I have an LSI 2008 SAS controller which is the mezzanine card for a Cisco C220 M3 server. I have tried through multiple avenues to get the Cisco IT firmware and was unsuccessful in trying to extract it from the HUU using their getFW utility. I need the Cisco vendor firmware in order to...

Hello Community, I'm testing a new system prior installing in production. During testing i'm running into some unexpected behavior and am trying to diagnose what could be the cause. I've installed FreeNAS onto 2 SSD's in a mirror, in bios mode from a USB drive. After the installation...

Hi. My server has been running FreeNAS for ~3 years now without any significant problems and I'd be a happy camper if it weren't for the lack of free space (my two pools are at over 95% capacity - which is, as I know, not recommended at all). The server as it is now: motherboard: Supermicro...

Hey, I want to virtualize Freenas on a x470d4u-2t and Proxmox. Because the 6 Sata ports on the host are all from the same controller, I probably won't be able to passthrough only 4 of them, because I need 2 for the OS. Because of that I am looking at LSI HBAs on Ebay, but most I have seen...

Currently I am running FreeNAS on a 24 bay supermicro machine. I ran out of PCIe 2.0 slots. I am running 2x M1015 cards that are cross flashed and the other is the 10Gb NIC. What can I get to replace the 1015s with a different HBA that supports more SAS connections 4 or more would be preferred...

I need to expand my modest FreeNAS and I am out of SATA ports. After reading around here, I understand hardware RAID is a NO-NO. However, all the HBA cards I see (Newegg, filter to LSI, Broadcom, Avago) have the word "RAID" or "MEGARAID" in their descrition. How do I know if those cards can...

Good day! I have two hp storage works p4500 G2 with 12x2TB drives. I understand that P420 not working well with FreeNAS. And I start looking another HBA card and stuck.... In that server used backplane like this...

LSI SAS 9207-8i IT Mode LSI00301 Info: Should I update the firmware version at all? From what I have gathered by reading through forum posts is that if I see "mps" I am in luck as my LSI HBA card is definitely flashed to IT Mode. I am currently troubleshooting slow raid-z2 SMB read speeds...

Hi Everyone, It’s my first post on this forum :). I need some enlightenment about my current Hardware situation regarding my current Dell Perc H740P Mini raid/eHBA controller. I’ve set this card on eHBA mode and i can see all my non-raid disks RAID0 with debian so the card seems to be working...

I hope my personal experience on this is helpful for others! I utilized OCR software to capture some of the command outputs in text format. That's something which generally seem to be missing from forum posts on this topic. A Dell PERC H310 was flashed, using a Dell PowerEdge R720xd. Software...

I am putting together a semi-new system, that is trying to keep the price down by buying used and salvaging parts from my old system. Asides from all the drives, I was also hoping to salvage the 2 SuperMicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 I have. I did a brief looksee through the forum and most of the...

Firstly, I apologize if this question is in the wrong section, which it likely is. My question is that I have recently "inherited" a Supermicro server chassis (SC826) in brand new condition, despite being rather old. The chassis has great hardware specs, but includes a 3ware 9650SE card with 12...

I have a supermicro server that has two HBA controllers. It has 6 drives, two with 3TB, two 164GB and 2 1TB HDDs. Initially I was having trouble with getting the drives to show up but after using ctrl-c, I was able to enable the cards and see the hard drives connected. I installed FreeNas 11...

I am doing a build with 6 drives and also have a SATA SSD I want to use as FreeNAS boot drive. My E3C226D2I has 6 SATA ports and I have an LSI 9217-8i (in IR mode) which I flashed with the latest firmware and BIOS. I somehow trust the motherboard SATA ports more than the LSI card (unjustified...

I just recently got an LSI 9211-4i and it does not show up in bios at all, nor does it show in any OS. I tried the card in four different systems with three different chipsets and multiple pci slots where possible. Here are the four systems used for testing. RIG1: HP Proliant Microserver G8...

Hi, I'm a total noob when it comes to "enterprise" (dc) hardware and peripherals. So I know that I want to extend my NAS capacity, and I could install one of those fancy LSI controllers. There's no space inside anymore, that's why I'm looking for an external solution. From the SAS basics...

Hello I have attempted to flash a used Dell H310 i picked up on ebay. But before I even got started it all grinded to a halt. I found this guide; https://tylermade.net/2017/06/27/how-to-crossflash-perc-h310-to-it-mode-lsi-9211-8i-firmware-hba-for-freenas-unraid/ But none of the commands worked...

Hi, I have a HP DL 180 Gen 9 Server with H240 HBA card and I have enabled HBA mode. I can see all the disks directly getting attached to Freenas but the SMART function is not getting started. Can any one please help? Also If i run FreeNAS storage without SMART function will there be any...