Lenovo N2215 hba

[emlock]

Good morning,

I'm trying to repurpose a Lenovo x3650 m5 as a truenas box, actually is equipped with a raid card and I have to change it with an IBM m1215 in it mode to use truenas.

In Lenovopress i saw that the x3650 m5 can host even an hba N2215, question is:

if I buy this one I need to flash it in IT mode or it's already OK to use it on truenas?

This is the link of the hba:

N2215 12Gb SAS/SATA Internal HBA Product Guide (withdrawn product)

The N2215 SAS/SATA HBA is a 12Gb SAS/SATA host bus adapter for connectivity to internal storage. This eight-port host bus adapter supports direct attachment to SAS and SATA internal HDDs and SSDs. With a low-profile form-factor design, the N2215 SAS/SATA HBA offers two x4 internal mini-SAS HD...

lenovopress.com

Let me know if it can work out of the box.

Thanks in advance

 

[fullbodydenim]

Yes, that IBM / Lenovo N2215 is just an OEM LSI SAS3008 based PCI-E 3.0 12Gbps based SAS / SATA HBA controller. I don't know if out of the box its in IT mode - most usually the default is in IR mode. You will probably need to cross flash it to its LSI SAS3008 equivalent using the firmware found at

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It looks like P16 is the latest version.