Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 22:05:13 +0100 From: Kai Gallasch <k@free.de> To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: LSI SAS2008 mps driver preferred firmware version Message-ID: <5644FF09.9090200@free.de>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --F4SHCVOkcDhfRBwkOmfC6A8Mpi5V4elc5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi. I'm currently building a new ZFS based FreeBSD 10.2 server with a SAS/SATA HBA SAS9211-8i. Is there a preferred or recommended firmware version for Fusion-MPT SAS-2 2008 chipset based LSI cards like the SAS9211-8i? MPS(4) does not give any information about this. The current version of my SAS9211-8i is: v7.05.05.00 (2010.05.19), BIOS 5.00.17.00-IR, FW IR vs. IT firmware: Are there any advantages replacing the -IR (integrated raid) firmware on the LSI controller with an -IT (target mode) version, if the RAID functionality of the HBA is not used at all? There were some claims that running the -IR version in a ZFS JBOD setup would result in a small performance penalty compared to -IT and that there was a risk that a controller running the -IR firmware version could potentially damage ZFS data on a disk by putting RAID metadata somewhere on the drive, even if not using the RAID feature of the card! I'd appreciate it if someone could shed some light on this. Regards, Kai. --=20 PGP-KeyID =3D 0x70654D7C4FB1F588 One day a lemming will fly.. --F4SHCVOkcDhfRBwkOmfC6A8Mpi5V4elc5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJWRP8JAAoJEHBlTXxPsfWInX0QAI+RfCinMRa5UlgjzzP5D/0U q6pjdXIqajOw6sZz2qCGpX9bge3sP9vmV8Wmx+ltI+y3DfH10x/mBFUVrDaPqUxq a8lhQCSgJQ87lbM1YpIM2Mc1tV0a63jRU5kVgD6BzXKK44VVshOJWumbqDGNQQpX g4bmwN8aI+2JoPa7RcI/1zOHUtzzR/N4bbbjjDAbjvab0C3rhYU/52yeVmAvKFGV t7A5DjYuhIaqbRa3xglqNVBQAwtaGN5AQPQ2GW7Q+lUBIr8JYpRRo/EMQ9F+GrUe kHP5BUU2Zsje9j4ligFJqmpDTyO+QMIHShSDQ2Yd0YwpUwNkRT231gUHvEH5KQId LW1Ao81wKw14LuKj1K6xb4oeAzrW06k4D7CgkqgxxyLEI/43krDaPd5JC5cbX4+y Y3V/vTyhHdN/7O1aMvfsg2ijIlD07lSmfVbEfqmKOSC3jH03OGbKnPsFR/bkugsd dM7/uGdrKrGGo1/fMsNTN6DIDhoQo8ZyAsV6nB5eouu6ZTMGyonew3QIkpgAeqHo bgoRvIDGp4XZb5pXLIjaI7k4h5mupkZ4hCJTBFYsP9K38P2XldbCiwzoiPaEao54 GAS6G9qM7/5l+xMrGmgjJOnTzGHt5d785+m7SlkMEZyG3kizokMaWbjpNht/WCul /p4j0CaHMwNkfvKKraIb =U7Jl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --F4SHCVOkcDhfRBwkOmfC6A8Mpi5V4elc5--
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