This post is to prevent more people from getting insane over trying to re-flash their HBAs (Host-Bus-Adapter)/SAS Controller in order to make them FreeNAS compatible. I spend an entire night finding the solution...
There are countless instructions on the web on how to re-flash your IBM M1015...
I got a great deal on a 16 bay 3u chassis with a backplane, but it turns out to be an sas expander.
Will freenas be ok running 16 drives off one connector on the M1015 card (it mode flashed)
Chassis: Chenbro RM31616R
Ok, so I have followed the numerous guides out there on flashing the IBM M1015 card to the IT firmware. In fact, I have even done it previously once, a while ago on another box, it worked exactly as all the other tutorials suggested, a made notes of exactly what I did and it mirrors all the...