I have not yet re-cabled my drives from the PCIe LSI 2308 SAS card to the onboard LSI 3008, but I did just complete UEFI-flashing the LSI 3008 to 3008_FW_PH12.00.02.00 (from Supermicro's ftp site) and am NOT seeing the firmware mis-match error when I log into FreeNAS!!!
I have two Adaptec 2280000-R cables in-bound (right angle mini-SAS to x4 straight SATA) and hope to get everything switched over to the LSI 3008 this weekend.
FYI - Adaptec also make "straight mini-SAS to x4 straight SATA" and "straight mini-SAS to x4 right angle SATA" versions of this cable.
I have two Adaptec 2280000-R cables in-bound (right angle mini-SAS to x4 straight SATA) and hope to get everything switched over to the LSI 3008 this weekend.
FYI - Adaptec also make "straight mini-SAS to x4 straight SATA" and "straight mini-SAS to x4 right angle SATA" versions of this cable.
The Adaptec I-rA-HDmSAS-4SATA-SB-.8M is an internal "right angle" Mini-SAS HD x4 (SFF-8643) to (4) x1 Serial ATA (adapter based) fan-out cable with sideband signals. It measures 0.8 meters and is used for connecting a Series 7/7Q adapter to SATA disks, or a SAS/SATA backplane.