RAID for Intel based Xserve

Why haven't we heard anything about a RAID card for the Intel based Xserves? Why did Apple release this product without a RAID card? Can anyone shed any light when and if Apple will provide a RAID card for the new Xserve? Will one of the older cards work in the Intel Xserve? I'm really annoyed Apple released the new Xserve without a RAID card option.
G5 Duel 2GHz   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

I'm guessing it has something to do with the hybrid
SAS/SATA support in the Xeon XServe. I don't know if
there's a SAS/SATA RAID 5 card on the market
(remembering that the G5 card was a rebadged LSI
card), or how you'd prevent people mixing SAS and
SATA drives on the same card (which is going to be a
really bad idea).
http://www.attotech.com/expressSASr348.html
The problem is hooking in to the ADM data - no cable/jumper connector to take over the motherboard controller's data stream to/from the ADMs.
Russ
Xserve G5 2.0 GHz 2 GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.8) Apple Hardware RAID, ATTO UL4D, Exabyte VXA-2 1x10 1u

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