Re: [OmniOS-discuss] PCI-e x8 only running x4

2017-01-24 Thread Dan McDonald
DAMN. I swapped '2' and '3'. 2008, 2308, 3008 ==> mpt_sas 2108, 2208, 3108 ==> mr_sas Sorry about that folks! Dan ___ OmniOS-discuss mailing list OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] PCI-e x8 only running x4

2017-01-24 Thread Dominik Hassler
On 01/24/2017 02:22 AM, Dan McDonald wrote: On Jan 23, 2017, at 8:17 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: I am aware of that and an upgrade to a 2x08 is on the todo list. Highly recommend x == 0 or 2, or also consider a 3008. All of these are mpt_sas boards. x == 1 or 3 are mr_sas boards, whic

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] PCI-e x8 only running x4

2017-01-24 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 24 Jan 2017, Matej Žerovnik wrote: I’m running LSI 9300-8e for the last 6 months in producution without problems. I have Supermicro JBOD attached to it with SAS drives in it. So, 12Gb/s controller and drives and 6Gb/s backplace. Perhaps SuperMicro is not eager to re-qualify their exis

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] PCI-e x8 only running x4

2017-01-24 Thread Matej Žerovnik
I’m running LSI 9300-8e for the last 6 months in producution without problems. I have Supermicro JBOD attached to it with SAS drives in it. So, 12Gb/s controller and drives and 6Gb/s backplace. lp, Matej > On 24 Jan 2017, at 15:50, Bob Friesenhahn > wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Jan 2017, Svavar Ör

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] PCI-e x8 only running x4

2017-01-24 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 24 Jan 2017, Svavar Örn Eysteinsson wrote: Which 16port internal controller would you guys recommend ? I'm totall lost in the catalog at LSI site... I have a LSI 9300-16i 12Gb/s SAS controller which seems to be working fine here. I am still burn-in testing but it has been 3 days alre

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] PCI-e x8 only running x4

2017-01-24 Thread Svavar Örn Eysteinsson
Which 16port internal controller would you guys recommend ? I'm totall lost in the catalog at LSI site... Thanks allot. Svavar > On 24 Jan 2017, at 01:22, Dan McDonald wrote: > > >> On Jan 23, 2017, at 8:17 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: >> >> I am aware of that and an upgrade to a 2x08 is

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] PCI-e x8 only running x4

2017-01-23 Thread Richard Elling
> On Jan 23, 2017, at 5:17 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > > On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 19:27:51 -0500 > Dale Ghent wrote: > >> >> Check your BIOS settings for the slots, they might be limited there. I also >> note that this motherboard model has two physical x8 PCIe slots but one of >> them is wir

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] PCI-e x8 only running x4

2017-01-23 Thread Dan McDonald
> On Jan 23, 2017, at 8:17 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > > I am aware of that and an upgrade to a 2x08 is on the todo list. Highly recommend x == 0 or 2, or also consider a 3008. All of these are mpt_sas boards. x == 1 or 3 are mr_sas boards, which have (eww) HW-RAID on them. Dan ___

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] PCI-e x8 only running x4

2017-01-23 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 19:27:51 -0500 Dale Ghent wrote: > > Check your BIOS settings for the slots, they might be limited there. I also > note that this motherboard model has two physical x8 PCIe slots but one of > them is wired for 4 lanes only. Is your card in that slot? Something not > linkin

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] PCI-e x8 only running x4

2017-01-23 Thread Dale Ghent
> On Jan 23, 2017, at 5:13 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have a problem with a LSI 1068E HBA which supposedly should be > capable of exhausting all 8 lanes in a x8 slot but it seems not to use > more than 4 lanes: > > 06:00.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic

[OmniOS-discuss] PCI-e x8 only running x4

2017-01-23 Thread Michael Rasmussen
Hi all, I have a problem with a LSI 1068E HBA which supposedly should be capable of exhausting all 8 lanes in a x8 slot but it seems not to use more than 4 lanes: 06:00.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1068E PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS (rev 08) LnkCap: Port