I recently built an AMD desktop (Ryzen 5, X570 chipset) and wanted to add a little bit of local bulk storage (aiming for a RAID5 or 6 hardware setup). The BIOS is set to UEFI+CSM for backwards compatibility. I tested many of the HBAs I have, and all of them act weirdly. I should say that all are tested and working on other hardware platforms.
IBM M5015: does not enter WebBIOS. Correct key sequence pressed, it just skips over and goes on to boot without allowing for configuration. (3 cards tested, all act the same)
Fujitsu D2616: freezes during boot without completing (2 cards tested, both act the same)
3Ware 9750 - several cards tested, various port configurations (8i, 4i, 4e4i etc), entering setup is possible and it appears to see the drives attached, but the config UI is unusable; using the arrow keys and tab key results in the selection jumping randomly and very fast between selectable items. Essentially impossible to configure.
Dell H240 with IT mode enabled (1 card tested) during boot complains about missing supercap and cache disabled (which it would be anyway in IT mode, just normally never gives a message about it) then freezes, never completes boot.
This more of less exhausts all of the cards which I was hoping to find a compatible one among. I'd prefer a hardware raid solution, so I can have one large and slow bulk storage device accessible either booted in Linux and in Windows, but it looks like it's not in the cards. I can of course set ZFS in Linux, or a dynamic volume in Windows, but then accessing either from the opposite OS would be a pain. The motherboard has enough SATA ports for me not to need a HBA for that, but again I was looking for a simple cross-platform solution.
(Linux and Windows are installed on a nvme, and I have a bunch of Seagate Barracudas 2TB I was hoping to use for bulk storage)
IBM M5015: does not enter WebBIOS. Correct key sequence pressed, it just skips over and goes on to boot without allowing for configuration. (3 cards tested, all act the same)
Fujitsu D2616: freezes during boot without completing (2 cards tested, both act the same)
3Ware 9750 - several cards tested, various port configurations (8i, 4i, 4e4i etc), entering setup is possible and it appears to see the drives attached, but the config UI is unusable; using the arrow keys and tab key results in the selection jumping randomly and very fast between selectable items. Essentially impossible to configure.
Dell H240 with IT mode enabled (1 card tested) during boot complains about missing supercap and cache disabled (which it would be anyway in IT mode, just normally never gives a message about it) then freezes, never completes boot.
This more of less exhausts all of the cards which I was hoping to find a compatible one among. I'd prefer a hardware raid solution, so I can have one large and slow bulk storage device accessible either booted in Linux and in Windows, but it looks like it's not in the cards. I can of course set ZFS in Linux, or a dynamic volume in Windows, but then accessing either from the opposite OS would be a pain. The motherboard has enough SATA ports for me not to need a HBA for that, but again I was looking for a simple cross-platform solution.
(Linux and Windows are installed on a nvme, and I have a bunch of Seagate Barracudas 2TB I was hoping to use for bulk storage)