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I also recommend that you delete the volume that the LSI9240 may have just created and set it up fresh as a simple volume, I have found some issues in trying to format the drive. Newly setup drives may (should) be setup with ‘Disk Management’ in Control Panel, this will add any unconfigured HDDs, allow you to then format them.
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This is a very useful utility and a must for any OS you are using. Here you can also create/remove/adjust Virtual drives, make JBODs etc. LSI have a utility called ‘MegaRAID Storage Manager’ MSM, which allows most things the OptionROM does.
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I use Windows 7 as my main OS so I’ll discuss the features of this OS, but it does have support for most other OS’s. You will need to adjust the System boot order if you are booting from the LSI9240 card. Once you’ve setup your HDD’s to your needs, exit out and reboot. It also allows you to set a boot device, but NOT a secondary boot device as with the LSI9211 (details to follow) The M1015 in LSI9240 mode (as it comes shipped) cannot passthrough ‘Unconfigured Good’ drives to the OS, they have to be a Virtual Drive or a JBOD, this is let down in my eyes as it ads an extra layer between the HDD and the OS, but only a small price in performance, which we’ll also see later. The 9240 based OptionROM has a very basic GUI, it allows to setup up JBOD drives, setup RAID virtual drives, and make/remove Hotspares and etc. To get to the actual LSI OptionROM you need to first press whatever key combo to allow booting from a different device when the system BIOS splash screen is up, then select the LSI card as the boot device. Here by pressing CTRL+H you can enter the OptionROM and make/remove Virtual drives in raid or JBOD, other functions can be done as well, but very limited. Once the card is plugged in you are greeted after the System BIOS splash screen with the LSI BIOS/ Firmware screen. IBM M1015 in LSI9240 mode (as default/shipped) Below I’ll go through the card and what it can and cannot do, these are my opinions and others may vary, please feel free to comment and/or point out mistakes.
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I have successfully used the M5000 key (for the M5000 series controllers) and this also allows RAID 5 and SED. LSI 9240-8i (Yes this looks like the M1015) This key also allows SED drive security, probably more useful than RAID5 (as we’ll show later.) The M1000 key is not really worth it for the extras that you get. The LSI 9240-8i is RAID 5 and 50 capable the M1015 needs an ‘ M1000 Advanced Feature key‘. There is one main difference differences to the M1015 and the LSI9240. The IBM M1015 is based on the LSI SAS2008 ROC controller, its LSI OEM name is LSI 9220-8i.
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I remembered to ask for a full height bracket to fit it in the case as standard from IBM servers they don’t come with one and these cards with cable attached can easily come out of the PCIe slot. The system pull IBM M1015 cards can be had on EBAY for as little as ~$60, I’ve seen them in NZ for as little as US$32 (a steal) LSI versions (LSI9240-8i) retail over US$200.Īfter a considerable wait the M1015 turned up. I already had a couple of SATA3 OCZ Solid3 60GB SSDs that I wanted to use to their full potential, after having discovered that the SATA3 based Marvel 9128 controller is fairly slow. I have been toying with the idea of setting up a server to keep the files and have them safe(r) then just spread across various HDDs After some research I choose the IBM M1015 due to its versatility in many different guises. I keep all these files on HDDs at home along with all my other interests and bits and pieces.
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