SAS controller for FreeBSD

[Dave Pooser]

On 6/25/11 3:47 PM, "Daniel Feenberg" <feenberg at nber.org> wrote:

>All the cards on the LSI website that I can find using the SAS2008 chipset
>include the sentence "Integrated RAID avoids additional host CPU overhead"
>in their brief description, even the ones labeled "HBA".

There are two different firmware options. The "IT" firmware disables the
integrated RAID and makes them true HBAs; the "IR" firmware activates the
integrated RAID. Buy the cards, flash 'em with the IT firmware and you're
good to go.
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