Firmware for these date back to 2010. Update to 2014 firmware or some SSD’s will only signal 3Gbps not 6Gbps. Some modern consumer boards will need the CSM set properly so it will be recognized. This one would not set the VD in WebBIOS, had to set array up via OS management tools. After that Windows 10 2H20 or Ubuntu Focal works fine. Without a BBU I am getting 375MBps writes and 2600Mbps on reads. Depending on the SSD brand will pass through drive temps.
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cor –
A little tricky to set up but there’s plenty of info to learn about it, update the firmware if you are installing big drives
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Jorge Patiño –
Funciona según los esperado, actualice el firmware al más reciente (se encuentra desde la pagina broadcom, 9260-8i), igualmente se encuentran los controladores y otras utilidades o documentación. Agregue unidades de 18TB Seagete exos interface SAS en raid 0 y funcionan correctamente, el disipador que trae la tarjeta se calienta bastante, espero no sea un problema en el futuro.
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Thomas Scherer –
These IBM cards can be reflashed to take the Avago/LSI/Broadcom firmware. It turns it into a 9240-8i that support RAID 1, 0 and 5 with megaraid firmware. These can be cross flashed to Avago/LSI/Broadcom 9205-8I that is a true HBA for things like VSAN, Ceph or ZFS. These are a great value and cheaper than purchasing a HBA. Highs: Supports RAID or HBA with cross flash Lower cost than OEM Avago/LSI/Broadcom cards
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S.Day –
The computer recognizes it as an IBM ServeRAID M5015, which threw me off at first. It came with very old firmware, and I had trouble finding updated firmware by Google for the ServeRAID M5015. But I found that you can flash the LSI 9260-8i firmware on it, so I did that. I was able to flash it with the Windows MSM and flashed with no problems.
side note. Some people online talk about the ServeRAID having a much slower post when the computer boots up. If you do not need it to post during start up, most motherboards will bypass this within their own EUFI by selecting quick boot. If you need to get into the STORE CLI or anything like that, just go back into the EUFI and turn OFF quick boot.
Spuwho –
Firmware for these date back to 2010. Update to 2014 firmware or some SSD’s will only signal 3Gbps not 6Gbps. Some modern consumer boards will need the CSM set properly so it will be recognized. This one would not set the VD in WebBIOS, had to set array up via OS management tools. After that Windows 10 2H20 or Ubuntu Focal works fine. Without a BBU I am getting 375MBps writes and 2600Mbps on reads. Depending on the SSD brand will pass through drive temps.
cor –
A little tricky to set up but there’s plenty of info to learn about it, update the firmware if you are installing big drives
Jorge Patiño –
Funciona según los esperado, actualice el firmware al más reciente (se encuentra desde la pagina broadcom, 9260-8i), igualmente se encuentran los controladores y otras utilidades o documentación.
Agregue unidades de 18TB Seagete exos interface SAS en raid 0 y funcionan correctamente, el disipador que trae la tarjeta se calienta bastante, espero no sea un problema en el futuro.
Thomas Scherer –
These IBM cards can be reflashed to take the Avago/LSI/Broadcom firmware. It turns it into a 9240-8i that support RAID 1, 0 and 5 with megaraid firmware. These can be cross flashed to Avago/LSI/Broadcom 9205-8I that is a true HBA for things like VSAN, Ceph or ZFS. These are a great value and cheaper than purchasing a HBA.
Highs:
Supports RAID or HBA with cross flash
Lower cost than OEM Avago/LSI/Broadcom cards
S.Day –
The computer recognizes it as an IBM ServeRAID M5015, which threw me off at first. It came with very old firmware, and I had trouble finding updated firmware by Google for the ServeRAID M5015. But I found that you can flash the LSI 9260-8i firmware on it, so I did that. I was able to flash it with the Windows MSM and flashed with no problems.
side note. Some people online talk about the ServeRAID having a much slower post when the computer boots up. If you do not need it to post during start up, most motherboards will bypass this within their own EUFI by selecting quick boot. If you need to get into the STORE CLI or anything like that, just go back into the EUFI and turn OFF quick boot.