Is there anyway I can flash this controller with HBA firmware like you can with SAS2008 based controllers?
X9DRH-7TF SAS2208 HBA firmware
- Thread starter modder man
- Start date
Notice: Page may contain affiliate links for which we may earn a small commission through services like Amazon Affiliates or Skimlinks.
From some quick reading I did when I came across this issue you can configure the controller in JBOD mode without a firmware flash needed. I think it was mentioned on another thread here that this may be deprecated in more recent firmware so YMMV, but it's working without issues for me.
Switching LSI SAS 2208 and similar chipsets to JBOD mode
Switching LSI SAS 2208 and similar chipsets to JBOD mode
The fear that I have is I also came across some documentation suggesting not to do that for things like freenas.
Because FreeNAS lacks proper up to date drivers for LSI's ROC drivers. However it runs fine elsewhere with proper drivers, and a good firmware version
I have a few nodes running simple ZFS mirrors with 2208 in JBOD passthrough mode 0 issues. And a friend of mine just borrowed a few 2208 cards in JBOD mode to recover his ZFS pool on ZoL, so runs good!
Other OS such as what? I have been considering switching to Napp-it since I dont use any freenas features anyway. All it does is host a storage pool.Because FreeNAS lacks proper up to date drivers for LSI's ROC drivers. However it runs fine elsewhere with proper drivers, and a good firmware version
I have a few nodes running simple ZFS mirrors with 2208 in JBOD passthrough mode 0 issues. And a friend of mine just borrowed a few 2208 cards in JBOD mode to recover his ZFS pool on ZoL, so runs good!
Ubuntu + ZoL works great in this case. I think OmniOS has decent support, but I'm not 100% sure.