LSI driver version in 9.3?

[Z300M]

What is the version of the LSI driver in FreeNAS 9.3-RELEASE? Someone (cyberjock?) had written earlier that it would be P18, but I see no mention of this in the Release Notes.

My firmware is at P16. Should I update it to P18?

 

[dlavigne]

Nope, 16 is the version in 9.3. There is a built-in alert that will notify you whenever your driver is mismatched. If your version is lower, it should be upgraded. If you had a higher version, you could either keep it (as untested) or downgrade it to the supported version.

 

[depasseg]

For clarity this is the LSI SAS2 info. LSI SAS3 is running P5.
(and I didn't receive any sort of alert when my FW was mismatched - was I supposed to?)

 

[dlavigne]

9.3 should alert if you're not running 16.

 

[depasseg]

16 is only relevant for an LSI SAS2 controller. I have a SAS3 controller.

 

[dlavigne]

Gotcha. I'm not sure if there is an alert for SAS3...

 

[mav@]

LSI SAS3 driver version is "05.255.05.00-fbsd", so you probably should not receive the alert any way for it.

 

[depasseg]

I know and my Firmware was v6. Is that OK? Or should the firmware be downgraded to v5? Should there be an alert or not for a mismatch?

 

[Ericloewe]

I know and my Firmware was v6. Is that OK? Or should the firmware be downgraded to v5? Should there be an alert or not for a mismatch?

They should probably match. At this early stage, it's harder to say, since everything is bound to be somewhat in flux. In other words, you're the SAS3 guinea pig.

 

[mav@]

Usual recommendation is to have them in sync, as the most tested combination. But I would not downgrade it unless for specific issues.

As I can see, alert module checks firmware only for SAS2 LSIs, those that supported by mps driver.