Manufacturer

Description

ASRock ASRock GIGABYTE Intel Asus

Z77 Professional Z77 Performance GA-Z77X-UD5H DZ77GA-70K Sabertooth

VT-d Confirmed VT-d Support Working ASRock Rep Confirmed Support. To be added back into the manual No Reports In manual, page 59 No Reports In Manual Intel.com says its supported Not in manual, no Z68 support either No Reports No Reports No Reports

Lan 1

Lan 1 ESXi 5

Lan 2

Lan 2 ESXi

Total SATA Ports

Working ESXi 5 SATA Ports PCIe SATA

PCIe SATA ESXi 5

Price

New Egg

Broadcom BCM57781 Broadcom BCM57781 Intel 82579V Intel 82579V Intel 82579V Intel 82579V

Support added ESXi 5 Rollup 2[1] Support added ESXi 5 Rollup 2 Hackable Hackable Hackable

Broadcom Support added BCM57781 ESXi 5 Rollup 2 None Atheros AR8151 82574L None Realtek 8111F None Hackable Native Support None Support for 8111E [3]

10 6 10 8 8

ASMedia ASM1061 Native Support Passthru 10 SATA 6Gbps (4 ports)[2] Issues 6 None 2x Marvell 88SE9172 (4 6 ports) Marvel 88SE9172 (2 6 ports) ASMedia ASM1061 6 SATA 6Gbps (2 ports) Marvel 88SE9172 (2 Ports) ASMedia 7 ASM1061 (for eSATA) ASMedia ASM1061 8 SATA 6Gbps 2 ports 6 None None No native support Passthru Issues No native support Passthru Issues Native Support Passthru Issues Marvel Incompatible, ASMedia ASM1061 Compatible Native Support Passthru Issues None

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Asus

Not in manual, no P8Z77-V DELUXE Z68 support either

No Reports

Hackable

10

ASRock ASRock

Z77 Extreme4 Z77 Pro3

In manual, page 62 No Reports In Manual, page 53 Confirmed

Broadcom Support added ESXi 5 BCM57781 Rollup 2 Realtek 8111E Native Support

None None

None None

8 6

1. Guide to get this working http://loadingsysadmin.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/the-broadcom-bcm57781-asrock-z77-extreme-4-and-you/ 2. Not sure how they are claiming 4 ports here. ASM1061 only has 2. Maybe 2 chips? 3. Support is for the 8111E not sure if the F can use the same driver.