Re: [zfs-discuss] Has anyone used a Dell with a PERC H310?
On 08.01.2013 20:43, Krunal Desai wrote: On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Sašo Kiselkov skiselkov...@gmail.com wrote: PERC H200 are well behaved cards that are easy to reflash and work well (even in JBOD mode) on Illumos - they are essentially a LSI SAS 9211. If you can get them, they're one heck of a reliable beast, and cheap too! That method that was linked seemed very specific to Dell servers; from my experience with reflashing various LSI cards, can't I just USB boot to a FreeDOS environment in any system, and then run sasflash/sas2flsh with the appropriate IT-mode firmware? It is indeed very specific to Dell cards and I've actually tried to use the generic instructions for the M1015 and it failed because it the card didn't match the firmware version. The normal method with an M1015 is wipe raid firmware with the megarec (Megaraid recovery tool), reboot and flash on IT firmware. The Dell method is more involved but it's the only why that I've managed to got a Dell H200 cross flashed. Seems like the M1015 has spiked in price again on eBay (US) whilst the H200 is still under $100. -- Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] HP Proliant DL360 G7
On 08.01.2013 18:30, Edmund White wrote: The D2600 and D2700 enclosures are fully supported as Nexenta JBODs. [1] I run them in multiple production environments [2]. [2] I *could* use an HP-branded LSI controller (SC08Ge [3]), but I prefer the higher performance of the LSI 9211 and 9205e HBA's. The HP H221 is the newer SAS2008 based HBA that replaces the SC08Ge, it's definitely a pure HBA as I have one but I don't have any external disk shelves to test with currently. http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/14222_div/14222_div.html -- Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Has anyone used a Dell with a PERC H310?
On 07/01/13 14:01, Andrzej Sochon wrote: Hello *Sašo*! I found you here: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/2012-May/051546.html “How about reflashing LSI firmware to the card? I read on Dell's spec sheets that the card runs an LSISAS2008 chip, so chances are that standard LSI firmware will work on it. I can send you all the required bits to do the reflash, if you like.” I got Dell Perc H310 controller for do-it-yourself experiments, I tried to run it on non-Dell PC platforms like Asus P5Q and Foxconn G31MX. Without success. I will appreciate very much any hint how to get LSI firmware and reflash Dell H310. I've successfully crossflashed Dell H200 cards with this method http://forums.servethehome.com/showthread.php?467-DELL-H200-Flash-to-IT-firmware-Procedure-for-DELL-servers -- Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] Has anyone used a Dell with a PERC H310?
On 07/01/13 21:16, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: On 01/07/2013 09:32 PM, Tim Fletcher wrote: On 07/01/13 14:01, Andrzej Sochon wrote: Hello *Sašo*! I found you here: http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/zfs-discuss/2012-May/051546.html “How about reflashing LSI firmware to the card? I read on Dell's spec sheets that the card runs an LSISAS2008 chip, so chances are that standard LSI firmware will work on it. I can send you all the required bits to do the reflash, if you like.” I got Dell Perc H310 controller for do-it-yourself experiments, I tried to run it on non-Dell PC platforms like Asus P5Q and Foxconn G31MX. Without success. I will appreciate very much any hint how to get LSI firmware and reflash Dell H310. I've successfully crossflashed Dell H200 cards with this method http://forums.servethehome.com/showthread.php?467-DELL-H200-Flash-to-IT-firmware-Procedure-for-DELL-servers PERC H200 are well behaved cards that are easy to reflash and work well (even in JBOD mode) on Illumos - they are essentially a LSI SAS 9211. If you can get them, they're one heck of a reliable beast, and cheap too! The modular version of the card is often cheaper and takes 2 minutes with a torx driver to take off the black plastic L. I've bought one of these before and it worked well: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170888398081 -- Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
