LSI SAS 2308

[jjw7mc]

Hello,

 

I'm about to purchase a SuperMicro X10SL7-F motherboard that has an onboard LSI SAS 2308 controller . Do you know if Scanner could get the SMART data from the drives connected to the LSI SAS 2308 controller? I plan on flashing to IT firmware once I receive it.

[Christopher (Drashna)]

Yeah, it should be able to get the SMART data from the controller.

 

I'm using an IBM ServeRAID m1015 card, which uses the LSI SAS2008 chipset (similar to the LSI9240-8i card).

 

However, some have reported that you need to use the "Unsafe" DirectIo option.

If this is the case, then you need to do this:

http://wiki.covecube.com/StableBit_Scanner_Advanced_Settings

Find the "DirectIo" section, and check the "Unsafe" option. Then reboot the server (or just restart the "StableBit Scanner Service"). It should then see the SMART data.

 

And that's a nice board!

Don't forget to setup IPMI on it.

[jjw7mc]

Yes!!....That’s a relief, I was afraid I would have to look for new board if Scanner didn’t work, can't live without it.

 

I plan to run ESXI 5.5 Update 2 on it and virtualize my WS2012E Server I have running now. I'm going to pass through the controller to the VM once I P2V it.

[Christopher (Drashna)]

Yeah, it definitely shouldn't be an issue.

 

However, if you're using ESXi, then you may want to check out this thread:

http://community.covecube.com/index.php?/topic/131-how-to-get-smart-data-passed-on-from-esxi-51-host/

 

SHould allow you to successfully pass on the SMART data to the VM.