I’ve been experimenting with the HP ProLiant MicroServer N36L, to extend its capacity to support an additional 2 AHCI SATA Ports, from the standard IDE mode offerings, that the on-board SATA and eSATA ports offer. This will support the use of SSDs better in the future.
Storage Controllers available to VMware vSphere 4.1 U1, not there are four AHCI SATA controllers, vmhba0, vmhba34, vmhba35, and vmhba36. These correspond to the “not supported hot plug” bays.
and also two IDE vmhba1 and vmhba33.
After tweaking…a total of six AHCI SATA ports, vmhba0, vmhba33, vmhba34, vmhba35, vmhba36 and vmhba37.
If you want more details, ping me an email or twitter, and I’ll send you the bios.
Tags: AHCI, BIOS, HP ProLiant Microserver, HP ProLiant Microserver N36L, SSD