On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 6:32 PM hw <hw at gc-24.de> wrote: > > I don't like the idea of flashing one. I don't have the firmware and I > don't > know if they can be flashed with Linux. Aren't there any good --- and cost > efficient --- ones that do JBOD by default, preferably including 16-port > cards > with mini-SAS connectors? > > the firmware is freely downloadable from lsi/broadcom, and linux has sas2flash or sas3flash (for 2x08/3008 respectively) command line tools to do the flashing. pretty much standard procedure for the ZFS crowd to flash those... the 2x08 cards often come with "IR" firmware that does limited raid, and its preferable to flash them with the IT firmware that puts them in plain HBA mode, stands for Initiator-Target. -- -john r pierce recycling used bits in santa cruz