April 7, 20179 yr I have just purchased one of these controllers in order to utilise 4x3tb SAS drives. Does the stock firmware support IT mode or do i need to crossflash it in order to use that? It is a LSI SAS 2008 chipset.
April 10, 20179 yr Posting this to conserve the info on the adapter since the ebay link will disappear one day. Quote LENOVO 46C8935 9212-4I4E 6GB 4PORT PCI-EXPRESS 2.0 X8 SAS HOST BUS ADAPTER - PRODUCT TYPE: SAS RAID CONTROLLER - CONTROLLER INTERFACE TYPE: SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI . SERIAL ATA/600 - BUS TYPE : PCI EXPRESS 2.0 X8 - DATA TRANSFER RATE: 6GB/S PER PORT - RAID LEVEL: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 1E, RAID 10E - SUPPORTED DRIVE: SAS AND SATA HDDS, SSDS, AND TAPE DRIVES - MAX DRIVE SUPPORT: UP TO 256 PHYSICAL DEVICES - FORM FACTOR: LOW-PROFILE PLUG-IN CARD - PLATFORM SUPPORT: PC , SOLARIS - PORTS: 1 X SFF-8088 MINI SAS 600 - SERIAL ATTACHED SCSI EXTERNAL 4 X SERIAL ATA/600 - SERIAL ATA INTERNAL
April 12, 20179 yr Author This has now arrived, I flashed it with the LSI firmware (no crossflash needed) and its working fine.
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