Switching from MFI to MRSAS

[Michael Fuckner]

On 9/23/2015 1:26 AM, Tim Gustafson wrote:
> As I mentioned in my previous post last week, I have a new Dell R630
> server that uses a Perc controller, and I have installed 4 SSD drives
> and configured the PERC controller in pass-through mode.  However, the
> PERC controller and its drives are being handled by the "mfi" driver,
> which apparently does not support TRIM.
>
> I have been reading up on all this, and I see that there is also an
> "mrsas" driver that (according to the documentation) appears to be
> compatible with my PERC controller, which is identified as follows:
>
Hi,

mfi is the old driver for 3GBit and 6GBit (Single Core) Raid Cards 
(102108 based)
mrsas is the newer driver for 6GBit (Dual Core) and 12GBit Cards (2208/ 
3008 based)

Different driver for different LSI Chipsets

Sorry to disappoint you, regards,
  Michael