9300-8e IT firmware

[frinkemon]

Hey All,

I'm just getting started with TrueNAS on VMware with a 9300-E (AVAGO). I have it in JBOD mode but I believe I need to install the 'IT' firmware. Does anybody know where to get this firmware please?

When I boot TrueNas Core on VMware I get a CAM loop at the moment.

Thanks!

 

[jgreco]

An explanation of the need for IT firmware is at

What's all the noise about HBAs, and why can't I use a RAID controller?

1) An HBA is a Host Bus Adapter. This is a controller that allows SAS and SATA devices to be attached to, and communicate directly with, a server. RAID controllers typically aggregate several disks into a Virtual Disk abstraction of some sort...

www.truenas.com

The IT firmware itself is available at

LSI 9300-xx Firmware Update

JoshDW19 submitted a new resource: LSI 9300-xx Firmware Update - Fixes a controller reset issue in LSI 9300-xx HBA cards Hey Community, If you are using an LSI 9300 HBA with FreeNAS or the soon-to-be TrueNAS CORE, you may experience some performance issues causing the controller to reset...

www.truenas.com

or from LSI's/Broadcom's support download site (it was originally a special release for iXsystems/ZFS but is now generally available).

 

[mrmorg]

I have updated my LSI 9300-8e with the IT fimware but still none of the drives show up in TrueNas Scale. please help.why wont it see them?

 

[NugentS]

Does the SAS card see the drives?