Which Dell Poweredge RAID cards can be flashed to IT mode?

[Linkman]

I've been looking at picking up a refurb server as the basis for a small home lab, and have looked at some Dell Poweredge R710s that seem to have a nice price vs performance point. I'm confused about the various RAID cards that are listed in this server, and wonder if anyone here knows which ones can or can not be re-flashed to IT mode? Various Perc, H200, H700, etc. Any pointers to a guide, or list?

Thanks for any input!

 

[Mlovelace]

Perc H200 and perc H310 can be crossflashed to the LSI 9211-8i IT firmware.

Edit: "any pointers?" Here ya go. http://bfy.tw/6Bh2

 

[Linkman]

Great! Thanks, that helps a lot.

 

[jgreco]

Be aware that the crossflashing process is more complicated with the H200 and H310. Also, these cards will sometimes not work in a standard PC, which might make crossflashing more complicated too. See

http://yannickdekoeijer.blogspot.com/2012/04/modding-dell-perc-6-sas-raidcontroller.html

 

[Mlovelace]

I crossflashed this Dell PERC H200 to the P20 IT mode firmware using this blog post. I used the sas2flash.efi flash utility and had no problems. http://blog.michael.kuron-germany.d...dell-perc-h200-to-lsi-9211-8i/comment-page-1/

 

[Linkman]

Edit: "any pointers?" Here ya go. http://bfy.tw/6Bh2

Ha ha. But you still responded faster than I could possibly have filtered the wheat from the chaff in those results. :)