LSI 9240-4i 4K alignment

[George Kontostanos]

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Steven Hartland
<killing at multiplay.co.uk> wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Kontostanos"
> <gkontos.mail at gmail.com>
>
>> You are right, the chip specs say: LSISAS2108 RAID-on-Chip
>>
>> The drives are identified as mfisyspd0, mfisyspd1, etc.
>
>
> The following might be interesting to you:-
> http://forums.servethehome.com/showthread.php?599-LSI-RAID-Controller-and-HBA-Complete-Listing-Plus-OEM-Models
>
> Which states:-
> LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240-4i 1x4 port internal SAS vertical,
> no cache, no BBU, RAID 0, 1, 10 and 5, can be crossflashed
> to LSI9211 IT/IR
>
> This is insteresting as this is the card we're using but
> in the 8 port version under mps :)
>
> So based on that a simple firmware flash may be all you
> need.
>
>
>    Regards
>    Steve
>
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mfi0 at pci0:1:0:0:	class=0x010400 card=0x92411000 chip=0x00731000
rev=0x03 hdr=0x00
    vendor     = 'LSI Logic / Symbios Logic'
    device     = 'MegaRAID SAS 9240'
    class      = mass storage
    subclass   = RAID

The controller is configured as jbod. I will follow your advice
regarding the firmware.

Thanks for your help!

-- 
George Kontostanos
Aicom telecoms ltd
http://www.aisecure.net