SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller ?

Tue Jul 26 22:30:27 UTC 2011

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:09:25PM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > > What kind of SATA 6g 4-port non-RAID controller is currently suggested
> > > for use in 8/9 setups with large RAM (64G) setups with ZFS ?
> 
> > SuperMicro AOC-USAS2-L8i
> > 
> > PCIe controller with 2 multi-lane connectors (SFF-1087) supporting 8
> > SAS/SATA ports.  Supports two firmwares:
> >   IR mode enables RAID0, RAID1, RAID10 and a couple of other modes (no
> > RAID5+)
> >   IT mode enables straight HBA mode
> > 
> > Supported by the mps(4) driver in FreeBSD 9-CURRENT, and I believe has been
> > MFC'd into 8.2-STABLE.
> 
> Then the LSISAS9211-4i, using the same chip, should work with mps as well ?
> 
> http://www.lsi.com/channel/products/storagecomponents/Pages/LSISAS9211-4i.aspx

According to the manpage of mps(4) it is supported.