LSI 9260: is there a way to configure it JBOD like mps?

[Dmitry Morozovsky]

On Tue, 19 Mar 2013, Tom Evans wrote:

> > I'm currently in process of making new backup server, based on LSI 9260
> > controller.  I'm planning to use ZFS over disks, hence the most natural way
> > seems to configure mfi to JBOD mode - but I can't find easy way to reach this,
> > neither in BIOS utilities nor via MegaCli
> 
> 9260 should be SAS-2008 based, so mps(4) not mfi(4).

Well, it at least detected by stable/9 GENERIC as mfi

> The internet[1] suggests that this card should be flashable to a
> 9211-8i with IT mode firmware, which is just about the ultimate ZFS
> card, instant-JBOD on inserting a disk, passthru for SMART, high
> performance, etc.

Will check, thanks for the reference.

> [1] http://blog.grem.de/sysadmin/LSI-SAS2008-Flashing-2012-04-12-22-17.html
> 

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