On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 12:57 PM, Karl Rossing <ka...@barobinson.com> wrote:
> I'm thinking of getting LSI 9212-4i4e(4 internal and 4 external ports) to > replace a SUN Storagetek raid card. > > The StorageTek raid card seems to want to have it's drives initialized and > volumes created on it before they are presented to zfs. I can't find a way > of telling it just to be an HBA. > > I'd prefer to have the ability to move the sas/sata drives to another > system and has the sas/sata controller read the drives without if there a > problem with the card. > > Is it possible to disable the raid on an LSI 9212-4i4e and have the drives > read by a simple sas/sata card? I'm open to other brands but I need > internal and external ports. > If you only need 3 Gbps SAS/SATA, there's the SuperMicro AOC-SAS-L4i. It uses the older LSI1068 chipset, so it's limited to 2 TB harddrives: http://www.supermicro.com/products/accessories/addon/AOC-USAS-L4i_R.cfm You could always check if there's an IT-mode firmware for the 921204i4e card available on the LSI website, and flash that onto the card. That "disables"/removes the RAID functionality from the card, turning it into just an HBA. -- Freddie Cash fjwc...@gmail.com
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