Fastpath is now a standard feature for firmware 5.7 and later on a bunch of cards:
MegaRAID FastPath Software
With MegaRAID Release 5.7 firmware or later, LSI FastPath software is now included as a standard feature on the following 6Gb/s MegaRAID SAS controller cards based on the LSI SAS 2208 ROC: 9265/9266/9270/9271/9285/9286 Series Controllers. It is also included as a standard feature on all 12Gb/s MegaRAID controllers
Now I have an IBM M5110 with the 1gb flash and raid 5 upgrade. The IBM site still lists feature keys for the parts and their change list makes no mention at all of fastpath now being a standard feature.
http://delivery04.dhe.ibm.com/sar/CMA/XSA/ibm_fw_sraidmr_5100-23.16.0-0027_windows_32-64.chg
The LSI firmware update listings do not have the same numbers as IBM, so it is hard to tell if it is now standard or not:
Download Agreement
I figure there are two ways around this, either cross flash the m5110 or update to the newest IBM firmware and hope they now include it as well although this would seem unlikely as they don't mention it. I'm a bit wary of doing firmware updates and wouldn't really want to do it unless there is a definite chance of actually achieving something!
MegaRAID FastPath Software
With MegaRAID Release 5.7 firmware or later, LSI FastPath software is now included as a standard feature on the following 6Gb/s MegaRAID SAS controller cards based on the LSI SAS 2208 ROC: 9265/9266/9270/9271/9285/9286 Series Controllers. It is also included as a standard feature on all 12Gb/s MegaRAID controllers
Now I have an IBM M5110 with the 1gb flash and raid 5 upgrade. The IBM site still lists feature keys for the parts and their change list makes no mention at all of fastpath now being a standard feature.
http://delivery04.dhe.ibm.com/sar/CMA/XSA/ibm_fw_sraidmr_5100-23.16.0-0027_windows_32-64.chg
The LSI firmware update listings do not have the same numbers as IBM, so it is hard to tell if it is now standard or not:
Download Agreement
I figure there are two ways around this, either cross flash the m5110 or update to the newest IBM firmware and hope they now include it as well although this would seem unlikely as they don't mention it. I'm a bit wary of doing firmware updates and wouldn't really want to do it unless there is a definite chance of actually achieving something!