Hwo to identify HDD location

[HoneyBadger]

TrueNAS is also connected to H310 will I have problem with booting up the TrueNAS ? It is also unconfigured

You will likely need to assign a new boot device order in the BIOS/UEFI, and you will also have to ensure that you leave the boot ROM for the correct method of boot (BIOS or UEFI) on the H310 card itself.

 

[jgreco]

I was pretty sure I saw Dell cards with "Dell IR firmware" load the mfi driver, which is why I cautioned against it. If I'm wrong here, that's good news.

But the H310 specifically has bad queue depth on any Dell firmware though and needs crossflashing. Other cards like the H200 and M1015 don't have the same requirement.

I've got no reason to doubt what you say; I fully believe that some eBay doofus, not knowing the difference, listed an MFI card as "Dell IR," having seen dire warnings that "must flash IT!!!!" and therefore thinking the other option is the only other option.

It's been years since I've really looked at this. My recollection is that the LSI 9211-8i can be either in the IR or IT mode. Both are definitely "mps" driver devices. I believe the IR is able to do RAID1 and RAID10 but not anything fancier, and is a lineal descendant of the LSI 3Gbps controllers based on the "mpt" driver.

LSI wanted a more universal driver and support for better RAID modes, so for the LSI 9240-8i (and all the relabeled ones like the M1015 and H310) they used a stripped-down version of the MFI firmware that also powers their higher end RAID controllers. But they allow the 9240 to be lobotomized down to a 9211 through crossflashing.

So the "factory firmware" on these is MFI, and the reason we warn people to crossflash is because it's MFI. If it were IR, it would basically be *yawn* not a huge deal; the IT is a better choice because it makes it harder for people to do bad things, and the IT is some percentage faster because there's less firmware fu to run.

And everybody's looking at me like "why does anyone care."

 

[HolyK]

But they allow the 9240 to be lobotomized down to a 9211

Lol xD

 

[Hellione]

maybe, but if you make a backup of truenas sytem, you can just install new within minutes, and restore your backed up settings.

 

[xlameee]

maybe, but if you make a backup of truenas sytem, you can just install new within minutes, and restore your backed up settings.

I just deleted the pool and I tried to wipe this HDD and I've got this message Do you know what is that mean?

Wipe Disk mfisyspd9
Error: [EFAULT] Command gpart create -s gpt /dev/mfisyspd9 failed (code 1): gpart: Operation not permitted


What brings me to my original question How do I identify that ssd so I can pool it from the system and replace it or try to low level format it in hope of fix it? I did that before with my other system and this problem was gone after low level formatted from windows.

I already ordered H310 mini with IT firmware : https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-H310-Mini-IT-Mode-6GB-w-LSI-9211-8i-P20-IT-Mode-F-W-for-ZFS/143944786377?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Could this be the problem that my ISCSI share is not working after I upgraded to TrueNAS and upgraded to the new zfs,
because my ISCSI pool was connected to H310 without IT firmware?

 

[HoneyBadger]

Boot into your RAID card BIOS/UEFI setup (the "Press F8 to configure drives" or whatever the Dell hotkey is) and see if there is an option to identify the device there. It may also call it out as failed/failing in that same menu.

 

[xlameee]

Boot into your RAID card BIOS/UEFI setup (the "Press F8 to configure drives" or whatever the Dell hotkey is) and see if there is an option to identify the device there. It may also call it out as failed/failing in that same menu.

Thank you
ALT+S to get into the controller menu