LSI RAID Controller - HBA Equivalency Mapping

[mobilenvidia]

Updated post #148 some more, got more to do yet
Frontpage post (WP) also updated

I'm a little over SAS now, and need to do something else

 

[Patrick]

Added a bit more on the LSI SAS 2008 STH main site post.

 

[MiniKnight]

Saw the LSI SAS 2008 post. Keep up the good work.

 

[mobilenvidia]

Been busy updating the almighty database of LSI controllers.

I'm working on this closer to home over here
Once its nearer to completion will transport it back here (Patrick may need to enlarge post size)

 

[Patrick]

Post size should be unlimited so shouldn't be an issue now. Nice list. I think I'm going to keep main page posts only for 6.0gbps (and eventually newer) parts.

 

[mobilenvidia]

I'm not even going to spend energy on doing any more 3Gbs parts, I've only linked official web pages, no official web page no link (hence no obsolete parts)
List is taking shape nicely, got most of it done now.

 

[mobilenvidia]

Added Dell cards
Added SAS2008 MPTSAS2 models (IT cards)
Added intro and key
Added HP 2xx series HBA's

Happy reading will be a test after school

 

[Patrick]

You are crazy! Awesome job!

Maybe I'll add LSI 1068e based and 1078e based products to a piece for tomorrow. I also would vote for moving that post to its own thread if you are OK with that.

BTW - I have to show you my next generation of this that I'm working on after I finish the Dual Xeon E5 platform round-up.

 

[dba]

Nice work mobilenvidia!

Can this be moved to post #1? That post, the one everyone reads first, still says "Last edited by Patrick; 10-08-2011 at 06:26 PM"

Also, the 2308 cards like the 9205-8e?

 

[brendanz]

Very impressive!! This will help a lot. I think the formatting is fine as it is now in that latest post. Easy to read and searchable, Google should pick it up quickly.

 

[mobilenvidia]

Nice work mobilenvidia!

Can this be moved to post #1? That post, the one everyone reads first, still says "Last edited by Patrick; 10-08-2011 at 06:26 PM"

Also, the 2308 cards like the 9205-8e?

Added LSI HBA controllers

 

[Patrick]

I can make this its own thread. Will move through admin (hope this goes well )

 

[a5ian300zx]

Hi All,

new to the forums, but i have just bought a IBM 5014 card but just realised on the specs the it does not support JBOD, is this something that was introduced in later firmware? or is there any way i can enable this function on this card?

Thanks
a5ian300zx

 

[mobilenvidia]

Sorry, no JBOD, you have to setup each drive as a single RAID0 array.
Not ideal, but you do get caching this way, which an HBA (which can do JBOD) can't do.

 

[klaus]

This was brought up a while back but no one seems to know the answer.

Does the Supermicro AOC-SAS2-RAID5-key for SAS 2008 enable SED (encryption) like the M1000 part for IBM ServeRaid?

 

[mobilenvidia]

It probably (but don't hold me to it) does
LSI HW keys enable features below the feature the are sold as.
I think SED is the lowest feature.

You could email SuperMicro confirm

 

[klaus]

This is according to SuperMicro tech support
"The AOC-SAS2-RAID5-key is allow user to flash the LSI 2008 raid controller to use IMR firmware and allow to create Raid 5. No for SED features."


I am not convinced through, does anyone have hands on experience with this?

 

[mobilenvidia]

You can flash the SM controller to iMR mode without the key, you only need the key for RAID 5
There is a good chance that SED will be enabled as well, but would be good if confirmed by someone

 

[klaus]

On a follow up email, Supermicro is explaining that "SafeStore is a utility" that I need to buy from LSI to use SED.
They clearly have no idea.

Is iMR SuperMicro specific? Never heard of it.
I have an m1015 in IR. Need to be sure about SuperMicro before it is purchased...

 

[mobilenvidia]

iMR = LSI9240 mode (WebBIOS, RAID5 (with key))
IR = LSI9211 RAID (0,1,10) mode
IT = LSI9211 Passthrough mode.