Firmware should match driver, e.g.: mps0: Firmware: 19.00.00.00, Driver: 19.00.00.00-fbs
Some of this may help -- not yet updated for 10.2, but may still be useful: http://roycebits.blogspot.com/2015/01/freebsd-lsi-sas9211-8i-hba-firmware.html Royce On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Kai Gallasch <k...@free.de> wrote: > > Hi. > > I'm currently building a new ZFS based FreeBSD 10.2 server with a > SAS/SATA HBA SAS9211-8i. > > Is there a preferred or recommended firmware version for Fusion-MPT > SAS-2 2008 chipset based LSI cards like the SAS9211-8i? MPS(4) does not > give any information about this. > > The current version of my SAS9211-8i is: > v7.05.05.00 (2010.05.19), BIOS > 5.00.17.00-IR, FW > > > IR vs. IT firmware: > > Are there any advantages replacing the -IR (integrated raid) firmware on > the LSI controller with an -IT (target mode) version, if the RAID > functionality of the HBA is not used at all? > > There were some claims that running the -IR version in a ZFS JBOD setup > would result in a small performance penalty compared to -IT and that > there was a risk that a controller running the -IR firmware version > could potentially damage ZFS data on a disk by putting RAID metadata > somewhere on the drive, even if not using the RAID feature of the card! > > I'd appreciate it if someone could shed some light on this. > > Regards, > Kai. > > -- > PGP-KeyID = 0x70654D7C4FB1F588 > One day a lemming will fly.. > > > _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
