Is your HL15 X11 Motherboard HBA in IR or IT mode?

Out of curiosity, what is everyone’s HBA on your HL15 configured to (IR vs IT mode)

I received a system with the HBA in IR (RAID) mode and not IT mode


root@truenas[~]# sas3flash -list
Avago Technologies SAS3 Flash Utility
Version 16.00.00.00 (2017.05.02)
Copyright 2008-2017 Avago Technologies. All rights reserved.

        Adapter Selected is a Avago SAS: SAS3008(C0)

        Controller Number              : 0
        Controller                     : SAS3008(C0)
        PCI Address                    : 00:19:00:00
        SAS Address                    : 5003048-0-1d02-750c
        NVDATA Version (Default)       : 0e.00.21.00
        NVDATA Version (Persistent)    : 0e.00.21.00
        Firmware Product ID            : 0x2721 (IR)
        Firmware Version               : 15.00.03.00
        NVDATA Vendor                  : LSI
        NVDATA Product ID              : LSI3008-IR
        BIOS Version                   : 08.35.00.00
        UEFI BSD Version               : 17.00.00.00
        FCODE Version                  : N/A
        Board Name                     : LSI3008-IR
        Board Assembly                 : N/A
        Board Tracer Number            : N/A

        Finished Processing Commands Successfully.
        Exiting SAS3Flash.

Since ZFS does not really like IR mode it is surprising what the system I received was in IR mode.

Hey @wallacebrf, All of our HBA cards we use are in IT mode for software RAID support.

I figured, then I wonder why the system I received and am now RMA return was configured for IR mode. Interesting

for those who are interested, my replacement system was configured correctly for IT mode, so for some reason my first system was not configured correctly before it shipped.

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