Dell (LSI) 9202-16e 6Gbps SAS HBA low profile P20 IT mode ZFS TrueNAS unRAID
LSI 9202-16e SAS2 Host Bus Adapter (HBA) card flashed to latest initiator target (IT) firmware (P20 20.00.07.00)
REMOVED LSI/Avango MPTSAS2 BIOS ROM (07.39.02.00) so operating system boots faster.
Original SAS address preserved. Low profile bracket only.
Tested and confirmed that ONE controller is in good working condition.
NOTE: THIS CARD IS IN PARTIAL WORKING CONDITION. SAS2008 Controller 0 works as expected. SAS2008 Controller 1 is not online. This means that only 8 SAS2 lanes are available with this HBA. The top two SFF-8644 connectors are the only connectors that work.
From The Art of Server: "This is a very special HBA that was never sold directly from LSI (now Avago Technologies / Broadcom), but only sold through OEMs like Dell. This is a ultra high performance HBA with dual SAS2008 chipsets, and a PEX 8632 32-lane PCI-E switch chipset; it was basically the Ferrari of LSI HBAs of its time, able to achieve >5900MB/sec throughput (using SSD arrays) and >720,000 4K random read IOPS!
These are based on dual LSI SAS2008 SAS controller chipset w/ a 32-lane PCI-E switch (PEX8632) and support PCI-E 2.0 specifications with x16 lanes. Please make sure you have an available x16 (electrical) lane PCI-E slot to fully exploit what this HBA can do. The controller has 4 SFF-8644 connectors, each carrying 4 SAS lanes and support SAS-1, SAS-2, and SATA-II/III, up to 6Gbps connection per drive. You will need a compatible cable to connect these to your external hard drive chassis/JBOD."