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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    I've connected two HP expander cards to a single LSI 9211-8i HBA just for testing purposes. Was able to see any and all drives connected to any of the ports on both expander cards. Never tried daisy-chaining them. Flashing the firmware (on either an HBA or expander) is not for the timid, at...
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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    Depends on how you're using your server. With some systems, such as unRAID, most people use SSD for cache writes and then dump the cache to spinning drives overnight. Things that need fast read speeds are kept on the SSD cache. Cheers!
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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    So it's your backplane that's the issue? I have these old SuperMicro CSE-M35T-1B 5-in-3 drive cages, and the drives in them negotiate 3Gb/s with LSI 9201-8i & HP Expander. I was pleasantly surprised when I tried them on the "new" build; I've had the cages for about 10 years.
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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    I flashed both of my cards to latest 2.10 firmware while connected to LSI SAS9211-8i using Linux booted from USB stick. Not that difficult if you follow instructions carefully. At command prompt, type in "lsscsi -g | grep HP" (without quotes) to get firmware version.
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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    Depending on your NAS configuration, the speed could affect thoughput. If you're running something like unRaid or other software-based NAS system, then the speed isn't an issue, especially if you also have somewhat decent SSD cache drive(s) available. For most DIY NAS users, these cards are...
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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    Same, I just use the LSI SAS9201-8i (IT mode). Probably easier to run the installer with P410. Cheers!
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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    Don't really need the P410 to flash the card, but it's helpful. Rather convoluted to do it in Linux, but works very well. Just have to be careful and follow directions precisely. Thanks for the heads up about new version!
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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    Well, I think I figured the HP Expander card issue out. Set device timeout options in LSI SAS9201-8i higher than default, and all drive offline issues went away! Now to start turning each one back down one at a time, to see which one(s) actually affect the disks. For now, seems to be running...
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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    I've always disabled the bios, because I don't boot from any disk connected to the 9201, and no need for bios to be loaded in memory. If I don't have the HP Expander card connected, just drives directly to 9201, OS sees all drives perfectly. I don't change settings when connecting the expander.
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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    Hello All, It seems my successful preliminary evaluation of the combo Avago/LSI 9201-8i and HP Expander card was short-lived. After some time, upon restart of the system, I would randomly lose drives. This progressed until only 1 or 2 drives show up on reboot to OS. The strange thing is that I...
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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    Excellent! Ordered one just now. I think that the card can be safely & securely mounted below the motherboard in an available slot in my case (10 available, so 3 empty below mb). If not, I should be able to find a good place for it in this case (thermaltake core wp200). Many thanks!
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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    Does anyone know if something like this would work to simply power the HP expansion card properly (without connecting the little card via usb to a pcie slot)...
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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    Successfully installed Avago (LSI?) 2008 chipset based controller and HP expander last night. Pulled Areca 1220 out. UnRaid rebuilt perfectly, even though ports were changed all around, including some motherboard ports also. Amazing. The expander card negotiates at sata 2 speed, 3Gbs, which is...
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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    LSI 9201 w/ 9211 IT mode fw ver P20.00.07.00 arriving this week. As I understand it, the 9201 is the same as 9211 except for nvram chip, which supposedly isn't used in IT mode. This is according to ebay seller theartofserver's youtube video on the subject. How do I tell what firmware is on the...
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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    Thanks for the info! I'll probably find something else then. Doesn't have to support all the fancy raid options, just JBOD for UnRaid. Any suggestions on what might work well with the HP expander card?
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