SAS9211-8I 8PORT Int 6GB Sata+sas Pcie 2.0

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Given that a spinning rust hard-drive might give your 130MBps at the best of times, then, with PCI-e 8X, you need to have 30 HDDs at full bandwidth to saturate the bus. It may also be known as the firmware for HBA not RAID cards, but a dell/fujitsu card will usually have dell/fujitsu firmwares as well and you'll probably need that as well.

Utilizing Two Internal X4 Sff8087 Mini-sas Connectors, The Low-profile Sas 9211-8I Is An Excellent Fit For 1u And 2u Servers.Once we've got the card off Dell and onto LSI IT firmware (of any version, however old) then we can switch to using the latest LSI flasher without problems.

So even once you've flashed from Dell IR to Dell IT firmware (or whatever brand it is), you still can't jump directly to LSI latest IT firmware using a recent flasher, because the recent flashers just won't let you. And ah I see, that makes sense, having known working drivers certainly makes deployment and troubleshooting easier! In other words flash 1) DELL IR -> DELL IT, 2) DELL IT -> LSI IT P7, 3) LSI P7 -> LSI LATEST (P20+). capable motherboard/CPU combo, then the HBAs based on the SAS2308 chipset might be a meaningful upgrade. You'd need to get a SAS2 expander, like the Intel RES2CV240 or similar, or a chassis that comes with an expander and backplane, as well as the various cables to connect the 9211 to the expander (SFF8087 to SFF8087) and then the expander to the drives.The process is a little obscure but Bryan’s instructions are thorough; I’ve flashed 5 HBAs to IT mode this way. On ASRock, hit F11 at boot to enter the boot options menu (with all hard drives removed and only the SAS you are working on inserted), then select the UEFI shell and proceed with Bryan’s instructions (near the bottom of the page). Enter your motherboard BIOS/setup panel and disable orom on boot for storage cards or for that specific card, if enabled (so the card's misflashed state can't interfere with proper booting).

If I'm using an LSI RAID card on a SuperMicro server motherboard, I shouldn't need to do the UEFI thing right? To mention again, usually the original value is on a sticker somewhere on the card or motherboard, but if not, make a note or even easier, just pick (almost) any 16 hex digits at random. I've been using megarec to fully erase the cards, and rebooted, then used sas2flash to reflash the erased card with the new firmware after it's rebooted. wendell I bought a new LSI card and it still isn’t working with my PC(previously posted about my problems here: LSI SAS 9207-8i and windows 10). I'm also going to assume you 've read carefully online and haven't found information you need, or you've tried following some guides and "it just hasn't worked".

I’ll tell you right now that I have plugged in sff-8087 connectors upside down before and 4 of my drives on my 4 x 8087 port backplane wouldn’t show up. The IT firmware should be easy to find on your card manufacturer's download site; if not then Google it. Build Logs: Tophat (in progress), DNAF | Useful Links: How To: Choosing Your Storage Devices and Configuration, Case Study: RAID Tolerance to Failure, Reducing Single Points of Failure in Redundant Storage , Why Choose an SSD? Once you're in the shell, you need to mount the USB drive with the files on it so that you can access them (obviously).