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

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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.

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

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

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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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