lsi 9400-16i

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    9400-16i + BPN-SAS3-I28A - Can't get fail/locate LEDs to work

    I just upgraded from a 9200-8i + BPN-SAS-I28A to a 9400-16i + BPN-SAS3-I28A (the version with an Atmel chip). Problem is, I can no longer get the LEDs (other than presence/activity) to work now. Here's what I've tried: ledctl - used to work perfectly (still does for the main backplane which is...
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    LSI 9400-16i port 3 cannot detect drives **solved?

    **Update: I got all four ports to work, but only when a max of three SAS drives are plugged in. So, now my question is: is there a possible way that I could be maxing out some other capacity that it just won't recognize more than three SAS drives? Or does there need to be a certain...
  3. nerdalertdk

    (Help) Dual NVMe M.2 to SFF-8639

    Hi everyone. I’m planning out my next server build, but need some help on the storage side. I've been looking at the LSI 9400-16i HBA since it will do sata/sas and nvme. But I need some help with the nvme part. My plan is to run 4 x nvme in x2 mode so I can run 2 x nvme pr. port the controller...
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    Any reason I shouldn't buy an LSI 9400-16i?

    Greetings, I currently have a 10x10TB software (mdadm) RAID6 array running on my Xeon E5-1650v3 based workstation. All the SATA drives are connected to the onboard controllers on the Gigabyte MW50-SV0 with a handful of ports still spare. The OS is Xubuntu 20.04. I'm now looking to migrate the...