Benjamin Krajmalnik
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I just updated my 9.3 FreeNASto the latest stable version. The previous 9.3 version I was running was using the version 16 driver. Upon upgrading, I received a driver mismatch error, so I upgraded the firmware to P20. The result was that 3 of the drives were no longer visible to the controller.
I installed a new LSI 9211-8i, which had P5 firmware - BIOS detected all drives. I proceeded to upgrade it to P16, which also recognized all drives. I upgraded to P20, which resulted in the same 3 drives no longer being visible (on the new controller, since I feared an issue with the controller which was a cross-flashed H200, vs a LSI9211-8i).
I have read read bug #7384. However, in the unRAID, Illumos and the Nexenta forums there are plenty of reports of issues with the P20 firmware.
The exact firmware version is 20.00.04.00. Is there a different P20 firmware I should be using (and if so, where is it available)? Is it safe to downgrade the firmware to P16 and run with the standard driver? I understand I will have a warning, but maybe it is preferable to what I am currently experiencing. IOW, drives which loaded perfectly without any errors on FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201506292332 (which still used the 16 driver) do not load on either 201609160044 or 201509220011 with the 20 driver and firmware.
I installed a new LSI 9211-8i, which had P5 firmware - BIOS detected all drives. I proceeded to upgrade it to P16, which also recognized all drives. I upgraded to P20, which resulted in the same 3 drives no longer being visible (on the new controller, since I feared an issue with the controller which was a cross-flashed H200, vs a LSI9211-8i).
I have read read bug #7384. However, in the unRAID, Illumos and the Nexenta forums there are plenty of reports of issues with the P20 firmware.
The exact firmware version is 20.00.04.00. Is there a different P20 firmware I should be using (and if so, where is it available)? Is it safe to downgrade the firmware to P16 and run with the standard driver? I understand I will have a warning, but maybe it is preferable to what I am currently experiencing. IOW, drives which loaded perfectly without any errors on FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201506292332 (which still used the 16 driver) do not load on either 201609160044 or 201509220011 with the 20 driver and firmware.