Dell SAS controller / mpr?

[Ben RUBSON]

> On 07 Oct 2017, at 21:11, Lee Brown <leeb at ratnaling.org> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 1:45 PM, Ben RUBSON <ben.rubson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>> 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.
>> 
> That's always my concern with Dell hardware.
> 
> So this SAS 9300-414E HBA
> <https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/host-bus-adapters/sas-9300-4i4e>
> would be a better choice then?

For sure you would not be concerned by potential firmware update limitations...

One thread with some info you may find useful :
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-fs/2016-August/023786.html
Which continues here :
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-fs/2016-September/023897.html
And here :
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-fs/2016-October/023998.html
And finally :
https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-fs/2017-January/024276.html

Ben