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Do you assume that the HP expander does not support staggered spin-up, based on your argumentation, or do you actually know it? In my opinion it's still not 100% clear if the HP Expander prevents staggered spinup. In this thread we have at least one report where HP Expander + staggered spinup...

Okay, I just found out the IT and IR firmwares are only present in the download "Package for Firmware and BIOS Upgrade on MSDOS and Windows". Does that mean the IT firmware of the LSI SAS 9211-8i provides the ability to setup the staggered spin up delay?

Are you sure this is also valid for the LSI SAS 9211-8i controller? I cannot find different IT or IR firmwares on their website: http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/sas_hbas/internal/sas9211-8i/index.html BTW: Does anybody know how to setup the staggered spinup...

Hi, I've already searched the thread for "staggered", but I could not find definite answers for my questions: Is there any known SAS controller + HP expander combination which supports staggered spinup? In particular I'm thinking about buying a LSI 9211-8i controller and the HP...