X99 Ws-E and LSI MegaRaid problem

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   Hello,
back again....as i've LSI MegaRaid Sas 9341-4i, seems to be compatible with vmware esxi 6....but this card is compatible with ASrock X99 WS-E? i've spoke to LSI support and they said this:

as this card does not have built on-board cache, it needs
 to use the motherboard to cache to.  That being said, if the 
motherboard does not support some Interrupt 15 for the PCI card slot 
(and another number i cant remember) then the motherboard do not 
caching for the RAID card and the drivers can't be loaded properly.  He 
said typically server motherboards allows you to do this.

So in this case, in order to use vmware vcenter or generally esxi 6, do you suggest me to use this raid card, or another with specific memory cache built-in, or build the raid 5 directly from X99 ws-e motherboard sata controller built-in?

Thanks for all your suggestions, 
Best,
Luca

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	Hello, back again....as i've LSI MegaRaid Sas 9341-4i, seems to be compatible with vmware esxi 6....but this card is compatible with ASrock X99 WS-E? i've spoke to LSI support and they said this: as this card does not have built on-board cache, it needs to use the motherboard to cache to. That being said, if the motherboard does not support some Interrupt 15 for the PCI card slot (and another number i cant remember) then the motherboard do not caching for the RAID card and the drivers can't be loaded properly. He said typically server motherboards allows you to do this. So in this case, in order to use vmware vcenter or generally esxi 6, do you suggest me to use this raid card, or another with specific memory cache built-in, or build the raid 5 directly from X99 ws-e motherboard sata controller built-in? Thanks for all your suggestions, Best, Luca