Drivers Adaptec RAID 6805/6805Q



Home Support RAID Adaptec RAID 6805T Adaptec RAID 6805T 8 internal top-mounted ports, low profile, SAS 2.0 and Gen 2 PCI-Express (PCIe) Unified Serial RAID controller with Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection and Intelligent Power Management delivers exceptional performance, advanced data protection, maximum scalability and the lowest total cost. Home Support RAID Adaptec RAID 6805 Adaptec RAID 6805 8 internal port, low profile, SAS 2.0 and Gen 2 PCI-Express (PCIe) Unified Serial RAID controller with Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection and Intelligent Power Management delivers exceptional performance, advanced data protection, maximum scalability and the lowest total cost of ownership for.

Controller

Some time ago, we changed the hardware of our VM server. We replaced the RAID controller with an Adaptec 6805 because the old controller had some problems. The server run with ESXi 5.1.

The problem with our Adaptec controller was that ESXi didn't support it out-of-the-box. It was supported in general but the driver was not included. We thought that the new ESXi 6 could contain the driver, but it didn't. So we had to create our own ESXi image with the Adaptec driver.

We thought it shouldn't be a problem because there was much documentation about custom images:

Adaptec Raid 6805 Software

https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/04/using-the-vsphere-esxi-image-builder-cli.html
http://www.virten.net/2015/03/esxi-6-0-image-for-intel-nuc/
(DE) https://www.thomas- krenn.com/de/wiki/Individuelles_ESXi_5..

Adaptec raid controller

Some problems:

  • We tried to create an image for version 6
  • We used the free version of ESXi with all its limitations

A problem was that the documentation references an 'offline software depot'. You can download the offline depot for the paid version but it's not available for the free version - not as simple download. No offline deplot means no custom image - right? Not right, because it's also possible to use an online depot.

The problem was that the documentation didn't contain a full description. We found some hints in different blogs but no complete description.

Here are the steps how we created our custom ESXi 6 image with Adaptec 6805 driver:

Downloads

  • ESXi
  • PowerCLI 6
  • Adaptec driver

Useful PowerCLI Documentation:
https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/index.jsp#..ve-EsxSoftwarePackage.html

Image creation

  • Install PowerCLI 6 (and all required dependencies)
  • Unzip the Adaptec driver to e.g. C:tempVMServer6
  • Run PowerCLI as Administrator (sometimes, first launch of PowerCLI isn't working - simply close/run again)
  • Execute following commands
    # Preconfigure
    Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
    cd c:tempVMServer6

    # Use online depot
    Add-EsxSoftwareDepot https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml
    # Add offline bundle for adaptec driver
    Add-EsxSoftwareDepot aacraid-6.0.6.2.1.41024-offline_bundle-2915492.zip

    # Check added depots
    $DefaultSoftwareDepots

    # Lists all ESXi-6.* profiles
    Get-EsxImageProfile -Name'ESXi-6.*' Multimedia audio controller driver for windows 7 filehippo.

    # Sets the base profile
    New-EsxImageProfile -CloneProfile'ESXi-6.0.0-20160104001-standard'-name'ESXi-6.0.0-20160104001-standard-Adaptec'-Vendor'rjahn@SIB'-AcceptanceLevel'CommunitySupported'

    # Lists all included drivers
    Get-EsxSoftwarePackage -Name'*aacraid*'

    # Adds adaptec driver from offline bundle
    Add-EsxSoftwarePackage -ImageProfile'ESXi-6.0.0-20160104001-standard-Adaptec'-SoftwarePackage scsi-aacraid

    # Creates boot image
    Export-ESXImageProfile -ImageProfile'ESXi-6.0.0-20160104001-standard-Adaptec'-ExportToISO-filepath C:tempVMServer6buildESXi-6.0.0-20160104001-standard-Adaptec.iso

    # Creates Bundle
    Export-ESXImageProfile -ImageProfile'ESXi-6.0.0-20160104001-standard-Adaptec'-ExportToBundle-filepath C:tempVMServer6buildESXi-6.0.0-20160104001-standard-Adaptec.zip

Version numbers may be different, but the procedure should work for you as well. The online depot:
https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml

was the most important thing. All other steps can be found in the standard documentation.

Compatible Hard Disk Controllers, RAID Controllers

The following list contains the list of hard disk controllers tested and compatible with the Windows version of Hard Disk Sentinel. Under DOS or Linux some hard disk controllers may provide more or less information.

Adaptec Raid Controller

If you experience non-detected hard disk drives, the issue is most likely causing by a driver of the hard disk controller, as described on No hard disk temperature/health displayed. What is wrong? Please check for updated driver(s) first from Driver Zone page and make sure you use the latest version of Hard Disk Sentinel. It is possible that an updated driver set supports the detection, especially under newer Windows releases (Vista, Windows 7, Server 2008).

Disk ControllerSupported?Comments
RAID Controllers
3Ware 7xxx RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
3Ware 8xxx RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
3Ware 9xxx RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
3Ware 9750 RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec AAR-1420SADoes not provide disk details
Adaptec AAR-1xxxDoes not provide disk details
Adaptec 2410SAProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 2810SAProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 21610SAProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 2420SAProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 2820SAProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 2045Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 2405/2405QProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 2805Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 4805SASProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 4800SASProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 5085Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 5805/5805QProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 51245Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 51645Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 52245Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 5405Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 5405ZProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 5445Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 5445ZProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 5805Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 5805Z/5805ZQProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 6405Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 6445Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 6805/6805QProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 6405E/6805EProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 6405TProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 6805T/6805TQProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 7805/7805QProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 71605/71605QProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 71605EProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 71685Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 72405Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 8405Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 8805Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 8885Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec 81605Z/81605ZQProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec SmartRAID 3101-4iProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec SmartRAID 3152-8iProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec SCSI RAID 2200SProvides details about all SCSI hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120SProvides details about all SCSI hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec SCSI RAID 2130SLPProvides details about all SCSI hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Adaptec SCSI RAID 2230SLPProvides details about all SCSI hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Addonics SATA-HWPM-LProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
AMD RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (7)
AMD RAID Bottom Controller (SATA)Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
AMD RAID (NVMe) Does not provide disk details
Areca ARC-1210 RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Areca ARC-1220 RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Areca ARC-1231ML (12 port)Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Areca ARC-1280 (8 port)Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Areca ARC-16xxProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Areca ARC-1880 (8 port)Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Areca other modelsWaiting for reports
ASMedia ASM1092R (updated firmware)Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
ATTO ExpressSAS R608Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
ATTO ExpressSAS R60FProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
ATTO ExpressSAS SAS/SATA RAIDProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Avago MegaRAID 9341Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Avago MegaRAID 9361Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Avago MegaRAID 9380Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Avago MegaRAID 9440Provides details about all NVMe SSDs, SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Avago MegaRAID 9460Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Avago MegaRAID SAS AdapterProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Broadcom MegaRAID MR9580Provides details about all NVMe SSDs, SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Broadcom (Ciprico) HT-1000 chipsetProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Broadcom (Ciprico) RAIDCore 4xxx BC4452 / BC4852Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Broadcom (Ciprico) RAIDCore 5xxx BC5252-8Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Dawicontrol DC-133Provides details about all IDE/PATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Dawicontrol DC-150Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Dawicontrol DC-154Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Dawicontrol DC-300e/310eProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Dawicontrol DC-324eProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Dawicontrol DC-3410Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Dawicontrol DC-4300/4320Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Dawicontrol DC-600e/610eProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Dawicontrol DC-622eProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Dawicontrol DC-624eProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Dawicontrol DC-7515Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Dell 6Gbps SAS HBAProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
DELL PERC 5/iProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
DELL PERC 6/iProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
DELL PERC H200Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
DELL PERC H310Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
DELL PERC H330Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
DELL PERC H700Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
DELL PERC H710 MiniProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
DELL PERC H710PProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
DELL PERC H730 MiniProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
DELL PERC H810Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
DELL PERC S100 / S300Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
DELL PERC S110Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
DELL PERC S130Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
DELL PERC S140Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
DELL SAS 5/iRProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
DELL SAS 6/iRProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Fujitsu FTS PRAID CP400iProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Gigabyte GBB36XProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (1)
HighPoint RocketRAID 620/622 RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
HighPoint RocketRAID 640 RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
HighPoint Rocket 640L (MARVELL) ControllerDoes not provide disk details
HighPoint 1xxx RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
HighPoint 2640 SAS RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
HighPoint 2720 SAS RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
HighPoint 2xxx RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
HighPoint 3740 RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
HighPoint 4522 RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
HighPoint SSD7101A-1 NVMe RAIDProvides details about all NVMe SSDs
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
HighPoint 7505 NVMe RAIDProvides details about all NVMe SSDs
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
HP Smart Array B120i RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (9)
HP Smart Array B140i RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (9)
HP Smart Array H240 RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (9)
HP Smart Array E200 RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (9)
HP Smart Array P410 RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (9)
HP Smart Array P420 RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (9)
HP Smart Array P440ar RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (9)
HP Smart Array P822 RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (9)
HP Smart Array 6400 SCSI RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (9)
HP Smart Array 642 SCSI RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (9)
IBM ServeRAID 8k/8k-lProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
IBM ServeRAID M1015Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
IBM ServeRAID M5014Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
IBM ServeRAID M5015Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
IBM ServeRAID M5110eProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
IBM ServeRAID M5210Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Intel ICH7RProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (1)
Intel ICH8RProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (1)
Intel ICH9RProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (1)
Intel ICH10RProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (1)
Intel NVMe RAIDProvides details about all NVMe SSDs
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Intel X58/Intel Z68Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (1)
Intel X79/Intel C600Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (1)
Intel RMT3PB080 Integrated RAID ModuleProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Intel RS2BL080Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Intel RS2WC040/RS2WC080Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Intel RS2WG160Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Intel RS3DC080Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Intel RSP3TD160FProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Intel SRCSAS18EProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Intel SRCSASJVProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Intel SRCSASRBProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Intel VROC NVMeProvides details about all NVMe SSDs
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
JMicron JMB36XProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (1)
JMicron JMB39XProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (1)
JMicron JMS562Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Lenovo 530-8iProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Lenovo 720Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Lenovo 730-8iProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Lenovo 930-8iProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9211Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9220Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9260-4iProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9260-8iProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9260-16iProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9265Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9270-8iProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9271-8iProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9361-4iProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9440-4iProvides details about all NVMe SSDs, SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9460-16iProvides details about all NVMe SSDs, SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI SAS 3000 RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI SAS2 2008 Falcon -StorPortProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI SAS2 2116 MeteorProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI SAS2 2208 RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI SAS2 2308 MustangProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI SAS3 FuryProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI 8888ELPProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
LSI MegaRAID IDE, 150-4/6Does not provide disk details
LSI MegaSR / EmbeddedDoes not provide disk details
Marvell 91xx RAID controllerDoes not provide disk details
Marvell 92xx RAID controllerProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Minerva RAID R2056A adapterProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
nForce RAID ControllerProvides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (8)
Promise SuperTrak 4350Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Promise SuperTrak 8350Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Promise SuperTrak 16350Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Promise SuperTrak 4650Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Promise SuperTrak 8650Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Promise SuperTrak 16650Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
RAID Ctrl SAS 6G 0/1 (D2607)Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Silicon Image SiI 0680Provides details about all hard disks
Silicon Image SiI 3112Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Silicon Image SiI 3132Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Silicon Image SiI 3114Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Silicon Image SiI 3124Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays) (1)
Silicon Image SiI 3512Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Silicon Image SiI 3531Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
Supermicro SMC2008Provides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
ThinkSystem RAID 930-16iProvides details about all SATA and SAS hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
VIA VT6421Provides details about all SATA hard disks
(standalone and configured as RAID arrays)
IDE/SATA Controllers
ALi M5229 IDEProvides details about all hard disks
AMD AHCI Compatible RAID ControllerProvides details about all hard disks (1)
AMD SATA AHCI Controller (AHCI)Provides details about all hard disks (1)
AMD SB750 IDE Provides details about all hard disks (4)
ASMedia ASM1061Provides details about all hard disks
ATI 4379 Serial ATA ControllerDoes not provide disk details
ATI 437A Serial ATA ControllerProvides details about all hard disks
ATI IDE ControllerProvides details about all hard disks
ATI SB700Provides details about all hard disks (4)
Dell SAS 5/iRProvides details about all hard disks
Dell SAS 6/iRProvides details about all hard disks
EIO AP-1680 ATA133 RAID ControllerProvides details about all hard disks
Gigabyte GBB36XProvides details about all hard disks (6)
HighPoint HPT3xxDoes not provide disk details
Initio INIC 16xxDoes not provide disk details
Intel ICH2Provides details about all hard disks
Intel ICH3Provides details about all hard disks
Intel ICH4Provides details about all hard disks
Intel ICH5Provides details about all hard disks
Intel ICH6Provides details about all hard disks
Intel ICH7Provides details about all hard disks
Intel ICH8Provides details about all hard disks
Intel ICH8M 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller (AHCI)Provides details about all hard disks
Intel 82801FBM Ultra ATAProvides details about all hard disks
Intel ICH9Provides details about all hard disks
Intel ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller (AHCI)Provides details about all hard disks
Intel ICH10Provides details about all hard disks
IOI SATA2-PCIE02Provides details about all hard disks
IOI SATA2-PCIE1X12Provides details about all hard disks
IOI SATA2-PCIE1x21Provides details about all hard disks
IOI SATA2-PCIX01Provides details about all hard disks
ITE 8211 ATA/ATAPIProvides details about all hard disks
ITE 8212FProvides details about all hard disks (5)
JMicron JM36XProvides details about all hard disks (6)
Marvell 63xx / 64xxProvides details about all hard disks
Marvell 9128 Serial ATA Gen 3 AdapterProvides details about all hard disks (1)
Marvell Serial ATA Gen 2 PCI X Adapter (PCI/CC_01000)Does not provide disk details
Maxtor Ultra100Provides details about all hard disks
NVidia MCP51Provides details about all hard disks
NVidia MCP61 (6150/430)Provides details about all hard disks (3)
NVidia nForce 2Provides details about all hard disks (2)
NVidia nForce 3 250 SATAProvides details about all hard disks
NVidia nForce 4Provides details about all hard disks
NVidia nForce790iProvides details about all hard disks (3)
Promise 5405Does not provide disk details
Promise SATA150 TXProvides details about all hard disks
Promise SATA300 TX2 Does not provide disk details
Promise SATA300 TX4Does not provide disk details
Promise SATA300 TX4302Waiting for reports
Promise TX4310Does not provide disk details
Promise Ultra100Provides details about all hard disks
Promise Ultra133 TX2Provides details about all hard disks
SiS 180/181 RAID Controller (ATA)Provides details about all hard disks
SiS 5513 IDE UDMA ControllerProvides details about all hard disks
SiS 965/966 182/1182Does not provide disk details
Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8Provides details about all hard disks
ULI SATA M1573 ControllerProvides details about all hard disks (1)
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller - 0571 (ATA)Provides details about all hard disks
VIA Serial ATA Controller - 0591Provides details about all hard disks
VIA SATA RAID Controller (RAID)Does not provide disk details
VIA VT6421Provides details about all hard disks
SCSI Controllers
Adaptec AHA-2940AU SCSIProvides details about all hard disks
Adaptec 39160 SCSIProvides details about all hard disks
Adaptec 29160 SCSIProvides details about all hard disks
Adaptec Embedded SCSI ControllerProvides details about all hard disks
Initio IOI-9100UW SCSIProvides details about all hard disks
LSI Logic 53C810 SCSIProvides details about all hard disks

Drivers Adaptec Raid 6805/6805q Software

(1) - To get all disk status, a driver update may be required for this controller. Visit the Driver Zone for recommended driver.
(2) - Supported of this controller is enhanced in version 2.90
(3) - Fully supported from version 2.70, recommended driver: 5.10.2600.692 (10-18-2006)
(4) - Supported in IDE mode only, NOT in AHCI mode
(5) - Supported by using ITE 8212F ATA/ATAPI BIOS (not RAID BIOS). Support enhanced in version 2.90
(6) - Supported, but compatibility problems may occur, especially in AHCI mode. Recommended to connect only up to one device and disable AHCI mode. Recommended driver: WHQL 1.17.50.2 (8-11-2009)
(7) - the RAID controller provides information about only one device per array, after installing the driver from Driver Zone. This is a limitation of the RAID controller, not a bug / limitation of Hard Disk Sentinel software.
(8) - required newer drivers for the NVRAID controller, recommended: 11.1.0.30, 6-30-2009
(9) - HP SMART Array RAID controllers provide error-counters only, so the actual health and S.M.A.R.T. data displayed based on them. Hard Disk Sentinel shows a notification that 'The status information and possible error(s) provided by the hard disk (RAID) controller. This may be different from the status of the physical drive.'

Drivers Adaptec Raid 6805/6805q Manual

Disks connected to RAID controllers (other than the listed under RAID Controllers section) should be configured as standalone disks. Detection of information about RAID arrays is possible only if a controller supports the special commands (like the controllers listed above). So using a such controller allows Hard Disk Sentinel to detect full information about SATA disks in RAID arrays. This feature is missing from the rest of the controllers (for example some older Adaptec, Promise, etc.) that's why the detection of hard disk information is not possible about disks configured as RAID arrays and connected to such controllers.