Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:39:05 -0700 From: Stephen Mcconnell <stephen.mcconnell@avagotech.com> To: Tobias Oberstein <tobias.oberstein@gmail.com>, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: RE: LSI 9300-16i supported? Message-ID: <dc35dae7c47276d74cf86540ab8d89b3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <54BD5774.4010203@gmail.com> References: <54BAAC24.5030704@gmail.com> <7e011d51e0792ca8fd0b02d03acc18dd@mail.gmail.com> <54BD5774.4010203@gmail.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Tobias Oberstein [mailto:tobias.oberstein@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2015 12:14 PM > To: Stephen Mcconnell; freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: LSI 9300-16i supported? > > Hi Stephen, > > thanks a lot for your info! > > Btw: is Avago/LSI contributing all it's driver code for FreeBSD to be > included in > the FreeBSD source tree? > > E.g. LSI has downloads for FreeBSD drivers: > > http://www.lsi.com/products/host-bus-adapters/pages/lsi-sas-9201- > 16i.aspx#tab/tab4 > > Why is that? Is that different code than the one included in FreeBSD > source tree? Yes, the FreeBSD tree is a bit different. Avago has out of box drivers tha= t are maintained, and we try to keep the FreeBSD tree up to date with the in-box changes. You should be OK to go with the in-box driver. > > I'd prefer to rely on standard FreeBSD source tree (definitely no vendor > blobs .. > but it seems the download above is source anyway). > > > Officially, Avago (LSI) hasn't done ANY testing on 10.1 yet and I > personally > > have not used the 9300-16i card. So, officially, no cards are > > supported on > > 10.1 yet. Unofficially, my guess is that they both work just fine, > > but you'll probably have to do your own validation until Avago does > > its 10.1 testing. > > I see. > > I guess I go with the LSI SAS 9201-16i for the time being - probably "les= s > risk". > The fact that the 9300 has _two_ 3008 chips on one card could be a source > of > additional pain .. and then we have 3 of those cards. > > My problem is: I'd love to use the newer card (more IOPS pushed etc), but > this > box needs to go to production real quickly, and costs some money. > > There are enough potential sources of surprise already, like the box will > have 8 > Intel P3700 PCIe 2TB SSDs. We'll find out what FreeBSD/ZFS/PostgreSQL > makes > out of these;) > > Cheers, > /Tobias > > > > > Stephen McConnell > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org] > > On Behalf Of Tobias Oberstein > > Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2015 11:38 AM > > To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org > > Subject: LSI 9300-16i supported? > > > > Hi, > > > > The FreeBSD 10.1 hardware compatibility list > > > > https://www.freebsd.org/releases/10.1R/hardware.html > > > > for the LSI mpr(4) driver mentions these 3 cards: > > > > * LSI SAS 3004 (4 Port SAS) > > * LSI SAS 3008 (8 Port SAS) > > * LSI SAS 3108 (8 Port SAS) > > > > It does _not_ mention the Avago (LSI) 9300-16i > > > > http://www.lsi.com/products/host-bus-adapters/Pages/sas-9300-16i.aspx > > > > which is quite new, and features _two_ SAS 3008 chips (Fusion MPT=E2=84= =A2 2.5). > > > > =3D=3D > > > > Is this chip supported? Any practical experience? > > > > From the FreeBSD source tree (not as a binary blob from LSI .. they > > mention FreeBSD support for that card, but I don't want to depend on > > them)? > > > > I want to deploy _three_ of those cards to drive 48 SAS disks in a > > quite high-end server. I need to be really confident that it works, > > since the box is for a customer and costs 100k Euro. > > > > If there is any doubt, I probably go with the LSI SAS 9201-16i > > > > http://www.lsi.com/products/host-bus-adapters/pages/lsi-sas-9201-16i.a > > spx > > > > as this seems to be well supported for quite some time. Please correct > > me if I'm wrong and should look for something else .. > > > > Thanks a lot for any hints! > > > > /Tobias > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-scsi > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-scsi-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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