LSI SAS2008 mps driver preferred firmware version

[Stephen Mcconnell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-scsi at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> scsi at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Royce Williams
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 3:21 PM
> To: Kai Gallasch
> Cc: freebsd-scsi at freebsd.org; freebsd-stable
> Subject: Re: LSI SAS2008 mps driver preferred firmware version
>
> Firmware should match driver, e.g.:
>
> mps0: Firmware: 19.00.00.00, Driver: 19.00.00.00-fbs

I've never heard of any problems when these are mismatched, so I'm not
sure why FreeNAS would complain.  Anyway, you should use the latest of
both in my opinion.
The latest FW on the avagotech website is 20.00.04.00.  I have heard that
some FreeBSD users have had some problems with the PH19 FW.

Steve McConnell

>
>
> 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 at 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.
> >
> > --
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> > One day a lemming will fly..
> >
> >
> >
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