scruffters 29 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 (edited) Hello gang, I've had a look and it looks as though nobody can get the Gen10 working with an add in RAID. Am I reading that right? Ideally I'd like to stick an LSI controller in one of these, am I being too optimistic? Edited December 17, 2017 by scruffters Link to post Share on other sites
schoondoggy 900 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Most issues I have seen relate to HP RAID controllers like P222 not working. At some point I did put a LSI controller in it running as a HBA, IT mode, it worked. What type of LSI controller were you looking at using and what RAID level? Link to post Share on other sites
scruffters 29 Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 Thanks schoon. I'd be running something like a 9260 or 9361, likely in RAID5. I've used the Gen8 for small deployments for a number of years. The P222 integration was always excellent and made storage health very obvious for the end user. I can't get the performance my workload needs from ZFS or MD, so basically in need of a small chassis that supports a real RAID. The lack of iLO is a worry, but thats not the main issue. Link to post Share on other sites
schoondoggy 900 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 I may have a 9260. I will check. Link to post Share on other sites
scruffters 29 Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 Legend, thanks Schoon :-) Link to post Share on other sites
Scepticalist 7 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Seeing as we had a report of the P410 working I'm going to give it another try. Maybe putting BIOS into legacy mode will work and I'll see if there's a firmware update for mine. Link to post Share on other sites
scruffters 29 Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 How did you get on schoondoggy? ..sorry to pester, just curious Link to post Share on other sites
schoondoggy 900 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Unfortunately I have not found it, yet. Link to post Share on other sites
schoondoggy 900 Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 OK,,,, I found my inventory of LSI cards. Unfortunately, I did not have a 9260, but I do have a 9240. The problem with the 9240 or 9260 is the physical connection. They have their ports near the bracket and the chassis blocks the SFF-8087 connections. The picture below is a HP/LSI HBA. To fit in a MS Gen10 the RAID card needs to have the port on the far end of the card: Physically, a 9361 should fit, but you would need a cable to convert SFF-8643 to SFF-8087. A 9261 should fit and would not require a cable converter. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tighernain 1 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Hi Guys, I tried an LSI 9260 in mine tonight and unfortunately the machine wouldn't boot with the card installed. Link to post Share on other sites
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