From owner-freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Tue Oct 25 17:06:22 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D04C4C21BBD for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2016 17:06:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wm0-x234.google.com (mail-wm0-x234.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c09::234]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 63CFD947 for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2016 17:06:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tevans.uk@googlemail.com) Received: by mail-wm0-x234.google.com with SMTP id d128so38392022wmf.1 for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2016 10:06:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:cc; bh=YouwvMfggxMLHjzWkwJN5DpsQ/9ibtqEf1d85DVGr5k=; b=Ol7pUbK8UTDDYYkERyyKVC37ICjvDLPVM8tnQI557SXZhUGX2Bf4IzRBoBzVPwYe1B ey0qg7qorirOAjVOU5Ip9J6bQoLanfLU6Fnp+rlcOz/LOcKPQZwHDzo1gPCLaoqMRWcT PWh59puwfLvzeOXcVNQ1mliidEvhPQRYaFN2ApPQVx5M7jmOY9OvRtAifweJeJaeZk1B Xb4rTBN/fz3HwJJ6rseeA7dm5WRm89ZEtzjvxnHe2hnspgOCHaMfQ6da0g+CpI/5LWwP abp9QYDQqVlDpvj1GFNsHe47Q33Y9+MQZ6MrB5bR+Q+6tLviJL/CjQ77n5UukRrU7aLp mX0A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:cc; bh=YouwvMfggxMLHjzWkwJN5DpsQ/9ibtqEf1d85DVGr5k=; b=L1R2HOcJR0wCFQZOjEDBxtiXm/L8b4iODBiPEl7tHB/rtUsvYptclV4+92d8WmteNW mevpvv06u30ccogunz3+yw727Mm27oIQ1yC82HvSm8iSDgtljLmPEsVJSHg8uLbVp4T1 5cUFD3AELFmdSP/t/fOG3RXoX4AGtpLLpG3DSeH5hopdEVqs6Khx4da7r4Bep4DItcfz 1U6NpyhYyog+dlYI+SEsnsQtceJ9W6BXpFPOwCLWQR8ZNNriQqpVPFRiiKbGixBPKlXA zmWQ8J7kBQZkKcgSQNL1kMUC+6FnmOwW8LG4ZurAaSw7ThefdjurlSrQPq+S7EKa5V4P sfRQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ABUngvfxLG7/Bq+i9AHzcle9k1dCiu7BbOgqfMl87WbXMtsGhy1pJdJaUhPJuKW3460F+R6AN1qpPLbSK3XeRg== X-Received: by 10.28.43.199 with SMTP id r190mr3998929wmr.58.1477415180300; Tue, 25 Oct 2016 10:06:20 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.80.147.26 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Oct 2016 10:06:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <502e2b97-4f81-5fdf-3bcc-673d5cceaa22@internetx.com> References: <306ccab3-4c78-751a-2258-54701a64ab4b@internetx.com> <41DE4DAA-B5E1-4BB9-AF54-780236A901EF@gmail.com> <059af3ed-71b3-b31d-893c-732121989cee@kateley.com> <633311CF-ADF2-479F-AFB9-E9265C101302@gmail.com> <376FE1E5-42BD-4878-8441-DA912E4ECB5B@gmail.com> <70B75F18-056B-49E5-9CDE-E8CCEA405CE8@gmail.com> <2521A945-AB44-4ADF-80B2-03F528BA11B6@gmail.com> <3C7A8B5A-5900-4996-A869-6BA00191F099@gmail.com> <502e2b97-4f81-5fdf-3bcc-673d5cceaa22@internetx.com> From: Tom Evans Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 18:06:19 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Recommended HBA for ZFS, contemporary Cc: freebsd-fs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Filesystems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 17:06:22 -0000 On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 8:29 AM, InterNetX - Juergen Gotteswinter wrote: > Dell has still so much in stock of those that they are forced to sell > them. They are sold as SAS Adapter for Tape Drives, but its a standard > LSI 2008 > > http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/accessories/apd/342-0910?c=us&l=en&sku=342-0910 > Visually this looks identical to a "Dell SAS 6 GB HBA External" that I picked up new from Ebay for my home server. This had a custom Dell firmware, it wouldn't flash to a modern generic LSI IT firmware without some fiddling. IIRC there were two main problems: 1) it required flashing to a very old version of the LSI IR firmware to get rid of the dell firmware - newer versions would error as an incompatible card. With that on there, I could then flash an old version of the IT firmware, before finally flashing the up to date IT firmware that I wanted to run. 2) the DOS tools provided with the old firmware wouldn't flash under DOS on a UEFI motherboard, so I had to get EFI shell working and flash with the EFI utilities[1]. With those annoyances out the way, the card has worked flawlessly with a pair of junked SGI Rackable SAS expanders (also from ebay) for the past 3-4 years now. $300 for 32 hot swap bays is pretty good imo. Cheers Tom [1] https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/Firmware_Update_of_LSI_9xxx_HBAs_on_H8_/_X9-motherboards