on board SATA ports run by 2 chips, can freenas recognize them w/o install drivers?

[voodoo]

Hi all, I found a mobo with 8 on board SATA ports:
ASRock A75 extreme6: 8 SATA 6.0 ports, 6 run by A75 and 2 run by ASMedia ASM1061 on-board controller.

My question is are these 8 on-board ports worked straight out of the box with 8 new drives? Can freenas recognize the HDDs connected to all 8 on-board ports and no need to install chipset drivers manually? I have checked ASRock website, only windows drivers available, no linux/freebsd/mac drivers.

I'm worried that freenas 8.01 doesn't support A75 chipset, and doesn't support the very unknown ASMedia ASM1061 chipset. Or as they're on-board ports, no problem at all definitely?

PS: I'm open to any plan, any other mother boards with at least 8 ports, please feel free to recommend. Several Z68 boards have 8-10 onboard ports but the price is 150% as asrock a75 extreme6. :(

 

[ProtoSD]

Voodoo,

This isn't a specific answer to your questions, but there's hardware FAQ here, which also has the FreeBSD supported hardware list (which FreeNAS is built on).

FAQ-What-hardware-should-I-buy-get-use-is-recommended

 

[voodoo]

Voodoo,

This isn't a specific answer to your questions, but there's hardware FAQ here, which also has the FreeBSD supported hardware list (which FreeNAS is built on).

FAQ-What-hardware-should-I-buy-get-use-is-recommended

Thank you protosd :) I'm digging that FAQ these days. After reading that, I think use the on board ports is easier to begin than add-on SATA controller cards. :)

 

[voodoo]

after seaching for several days, ASRock A75 extreme6 is the only CHEAP mobo with 8 on board SATA 6.0 ports. I prefer the CHEAP boards for i3-2100T, but no one with 8 SATA on board ports.