Hi, I''m thinking of getting LSI 9212-4i4e(4 internal and 4 external ports) to replace a SUN Storagetek raid card. The StorageTek raid card seems to want to have it''s drives initialized and volumes created on it before they are presented to zfs. I can''t find a way of telling it just to be an HBA. I''d prefer to have the ability to move the sas/sata drives to another system and has the sas/sata controller read the drives without if there a problem with the card. Is it possible to disable the raid on an LSI 9212-4i4e and have the drives read by a simple sas/sata card? I''m open to other brands but I need internal and external ports. Thanks Karl CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication (including all attachments) is confidential and is intended for the use of the named addressee(s) only and may contain information that is private, confidential, privileged, and exempt from disclosure under law. All rights to privilege are expressly claimed and reserved and are not waived. Any use, dissemination, distribution, copying or disclosure of this message and any attachments, in whole or in part, by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete this communication from all data storage devices and destroy all hard copies.
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Karl Rossing <karlr at barobinson.com> wrote:> Hi, > > I''m thinking of getting LSI 9212-4i4e(4 internal and 4 external ports) to > replace a SUN Storagetek raid card. > > Is it possible to disable the raid on an LSI 9212-4i4e and have the drives > read by a simple sas/sata card? I''m open to other brands but I need internal > and external ports.That card looks like it is based on the SAS2008 controller, which means that you need to locate the latest IT (Initiator Target) Mode firmware for it, and use sas2flash (If I recall correctly) off a bootable USB stick or similar to flash the controller with that firmware. Here is a guide that explains how to flash a LSI2008 that is on-board on a motherboard; adapt to your situation as needed: http://www.servethehome.com/howto-flash-supermicro-x8si6f-lsi-sas-2008-controller-lsi-firmware/ Regards, Krunal Desai Hardware Engineer
Karl, LSI 9212-4i4e will be good. You can flash it with the IT Firmware and there are no raid at all. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: zfs-discuss-bounces at opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss-bounces at opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Karl Rossing Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 12:57 PM To: ZFS filesystem discussion list Subject: [zfs-discuss] SAS HBA''s with No Raid Hi, I''m thinking of getting LSI 9212-4i4e(4 internal and 4 external ports) to replace a SUN Storagetek raid card. The StorageTek raid card seems to want to have it''s drives initialized and volumes created on it before they are presented to zfs. I can''t find a way of telling it just to be an HBA. I''d prefer to have the ability to move the sas/sata drives to another system and has the sas/sata controller read the drives without if there a problem with the card. Is it possible to disable the raid on an LSI 9212-4i4e and have the drives read by a simple sas/sata card? I''m open to other brands but I need internal and external ports. Thanks Karl CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication (including all attachments) is confidential and is intended for the use of the named addressee(s) only and may contain information that is private, confidential, privileged, and exempt from disclosure under law. All rights to privilege are expressly claimed and reserved and are not waived. Any use, dissemination, distribution, copying or disclosure of this message and any attachments, in whole or in part, by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete this communication from all data storage devices and destroy all hard copies. _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss at opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Karl Rossing <karlr at barobinson.com> wrote:> I''m thinking of getting LSI 9212-4i4e(4 internal and 4 external ports) to > replace a SUN Storagetek raid card. > > The StorageTek raid card seems to want to have it''s drives initialized and > volumes created on it before they are presented to zfs. I can''t find a way > of telling it just to be an HBA. > > I''d prefer to have the ability to move the sas/sata drives to another > system and has the sas/sata controller read the drives without if there a > problem with the card. > > Is it possible to disable the raid on an LSI 9212-4i4e and have the drives > read by a simple sas/sata card? I''m open to other brands but I need > internal and external ports. >If you only need 3 Gbps SAS/SATA, there''s the SuperMicro AOC-SAS-L4i. It uses the older LSI1068 chipset, so it''s limited to 2 TB harddrives: http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-USAS-L4i_R.cfm You could always check if there''s an IT-mode firmware for the 921204i4e card available on the LSI website, and flash that onto the card. That "disables"/removes the RAID functionality from the card, turning it into just an HBA. -- Freddie Cash fjwcash at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/attachments/20111206/601040ab/attachment.html>