Hello out there.
We run a Dell PowerEdge 950 III (PE_SC3) Server with FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE.
This Server is equipted with a SAS controller, residing, as far as I
could observe, on a PCIe slot.
Its kernel message is:
mpt0: <LSILogic SAS/SATA Adapter> port 0xec00-0xecff mem
0xfc4fc000-0xfc4fffff,0xfc4e0000-0xfc4effff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
mpt0: [ITHREAD]
mpt0: MPI Version=1.5.14.0
mpt0: Capabilities: ( RAID-0 RAID-1E RAID-1 )
mpt0: 0 Active Volumes (2 Max)
mpt0: 0 Hidden Drive Members (14 Max)
The pciconf -lcv output is as:
mpt0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x010000 card=0x1f101028 chip=0x00581000
rev=0x08 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'LSI Logic (Was: Symbios Logic, NCR)'
device = 'SAS 3000 series, 8-port with 1068E -StorPort'
class = mass storage
subclass = SCSI
cap 01[50] = powerspec 2 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0
cap 10[68] = PCI-Express 1 endpoint max data 256(4096) link x4(x8)
cap 05[98] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit
cap 11[b0] = MSI-X supports 1 message in map 0x14 enabled
ecap 0001[100] = AER 1 0 fatal 0 non-fatal 0 corrected
This controller obviously isn't capable of handling 3TB harddrives and I
need it to be replaced - but I do not know what type and brand of
controller is suitbale for the Dell PowerEdge III. We already contacted
our support, but they rejected support, since the BIOS of this server
isn't capable of booting off 3 TB harddrives due to the 32bit
limitations. Well, I need the controller to attach 3 and 4 TB drives, we
still boot off from legacy BIOS capable < 2,2 TB drives, so I see no
issue to replace the SAS controller.
I'm a bit afraid of buying something "out of the blue" since the
dimensions of this little controller board seems small. I hope someone
already made a decission to buy such a replacement for their similar or
exact the same system and can help me out.
We do not need RAID, nor SAS 2.0 capabilities, just JBOD. Thanks a lot
in advance,
Oliver
P.S. Please also reply to my email, I'm not subsribing "questions" in
case you reply. Thanks.
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