[OmniOS-discuss] LSI 9300-16i SAS and OmniOS?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sun, 4 Sep 2016, Peter Tribble wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 10:42 PM, Bob Friesenhahn <
> bfriesen at simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote:
>
>> Is the LSI 9300-16i SAS support in OmniOS known to be robust?
>>
>> I am planning to use it with the SuperMicro SC836BA-R920B 3U case and
>> Supermicro X10DRi-T4+ motherboard to build a storage server.
>>
>> Is there anything about this HBA and motherboard that might cause an issue?
>>
>
> Should be good. We're using that X10DRi-T4+ motherboard with the LSI
> 9300-8i HBA (in the 2U chassis,
> where the 16i wouldn't fit), and everything has worked perfectly so far.

That is good to hear.  I did not see any hardware on the motherboard 
which is not supported by OmniOS.

Something which is not clear to me (or to my computer builder) is if 
using a 12gb SAS HBA and 12gb SAS disks with a passive backplane 
described by SuperMicro as being 3g/6g might cause issues.  It is not 
clear if the end devices somehow detect that the chassis is certified 
for 6g or if they will use 12g and possibly work just fine, or 
encounter issues.  The signalling and cables for 6g and 12g are the 
same, but with 12g using a higher clocking rate.

Bob
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