Dell SAS controller / mpr?

[Ben RUBSON]

> On 06 Oct 2017, at 22:09, Lee Brown <leeb at ratnaling.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> 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/Documents/Dell-PowerEdge-12Gbps-SAS-HBA.pdf>
> card, based on the LSI SAS 3008 controller, which seems to be supported by
> the mpr driver.
> 
> Would anybody be so kind as to verify this looks right before I purchase a
> brick!

Hi Lee,

The SAS3008 is supported yes.
Not sure however the Dell cards have an IT firmware available,
or can receive the (last) IT LSI firmware.

Ben