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Inspur-branded LSI9300-8i for $50
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The seller in the other link doesn't ship to Canada, so I went with this guy instead
Inspur LSI SAS3008 12Gbps SAS HBA RAID Controller Card P/N:YZCA-00424-101 Tested | eBay
I bought two from this seller:
Inspur LSI YZCA-00424-101 Raid Card 12Gbps HBA HDD Controller 9300-8i | eBay
Both came with IT firmware. Was not able to flash one of them to RAID firmware.
I believe they do support both IR and IT mode, you just need to flash them correctly and with the appropriate flavour of firmware to change one to the other. I haven't confirmed this yet, but will when they arrive
Hahahaha, at $12.99 for a 12Gbps card, I think that I can forgive him having to charge me for shipping
It's 8643; the type of cable depends on what you want to plug it into. E.g., if a SAS3 expander backplane, probably a pair of 8643-8643 cables will do. If going directly to drives without a backplane, then 8643-4x8482 breakout cables, plus SATA power splitters.
I was able to update the firmware on mine under windows. Though for some reason, firmware update worked without card being completely reset. I am not sure how this worked.
Here is direct link for the package; since doing the right search on broadcom website is PITA:
docs.broadcom.com
Firmware update is a must because the bios on the card is super slow, 2+ minutes on each boot. I also noticed original firmware has limitations like it doesn't support host managed smr.
Here is the result of my firmware update:
Avago Technologies SAS3 Flash Utility
Version 17.00.00.00 (2018.04.02)
Copyright 2008-2018 Avago Technologies. All rights reserved.
Adapter Selected is a Avago SAS: SAS3008(C0)
Controller Number : 0
Controller : SAS3008(C0)
PCI Address : 00:02:00:00
NVDATA Version (Default) : 0e.01.00.07
NVDATA Version (Persistent) : 0e.01.00.07
Firmware Product ID : 0x2221 (IT)
Firmware Version : 16.00.10.00
NVDATA Vendor : LSI
NVDATA Product ID : SAS9300-8i
BIOS Version : 08.37.00.00
UEFI BSD Version : 18.00.00.00
FCODE Version : N/A
Board Name : INSPUR 3008IT
Board Assembly : INSPUR
Board Tracer Number : N/A
Finished Processing Commands Successfully.
Exiting SAS3Flash.
Here is direct link for the package; since doing the right search on broadcom website is PITA:
Broadcom Inc. | Connecting Everything
docs.broadcom.com
Firmware update is a must because the bios on the card is super slow, 2+ minutes on each boot. I also noticed original firmware has limitations like it doesn't support host managed smr.
Here is the result of my firmware update:
Avago Technologies SAS3 Flash Utility
Version 17.00.00.00 (2018.04.02)
Copyright 2008-2018 Avago Technologies. All rights reserved.
Adapter Selected is a Avago SAS: SAS3008(C0)
Controller Number : 0
Controller : SAS3008(C0)
PCI Address : 00:02:00:00
NVDATA Version (Default) : 0e.01.00.07
NVDATA Version (Persistent) : 0e.01.00.07
Firmware Product ID : 0x2221 (IT)
Firmware Version : 16.00.10.00
NVDATA Vendor : LSI
NVDATA Product ID : SAS9300-8i
BIOS Version : 08.37.00.00
UEFI BSD Version : 18.00.00.00
FCODE Version : N/A
Board Name : INSPUR 3008IT
Board Assembly : INSPUR
Board Tracer Number : N/A
Finished Processing Commands Successfully.
Exiting SAS3Flash.
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I updated mine, without trouble, using the EFI shell on a Supermicro board. Quick and painless
Yea, that works too but for me, the mouse is mightier than the keyboard.I updated mine, without trouble, using the EFI shell on a Supermicro board. Quick and painless
Just bought one off eBay and came with FW15.00.00.00. Updated via MSM per your post. I also had LSI installed but didn't go that route.
FYI. Inspur doesn't have option to locate drive like the OG LSI 9311-8i (despite on FW16.00.10.00). Not a deal breaker since it's like $20 vs $60 and pre-flashed with IT mode.
FYI. Inspur doesn't have option to locate drive like the OG LSI 9311-8i (despite on FW16.00.10.00). Not a deal breaker since it's like $20 vs $60 and pre-flashed with IT mode.
Has anyone encountered these cards not working at all? I got two of the 9300-8i ones off of eBay from this listing: Inspur LSI 9300-8i Raid Card 12Gbps HBA HDD Controller High Profile IT MODE | eBay and neither of them show any sign of life on either my Intel or AMD motherboards (doesn't show the option ROM POST screen, doesn't show up under Windows or Arch linux, not detected by sas3flash in freeDOS or UEFI shell). I see there are 2 LEDs on the board, and these don't light up at all either; it's like the card isn't getting power.
You might be lucky and it's perhaps just the SMBus getting in the way of the card initialising, try taping off the pins or find a different Mainboard to test them with. Failing that, I would return them as duff
Thanks for the pointer! Just tried taping pins 5-6 as per Modding a Dell Perc 6 / Dell H310 / Dell H710 (other LSI 1078 or 9223-8i based) SAS Raidcontroller and ... still dead. Guess these are just duds, alas.
I tested my cards in a dell SFF-7050 with an i5 chip installed that I had conveniently laying beside my desk, so nothing fancy as far as the Mainboard goes. They were updated and now running on SuperMicro boards without trouble. Besides testing in a different mainboard, try removing all other cards, swapping slots etc
I didn't buy my cards from the same seller as you as they don't ship to here, but I can say that the seller I purchased from (linked above) was great to deal with
I didn't buy my cards from the same seller as you as they don't ship to here, but I can say that the seller I purchased from (linked above) was great to deal with