LSI SAS3008 HBA high temperature ?

[twin_savage]

I've managed to tame the temps on my 9306 by getting a single slot fan shroud for it:

 

[itronin]

I've managed to tame the temps on my 9306 by getting a single slot fan shroud for it:

my google-fu is apparently not strong - do you have a source for that single slot fan shroud ? I like it and it would be great for a use-case I have.

 

[twin_savage]

Here's the .STL file for the fan shroud, it can be printed in one go (no bad overhangs); its designed around a GDB5410 fan that just snaps in.
I might actually design an improved version using a BFB0612HB fan in the near future because I'm not 100% happy with the amount of noise this iteration makes.

 

[itronin]

awesome!

 

[twin_savage]

Please ignore that version 2e of the cooler. I've designed a version 3a that has significantly better performance with the same GDB5410 fan. I had to flip the fan around so that it intakes air are from the PCB side of the card rather than the "front" of the card due to the chirality of the fan. The new cooler performs more than 20F better than the old one while running a noctua low noise adapter (vs the old one running at the full 12 volts) and being close-ish to silent.





Temps while running LNA:

 

[drdepasquale]

Here's the .STL file for the fan shroud, it can be printed in one go (no bad overhangs); its designed around a GDB5410 fan that just snaps in.
I might actually design an improved version using a BFB0612HB fan in the near future because I'm not 100% happy with the amount of noise this iteration makes.

These are great! They should be mass produced and sold because there is a need for active cooling of SAS controller cards.

 

[ttvd]

I ended up watercooling my 9300-8e - I was watercooling most parts of the system already and figured I might as well. Used an alphacool mcx block and 3d printed the mounting bracket. Works pretty well.

 

[ttvd]

I was trying to check the temperatures of my LSI SAS3008, but storcli does not seem to detect the card:
Any idea how to get the temperature info?

Try an older storcli version. I can't see mine either with 007.3303 but I can see it with 007.1504 (from 2020); which is weird since both are supposed to support 3008.

 

[trumee]

@twin_savage Can you provide a link where the fan can be bought please?

 

[twin_savage]

@twin_savage Can you provide a link where the fan can be bought please?

I don't mean to endorse a specific seller, but these would work:
1pc Brushless DC Cooling Blower Fan 40mm 4010S 50x40x10mm 5V 12V 24V 2pin Fan | eBay

Slightly more genuine delta version of same fan:
DELTA DC Blower Fan 50x40x10mm 4010 12V 0.24A 3pin Connectors BFB0412HA 1pcs | eBay


I realized that the last design of the HBA shroud I shared doesn't allow for fitting slimsas cables with built-in a guard/shroud around the connector; luckily these cables are more rare than the more normal slimsas connectors.
I rev'd the design to accommodate for this if anyone is interested (I don't want to spam the forum with all my design iterations).

 

[leeka40]

I was trying to check the temperatures of my LSI SAS3008, but storcli does not seem to detect the card:

$ sudo lspci | grep -i LSI
03:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS3008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-3 (rev 02)

$ sudo ./sas3flash -list
Avago Technologies SAS3 Flash Utility
Version 16.00.00.00 (2017.05.02)
Copyright 2008-2017 Avago Technologies. All rights reserved.

        Adapter Selected is a Avago SAS: SAS3008(C0)

        Controller Number              : 0
        Controller                     : SAS3008(C0)
        PCI Address                    : 00:03:00:00
        SAS Address                    : 5003048-0-2516-d400
        NVDATA Version (Default)       : 0e.01.30.28
        NVDATA Version (Persistent)    : 0e.01.30.28
        Firmware Product ID            : 0x2221 (IT)
        Firmware Version               : 16.00.14.00
        NVDATA Vendor                  : LSI
        NVDATA Product ID              : LSI3008-IT
        BIOS Version                   : 08.27.00.00
        UEFI BSD Version               : 13.07.00.00
        FCODE Version                  : N/A
        Board Name                     : LSI3008-IR
        Board Assembly                 : N/A
        Board Tracer Number            : N/A

        Finished Processing Commands Successfully.
        Exiting SAS3Flash.

  sudo ./storcli64 show
CLI Version = 007.3205.0000.0000 Oct 09, 2024
Operating system = Linux 6.1.0-28-amd64
Status Code = 0
Status = Success
Description = None

Number of Controllers = 0
Host Name = OMV-DL80
Operating System  = Linux 6.1.0-28-amd64
StoreLib IT Version = 07.3205.0200.0000

Any idea how to get the temperature info?

I went through this fight last week. I put an LSI 9300-8i in my TrueNAS scale machine. I downloaded the specific firmware from the TrueNAS forums and ultimately just put it into a windows box and used the win64 utility to flash. To the point, to get temps on TrueNAS I had to find 007.2705.0000.0000_storcli_rel.zip file (unified_storcli_all_os) from the official site. In this you will find the Ubuntu deb package. Extract that and there you will find storcli64. This works on TrueNAS for my LSI HBA card.

I couldn't find the site where I downloaded that version but I did find a site that seems to have the latest MR 7.33:

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Search technical documentation and downloads including firmware and drivers.

www.broadcom.com

 

[TrashMaster]

I have a stack of these in my truenas box. They ran extremely hot around ~68c I think, so I wound up strapping a 120mm fan to the top.

Now they are more managable:

HBA (LSI 3008) Temperatures:
=== Controller 0 ===
ROC temperature(Degree Celsius) = 50 | 50°C
=== Controller 1 ===
ROC temperature(Degree Celsius) = 53 | 53°C
=== Controller 2 ===
ROC temperature(Degree Celsius) = 52 | 52°C
=== Controller 3 ===
ROC temperature(Degree Celsius) = 51 | 51°C

The Mellanox connectx-6 card also seemed to really want the active cooling.