Dell SAS controller / mpr?

[Lee Brown]

On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 6:46 AM, Ben RUBSON <ben.rubson at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> > 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
>
Thanks Ben, I had seen 2 of those, but that nails it for me then, I'll get
the real card.

Cheers -- lee