6.8.3 > 6.9.1 No gui, long boot time no access to server

After some more reboots i got it back on the gui, but have lost all my drives.

 

Edited March 26, 2021 by dansonamission

LSI is failing to initialize, best to downgrade back to v6.8 for now and try again with a future release, it might have a newer driver that woks best for you, you're not the first with issues, there's another user with two LSI HBAs and only one them works with v6.9.

Thanks, thought that might be the case. 

I've installed a different LSI card today and the update is working ok.

 

Is there a list of supported cards anywhere?

The one you had is supported, you deleted the diags but IIRC it was a SAS2008 or 2308 chip, it's a weird issue, there's a user with two identical controllers and only one of them works.

It was fitted with this..... Sticker on it says HP 220

 

0a:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller [0107]: Broadcom / LSI SAS2308 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 [1000:0087] (rev 05)
    DeviceName: Storage Controller
    Subsystem: Broadcom / LSI 9207-8i SAS2.1 HBA [1000:3020]
    Kernel driver in use: mpt3sas
    Kernel modules: mpt3sas

 

Now fitted with..... LSI branded

 

07:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller [0107]: Broadcom / LSI SAS2008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 [Falcon] [1000:0072] (rev 03)
    Subsystem: IBM SAS2008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 [Falcon] [1014:03cb]
    Kernel driver in use: mpt3sas
    Kernel modules: mpt3sas

1 minute ago, dansonamission said:

LSI 9207-8i

It's a 9207 and should work fine, many people using them, including myself.

3 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

It's a 9207 and should work fine, many people using them, including myself.

 

Looking at the H220 card again, there's a sticker that says SAS9205-8i H3-25278-05D 

 

and under the HP sticker logo is the LSI silk screen.

Edited March 29, 2021 by dansonamission

9205 is the OEM version of the 9207, they are identical.

Thanks for the info, that is good to know.

 

Its tempting to purchase another 9207 and see if it works.