Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 15:28:25 +0200 From: Ben RUBSON <ben.rubson@gmail.com> To: Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com>, freebsd-net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, Lee Brown <leeb@ratnaling.org> Subject: Re: Dell SAS controller / mpr? Message-ID: <AAAC641D-95D7-4D24-B78F-13AF913A5318@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAK7dMtC9GFnigdHrJVMtCyrMV0UoAhKJ9EBTfxUWuEpXjDRm=w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFPNf5_EdTBjA4dMoh6xZTs1pfR4p5T3hkGT%2BXJD=4voOCcDKA@mail.gmail.com> <CAK7dMtC9GFnigdHrJVMtCyrMV0UoAhKJ9EBTfxUWuEpXjDRm=w@mail.gmail.com>
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Sounds like 3008 has both IT & IR firmwares, as the 2008 has. I had a look in the past and sounded difficult to flash a Dell SAS adapter with a LSI firmware, well, not so easy. I however did not try it myself, so others may share their experience :) Ben > On 07 Oct 2017, at 22:48, Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> = wrote: >=20 > A 3008 is an IT-mode card. I think the 3108 is an IR-mode only card. > I don't think dell does much to the firmwares, you can probably flash > them with Broadcom ones if needed. >=20 > On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 1:09 PM, Lee Brown <leeb@ratnaling.org> wrote: >> Hi All, >>=20 >> I want to purchase a dell R330 system with a "SAS 12Gbps HBA External >> Controller", which I believe is this (pdf) >> = <http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Document= s/Dell-PowerEdge-12Gbps-SAS-HBA.pdf> >> card, based on the LSI SAS 3008 controller, which seems to be = supported by >> the mpr driver. >>=20 >> Would anybody be so kind as to verify this looks right before I = purchase a >> brick! >>=20 >> Many thanks -- lee
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