Will Broadcom/LSI SAS 9300-8i HBA work and needs flash to IT mode?


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Hi all,

 

to get rid of my Marvell-based HBA I looked into buying the Broadcom/LSI SAS 9300-8i HBA (https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/host-bus-adapters/sas-9300-8i) (https://docs.broadcom.com/doc/12352000).

 

My questions are,

  1. will it work in unRAID?
  2. would need to be flashed to IT mode?
  3. for the buck (roughly 230 EUR) is there anything better I could get?

 

Thank you for helping out!

 B

 

 

 

 

 

 

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It will work and it's IT mode only, so no need for flashing, though it might still need a firmware update if it's on a very old one, but that's very easy. like a BIOS update.

 

As for the price it's about right for a new one, you might look on ebay for used server pulls, I got two some time ago for around $75 each, with cables.

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Thank you!

 

I can get a used IBM ServeRAID M5110 8 Port 6G SASPCIe x8 Controller Raid: 0, 1, 10

for a low price from a reliable shop.

 

I guess I would have to flash it to IT mode.

Is that possible? Is the firmware and procedure available?

 

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