Dell SAS controller / mpr?

[Lee Brown]

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?