I wanted to give Windows Server 2008 a shot but had one major issue regarding a driver for the SIL3132. The driver was not available and I couldn't force installation of the existing drivers. I ended up getting it to work and wanted to share the process. This was the only aspect of the server I wasn't able to get up and running right off.
I downloaded driver version 1.0.15.6 from siliconimage.com under the drivers listed for the SIL3132. It is listed as the base driver for windows 7 x64
unpack the driver zip file and under AMD64 SI3132.inf was modified in the following way:
%PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3132.DeviceDesc%=SI_3132_XP, PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3132&SUBSYS_31328086
was added to the bottom of section: [SI_HDC.NTamd64]
HKR,SupportedSubsystemIDs, %SI3132_SUB_ID_DESC_INTEL%, 0x00010001, 0x31328086
was added to the bottom of section: [SupportedSubSystemIds_AddReg]
SI3132_SUB_ID_DESC_INTEL="Silicon Image SiI 3132 SATALink Controller (Intel)"
was added to section [Strings] right underneath the line: SI3132_SUB_ID_DESC_DELL_3="Silicon Image SiI 3132 SATALink Controller (Dell_3)"
Finally, go to the mass storage controller with the yellow warning mark, select update driver and navigate to the AMD64 directory.
The driver should be auto detected. You will get a warning that the driver is unsigned.
I have not tested it very much yet, but is seems to work and I am copying files from the esata port as I write this.
The only thing that seems to be lacking in 2008 x64 is the custom smbus driver for the SIO and GPIO (which control the power LED on the front of the unit). The only side effect of this is that the power LED will always flash.
Hope this helps others
I downloaded driver version 1.0.15.6 from siliconimage.com under the drivers listed for the SIL3132. It is listed as the base driver for windows 7 x64
unpack the driver zip file and under AMD64 SI3132.inf was modified in the following way:
%PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3132.DeviceDesc%=SI_3132_XP, PCI\VEN_1095&DEV_3132&SUBSYS_31328086
was added to the bottom of section: [SI_HDC.NTamd64]
HKR,SupportedSubsystemIDs, %SI3132_SUB_ID_DESC_INTEL%, 0x00010001, 0x31328086
was added to the bottom of section: [SupportedSubSystemIds_AddReg]
SI3132_SUB_ID_DESC_INTEL="Silicon Image SiI 3132 SATALink Controller (Intel)"
was added to section [Strings] right underneath the line: SI3132_SUB_ID_DESC_DELL_3="Silicon Image SiI 3132 SATALink Controller (Dell_3)"
Finally, go to the mass storage controller with the yellow warning mark, select update driver and navigate to the AMD64 directory.
The driver should be auto detected. You will get a warning that the driver is unsigned.
I have not tested it very much yet, but is seems to work and I am copying files from the esata port as I write this.
The only thing that seems to be lacking in 2008 x64 is the custom smbus driver for the SIO and GPIO (which control the power LED on the front of the unit). The only side effect of this is that the power LED will always flash.
Hope this helps others