Ich10r RAID controller installer

HI everybody.
IN oracle VM 3.1.1 setup, installer does not recognize my ich10r raid created.
Is there any method to load the driver in the installer and follow a good setup?.
My server is Supermicro X8DTU-F with a Intel Ich10r RAID controller.
Thanks.

Here is a list of 3rd party I/O options supported with Solaris:
http://www.sun.com/io_technologies/ihvindex.html
I would have a tendancy to avoid this type of solution for Solaris/SPARC storage, storage units currently on the market running RAID controllers outperform the card type RAID, this is really the type of controller used for PC back office servers with multiple drives installed.

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