue on this, or you have another point i can look at.

Greets,

X79 Motherboard Drivers

Thomas

Intel X79 Express Drivers

PS: i have attached 5 print screens from bios settings.