LSI SAS 9460-8i (CacheCade Pro 2.0 ??????)

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xayide

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Hello,

I have tried to get cachecade pro working on this card. I cannot find any evidence in storcli that it is enabled. The odd thing is I can find no way to buy license or activate it. LSI doesn't even mention cachecade pro in accordance with 9460-8i. The latesta articles about cachecade pro mentions only 9361 and older. But articles are old. Is it so the 9460-8i has it built in already or is it a missing feature from newer adapters, deprecated?


g detailed summary of the adapter, it may take a while to complete.

CLI Version = 007.2310.0000.0000 Nov 02, 2022
Operating system = Windows 11
Controller = 0
Status = Success
Description = None


Basics :
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Controller = 0
Model = AVAGO MegaRAID SAS 9460-8i
Serial Number = xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Current Controller Date/Time = 08/29/2023, 21:58:26
Current System Date/time = 08/29/2023, 21:57:57
SAS Address = 500062b20449b380
PCI Address = 00:3d:00:00
Mfg Date = 11/21/18
Rework Date = 00/00/00
Revision No = 33007


Version :
=======
Firmware Package Build = 51.23.0-4723
Firmware Version = 5.230.00-3767
CPLD Version = 07209-021
SBR Version = 5.2000.00-0483
Boot Block Version = 7.02.00.00-0021
Bios Version = 7.23.00.0_0x07170100
HII Version = 07.23.03.00
HIIA Version = 07.23.03.00
NVDATA Version = 5.2300.00-0005
Driver Name = megasas35.sys
Driver Version = 7.717.02.00


Bus :
===
Vendor Id = 0x1000
Device Id = 0x16
SubVendor Id = 0x1000
SubDevice Id = 0x9461
Host Interface = PCI-E
Device Interface = SAS-12G
Bus Number = 61
Device Number = 0
Function Number = 0
Domain ID = 0


Pending Images in Flash :
=======================
Image name = No pending images


Status :
======
Controller Status = Optimal
Memory Correctable Errors = 0
Memory Uncorrectable Errors = 0
ECC Bucket Count = 0
Any Offline VD Cache Preserved = No
BBU Status = 0
PD Firmware Download in progress = No
Support PD Firmware Download = Yes
Lock Key Assigned = No
Failed to get lock key on bootup = No
Lock key has not been backed up = No
Bios was not detected during boot = No
Controller must be rebooted to complete security operation = No
A rollback operation is in progress = No
At least one PFK exists in NVRAM = No
SSC Policy is WB = No
Controller has booted into safe mode = No
Controller shutdown required = No
Controller has booted into certificate provision mode = No
Current Personality = RAID-Mode


Supported Adapter Operations :
============================
Rebuild Rate = Yes
CC Rate = Yes
BGI Rate = Yes
Reconstruct Rate = Yes
Patrol Read Rate = Yes
Alarm Control = Yes
Cluster Support = No
BBU = Yes
Spanning = Yes
Dedicated Hot Spare = Yes
Revertible Hot Spares = Yes
Foreign Config Import = Yes
Self Diagnostic = Yes
Allow Mixed Redundancy on Array = No
Global Hot Spares = Yes
Deny SCSI Passthrough = No
Deny SMP Passthrough = No
Deny STP Passthrough = No
Support more than 8 Phys = Yes
FW and Event Time in GMT = No
Support Enhanced Foreign Import = Yes
Support Enclosure Enumeration = Yes
Support Allowed Operations = Yes
Abort CC on Error = Yes
Support Multipath = Yes
Support Odd & Even Drive count in RAID1E = No
Support Security = No
Support Config Page Model = Yes
Support the OCE without adding drives = Yes
Support EKM = Yes
Snapshot Enabled = No
Support PFK = Yes
Support PI = No
Support Ld BBM Info = No
Support Shield State = Yes
Block SSD Write Disk Cache Change = No
Support Suspend Resume BG ops = Yes
Support Emergency Spares = Yes
Support Set Link Speed = Yes
Support Boot Time PFK Change = No
Support JBOD = Yes
Disable Online PFK Change = No
Support Perf Tuning = Yes
Support SSD PatrolRead = Yes
Real Time Scheduler = Yes
Support Reset Now = Yes
Support Emulated Drives = Yes
Headless Mode = Yes
Dedicated HotSpares Limited = No
Point In Time Progress = Yes
Extended LD = Yes
Support Uneven span = No
Support Config Auto Balance = No
Support Maintenance Mode = No
Support Diagnostic results = Yes
Support Ext Enclosure = Yes
Support Sesmonitoring = Yes
Support SecurityonJBOD = Yes
Support ForceFlash = Yes
Support DisableImmediateIO = Yes
Support LargeIOSupport = No
Support DrvActivityLEDSetting = Yes
Support FlushWriteVerify = Yes
Support CPLDUpdate = Yes
Support ForceTo512e = Yes
Support discardCacheDuringLDDelete = Yes
Support JBOD Write cache = No
Support Large QD Support = No
Support Ctrl Info Extended = Yes
Support IButton less = Yes
Support AES Encryption Algorithm = No
Support Encrypted MFC = Yes
Support Snapdump = Yes
Support Force Personality Change = Yes
Support Dual Fw Image = No
Support PSOC Update = No
Support Secure Boot = No
Support Debug Queue = No
Support Least Latency Mode = No
Support OnDemand Snapdump = Yes
Support Clear Snapdump = Yes
Support FW Triggered Snapdump = Yes
Support PHY current speed = Yes
Support Lane current speed = Yes
Support NVMe Width = Yes
Support Lane DeviceType = Yes
Support Extended Drive performance Monitoring = Yes
Support NVMe Repair = No
Support Platform Security = No
Support None Mode Params = Yes
Support Extended Controller Property = Yes
Support Smart Poll Interval for DirectAttached = Yes
Support Write Journal Pinning = Yes
Support SMP Passthru with Port Number = Yes
Support SnapDump Preboot Trace Buffer Toggle = Yes
Support Parity Read Cache Bypass = Yes
Support NVMe Init Error Device ConnectorIndex = No
Support VolatileKey = Yes
Support PSOC Part Information = No


Supported PD Operations :
=======================
Force Online = Yes
Force Offline = Yes
Force Rebuild = Yes
Deny Force Failed = No
Deny Force Good/Bad = No
Deny Missing Replace = No
Deny Clear = No
Deny Locate = No
Support Power State = Yes
Set Power State For Cfg = No
Support T10 Power State = No
Support Temperature = Yes
NCQ = Yes
Support Max Rate SATA = No
Support Degraded Media = No
Support Parallel FW Update = Yes
Support Drive Crypto Erase = Yes
Support SSD Wear Gauge = No
Support Sanitize = No
Support Extended Sanitize = Yes


Supported VD Operations :
=======================
Read Policy = Yes
Write Policy = Yes
IO Policy = No
Access Policy = Yes
Disk Cache Policy = Yes
Reconstruction = Yes
Deny Locate = No
Deny CC = No
Allow Ctrl Encryption = No
Enable LDBBM = Yes
Support FastPath = Yes
Performance Metrics = Yes
Power Savings = No
Support Powersave Max With Cache = No
Support Breakmirror = No
Support SSC WriteBack = No
Support SSC Association = No
Support VD Hide = Yes
Support VD Cachebypass = Yes
Support VD discardCacheDuringLDDelete = Yes
Support VD Scsi Unmap = Yes


Advanced Software Option :
========================

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Adv S/W Opt Time Remaining Mode
----------------------------------------
MegaRAID FastPath Unlimited -
MegaRAID RAID6 Unlimited -
MegaRAID RAID5 Unlimited -
----------------------------------------

Safe ID = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

HwCfg :
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ChipRevision = B0
BatteryFRU = N/A
Front End Port Count = 0
Backend Port Count = 8
BBU = Present
Alarm = Disable
Serial Debugger = Present
NVRAM Size = 128KB
Flash Size = 16MB
On Board Memory Size = 2048MB
CacheVault Flash Size = 4.093 GB
TPM = Absent
Upgrade Key = Absent
On Board Expander = Absent
Temperature Sensor for ROC = Present
Temperature Sensor for Controller = Absent
Upgradable CPLD = Present
Upgradable PSOC = Absent
Current Size of CacheCade (GB) = 0
Current Size of FW Cache (MB) = 1374
ROC temperature(Degree Celsius) = 60


Policies :
========

Policies Table :
==============

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Policy Current Default
------------------------------------------------
Predictive Fail Poll Interval 300 sec
Interrupt Throttle Active Count 16
Interrupt Throttle Completion 50 us
Rebuild Rate 30 % 30%
PR Rate 30 % 30%
BGI Rate 30 % 30%
Check Consistency Rate 30 % 30%
Reconstruction Rate 30 % 30%
Cache Flush Interval 4s
------------------------------------------------

Flush Time(Default) = 4s
Drive Coercion Mode = none
Auto Rebuild = On
Battery Warning = On
ECC Bucket Size = 15
ECC Bucket Leak Rate (hrs) = 24
Restore Hot Spare on Insertion = Off
Expose Enclosure Devices = On
Maintain PD Fail History = On
Reorder Host Requests = On
Auto detect BackPlane = SGPIO/i2c SEP
Load Balance Mode = Auto
Security Key Assigned = Off
Disable Online Controller Reset = Off
Use drive activity for locate = Off


Boot :
====
BIOS Enumerate VDs = 1
Stop BIOS on Error = Off
Delay during POST = 0
Spin Down Mode = None
Enable Ctrl-R = No
Enable Web BIOS = No
Enable PreBoot CLI = No
Enable BIOS = Yes
Max Drives to Spinup at One Time = 2
Maximum number of direct attached drives to spin up in 1 min = 60
Delay Among Spinup Groups (sec) = 2
Allow Boot with Preserved Cache = Off


High Availability :
=================
Topology Type = None
Cluster Permitted = No
Cluster Active = No


Defaults :
========
Phy Polarity = 0
Phy PolaritySplit = 0
Strip Size = 256 KB
Write Policy = WB
Read Policy = RA
Cache When BBU Bad = Off
Cached IO = Off
VD PowerSave Policy = Controller Defined
Default spin down time (mins) = 30
Coercion Mode = None
ZCR Config = Unknown
Max Chained Enclosures = 3
Direct PD Mapping = No
Restore Hot Spare on Insertion = No
Expose Enclosure Devices = Yes
Maintain PD Fail History = Yes
Zero Based Enclosure Enumeration = No
Disable Puncturing = No
EnableLDBBM = Yes
DisableHII = No
Un-Certified Hard Disk Drives = Allow
SMART Mode = Mode 6
Enable LED Header = Yes
LED Show Drive Activity = Yes
Dirty LED Shows Drive Activity = No
EnableCrashDump = No
Disable Online Controller Reset = No
Treat Single span R1E as R10 = No
Power Saving option = Enabled
TTY Log In Flash = No
Auto Enhanced Import = Yes
BreakMirror RAID Support = No
Disable Join Mirror = Yes
Enable Shield State = Yes
Time taken to detect CME = 60 sec


Capabilities :
============
Supported Drives = SAS, SATA
RAID Level Supported = RAID0, RAID1(2 or more drives), RAID5, RAID6, RAID00, RAID10(2 or more drives per span), RAID50, RAID60
Enable JBOD = No
Mix in Enclosure = Allowed
Mix of SAS/SATA of HDD type in VD = Allowed
Mix of SAS/SATA of SSD type in VD = Not Allowed
Mix of SSD/HDD in VD = Not Allowed
SAS Disable = No
Max Arms Per VD = 32
Max Spans Per VD = 8
Max Arrays = 240
Max VD per array = 16
Max Number of VDs = 64
Max Parallel Commands = 4077
Max SGE Count = 60
Max Data Transfer Size = 2048 sectors
Max Strips PerIO = 42
Max Configurable CacheCade Size(GB) = 0
Max Transportable DGs = 0
Enable Snapdump = Yes
Enable SCSI Unmap = Yes
Read cache bypass enabled for Parity RAID LDs = Yes
FDE Drive Mix Support = No
Min Strip Size = 64 KB
Max Strip Size = 1.000 MB


Scheduled Tasks :
===============
Consistency Check Reoccurrence = 168 hrs
Next Consistency check launch = 09/02/2023, 03:00:00
Patrol Read Reoccurrence = 168 hrs
Next Patrol Read launch = 08/05/2023, 03:00:00
Battery learn Reoccurrence = 670 hrs
Next Battery Learn = 09/21/2023, 10:08:09
OEMID = Broadcom


Security Protocol properties :
============================
Security Protocol = None

Drive Groups = 1

TOPOLOGY :
========

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
DG Arr Row EID:Slot DID Type State BT Size PDC PI SED DS3 FSpace TR
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0 - - - - RAID5 Optl N 50.937 TB enbl N N none N N
0 0 - - - RAID5 Optl N 50.937 TB enbl N N none N N
0 0 0 65:4 8 DRIVE Onln N 7.276 TB enbl N N none - N
0 0 1 65:5 11 DRIVE Onln N 7.276 TB enbl N N none - N
0 0 2 65:6 7 DRIVE Onln N 7.276 TB enbl N N none - N
0 0 3 65:7 6 DRIVE Onln Y 7.276 TB enbl N N none - N
0 0 4 65:8 4 DRIVE Onln N 7.276 TB enbl N N none - N
0 0 5 65:9 10 DRIVE Onln Y 7.276 TB enbl N N none - N
0 0 6 65:10 9 DRIVE Onln N 7.276 TB enbl N N none - N
0 0 7 65:11 5 DRIVE Onln N 7.276 TB enbl N N none - N
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

DG=Disk Group Index|Arr=Array Index|Row=Row Index|EID=Enclosure Device ID
DID=Device ID|Type=Drive Type|Onln=Online|Rbld=Rebuild|Optl=Optimal|Dgrd=Degraded
Pdgd=Partially degraded|Offln=Offline|BT=Background Task Active
PDC=PD Cache|PI=Protection Info|SED=Self Encrypting Drive|Frgn=Foreign
DS3=Dimmer Switch 3|dflt=Default|Msng=Missing|FSpace=Free Space Present
TR=Transport Ready

Virtual Drives = 1

VD LIST :
=======

--------------------------------------------------------------
DG/VD TYPE State Access Consist Cache Cac sCC Size Name
--------------------------------------------------------------
0/0 RAID5 Optl RW Yes RWBD - ON 50.937 TB
--------------------------------------------------------------

VD=Virtual Drive| DG=Drive Group|Rec=Recovery
Cac=CacheCade|OfLn=OffLine|Pdgd=Partially Degraded|Dgrd=Degraded
Optl=Optimal|dflt=Default|RO=Read Only|RW=Read Write|HD=Hidden|TRANS=TransportReady
B=Blocked|Consist=Consistent|R=Read Ahead Always|NR=No Read Ahead|WB=WriteBack
AWB=Always WriteBack|WT=WriteThrough|C=Cached IO|D=Direct IO|sCC=Scheduled
Check Consistency

Physical Drives = 8

PD LIST :
=======

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
EID:Slt DID State DG Size Intf Med SED PI SeSz Model Sp Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
65:4 8 Onln 0 7.276 TB SAS HDD N N 512B ST8000NM0075 U -
65:5 11 Onln 0 7.276 TB SAS HDD N N 512B ST8000NM0075 U -
65:6 7 Onln 0 7.276 TB SAS HDD N N 512B ST8000NM0075 U -
65:7 6 Onln 0 7.276 TB SAS HDD N N 512B ST8000NM0075 U -
65:8 4 Onln 0 7.276 TB SAS HDD N N 512B ST8000NM0075 U -
65:9 10 Onln 0 7.276 TB SAS HDD N N 512B ST8000NM0075 U -
65:10 9 Onln 0 7.276 TB SAS HDD N N 512B ST8000NM0075 U -
65:11 5 Onln 0 7.276 TB SAS HDD N N 512B ST8000NM0075 U -
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

EID=Enclosure Device ID|Slt=Slot No|DID=Device ID|DG=DriveGroup
DHS=Dedicated Hot Spare|UGood=Unconfigured Good|GHS=Global Hotspare
UBad=Unconfigured Bad|Sntze=Sanitize|Onln=Online|Offln=Offline|Intf=Interface
Med=Media Type|SED=Self Encryptive Drive|PI=Protection Info
SeSz=Sector Size|Sp=Spun|U=Up|D=Down|T=Transition|F=Foreign
UGUnsp=UGood Unsupported|UGShld=UGood shielded|HSPShld=Hotspare shielded
CFShld=Configured shielded|Cpybck=CopyBack|CBShld=Copyback Shielded
UBUnsp=UBad Unsupported|Rbld=Rebuild

Enclosures = 1

Enclosure LIST :
==============

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
EID State Slots PD PS Fans TSs Alms SIM Port# ProdID VendorSpecific
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
65 OK 12 8 0 0 2 0 0 C0 & C1 x8 SAS3x28 x28-66.6.1.5
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

EID=Enclosure Device ID | PD=Physical drive count | PS=Power Supply count
TSs=Temperature sensor count | Alms=Alarm count | SIM=SIM Count | ProdID=Product ID


Cachevault_Info :
===============

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Model State Temp Mode MfgDate
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CVPM05 Optimal 29C - 2018/06/27
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Is it so the 9460-8i has it built in already or is it a missing feature from newer adapters, deprecated?
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It's deprecated now (and makes microchips adaptec controllers with their maxcache 4.0 solution more attractive)
 
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View attachment 31312

It's deprecated now (and makes microchips adaptec controllers with their maxcache 4.0 solution more attractive)
Oh that was what I was afraid of. Is there any other means to use SSD on the 9460 to do tiering or something like that to accelerate old HDD?
 

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According to a quick google search; no there isn't one besides the (controllers) ram cache ._.
 

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Oh and thats tiny. I have always had something against Broadcom / Avago business modell so this is just another opportunity to move further away from them and buy Microsemi/Adaptec. Put this card in the bin and buy a new. Thanks!