Adding USB 3.0 to an SC846?

[Joey2socks]

MB: Supermicro X9DRi-LN4+/X9DR3-LN4+

Morning All,

I’m trying to add USB 3 to my server for preclearing drives or transferring data. I tried searching the forum but didn’t see anything.

I see a ton of pcie cards like this on amazon https://www.amazon.com/Express-Expansion-Controller-Rosewill-RC-508/dp/B011LZY20G

Is it just any card will do or are there things I should look for?

Any recommendations?

 

[herby]

Probably doesn't matter much, but I'd google around to make sure the USB controller the card uses will work with your OS.

The card you linked to looks like it runs a Renesas uPD720201, apparently it had problems with some older Linux kernel according to a quick and dirty search.