I have a Supermicro H12SSL-i motherboard with an ESXI system installed on it. Recently, I want to pass through the hard disk to the virtual machine through the sata controller to the virtual machine.
When I opened up the ESXI PCI device passthrough page to try to passthrough a sata controller, I realized I had to go to the Supermicro manual as there were four sata controllers for me to choose from.
But I was more confused when I found the figure in below in the technical manual. As shown in the red box in the figure below, the manual seems to show that there are 8 sata interfaces, including I-SATA0 ~ I-SATA7, but the red box on the far right shows SATA8~15 and SATA0~7, but it seems that there are only The sata position enclosed by the red box on the left and below has a physical interface, while the position enclosed by the red box on the right has no physical sata interface. So does my motherboard have 8 sata ports or 16 ports? The blank space without the SATA interface is actually just that there is no interface installed? Are 4 sata controllers corresponding to 8 sata interfaces or 16 sata interfaces? Other than that, is there any way for me to quickly tell which sata controller corresponds to which sata interface? For example, the four SATA controllers 4c, 4d, 88, and 89 identified by the ESXI system in the above figure correspond to which SATA interfaces.
Finally, it can be seen from the figure that the blue box seems to be two mini sas interfaces. Searching for "SAS" from ESXI's PCI Devices does not seem to find any controllers or interfaces. Can I allow the hard disks connected to these two interfaces to pass through to the virtual machine through ESXI? How can I search? Does the pass-through of the mini SAS interface use the controller like the pass-through of the sata interface? Or does a single mini SAS port support pass-through?
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read and consider my lengthy technical question. I sincerely appreciate any answers or suggestions you may have, thanks again.
When I opened up the ESXI PCI device passthrough page to try to passthrough a sata controller, I realized I had to go to the Supermicro manual as there were four sata controllers for me to choose from.
But I was more confused when I found the figure in below in the technical manual. As shown in the red box in the figure below, the manual seems to show that there are 8 sata interfaces, including I-SATA0 ~ I-SATA7, but the red box on the far right shows SATA8~15 and SATA0~7, but it seems that there are only The sata position enclosed by the red box on the left and below has a physical interface, while the position enclosed by the red box on the right has no physical sata interface. So does my motherboard have 8 sata ports or 16 ports? The blank space without the SATA interface is actually just that there is no interface installed? Are 4 sata controllers corresponding to 8 sata interfaces or 16 sata interfaces? Other than that, is there any way for me to quickly tell which sata controller corresponds to which sata interface? For example, the four SATA controllers 4c, 4d, 88, and 89 identified by the ESXI system in the above figure correspond to which SATA interfaces.
Finally, it can be seen from the figure that the blue box seems to be two mini sas interfaces. Searching for "SAS" from ESXI's PCI Devices does not seem to find any controllers or interfaces. Can I allow the hard disks connected to these two interfaces to pass through to the virtual machine through ESXI? How can I search? Does the pass-through of the mini SAS interface use the controller like the pass-through of the sata interface? Or does a single mini SAS port support pass-through?
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read and consider my lengthy technical question. I sincerely appreciate any answers or suggestions you may have, thanks again.
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