Recommended HBA for ZFS, contemporary

[Karl Denninger]

On 8/22/2016 12:55, Ben RUBSON wrote:
>> On 22 Aug 2016, at 19:13, Linda Kateley <lkateley at kateley.com> wrote:
>>
>> Not just IT firmware, but you need to make sure the driver and firmware match.
>>
>> I try to use 16 if possible, 20 works but I have only found the 20.00.04.00 version of firmware to be reliable. Would love to hear if people have different experience. I am about to try the rocket raid in IT mode because I am tired of fighting with lsi firmware. Very very stable when you get the right combo, 1000's of phantom checksum errors if not.
> FreeBSD 10.3 :
> # egrep ^mps0 /var/run/dmesg.boot
> mps0: <Avago Technologies (LSI) SAS2008>
> mps0: Firmware: 20.00.04.00, Driver: 20.00.00.00-fbsd
>
> FreeBSD 11-RC1 :
> # egrep ^mps0 /var/run/dmesg.boot
> mps0: <Avago Technologies (LSI) SAS2008>
> mps0: Firmware: 20.00.04.00, Driver: 21.01.00.00-fbsd
>
> Strangely enough there is no P21 driver/firmware @Avago :
> http://www.avagotech.com/products/server-storage/host-bus-adapters/sas-9211-8i#downloads
> So I assume firmware P20 is the right one to use with FreeBSD 11.
> Well it is : https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/firmware-version-p21.45130/#post-304399
>
> I did not test firmwares 20.00.05.00 / 20.00.06.00 / 20.00.07.00.
> Did you ?
> Unfortunately changelog for 20.00.05.00 is no more available online, so no idea what it does.
> The 2 others are, 3 + 1 defects corrected, should be worth it at first glance.
>
No problems here with:
mps0: Firmware: 19.00.00.00, Driver: 21.00.00.00-fbsd

This was on 10.x and is now on 11-PRE

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