LSI 9300-16i 16-Port 12Gb/s SAS Controller HBA Card with P16 IT Mode for ZFS TrueNAS unRAID

Using with Windows Server 2022It doesnt seem to be on the lastest P16 firmware, but that is easily rectified by using IBM Megaraid to update from Windows using the files from FreeNAS/TrueNAS (Google it). This is an important thing to do as I had continual disconnections of SATA-based devices until I installed it.It runs a bit hot, but I screwed an 80mm fan into the heatsing and it runs nice and cool.A good value.

I kept reading about these things running hot. I bought fans and am prepared to zip tie a fan to one if need be. At the moment I have two of the 4 ports occupied and 8 drives running off of it. It has worked great an as expected. It leaves a lot of room when I can potentially get 16 drives running off of this. I am using in an UNRAID NAS configuration.I can recommend these cards but I think everyone should be aware (as I was) to the heat they can generate and be prepared to mitigate that if need be.

This is my first time using an HBA and I was very pleased to see how plug and play it was. I ordered some cables featured in the "frequently purchased together" section on Amazon and thankfully it all played nicely together. I have 7 SATA SSDs connected to this thing with no issues so far. I plan on adding more drives shortly.As noted in the headline - this thing gets HOT HOT HOT. I pulled an 80mm fan out of my PC graveyard and zip-tied it to the PCIe brackets at the back of my NAS case. I also put a 140mm on the size with the connectors blowing toward the card and it's slightly warmer than room temperature now. Without the fans I nearly burned my fingers removing the card during my initial testing.10/10 would recommend this card.

The product itself is good. Fully operational and works as expected. The only complaint is that product is listed with P16 IT mode firmware installed. This was not the case when the product was received from seller SCSI4ME. P16 firmware for this particular card (16i) can be found on TrueNAS as Broadcom only lists the 8i P16 firmware. Be aware that the 16i contains 2 controllers and will need firmware on both to be updated.

3D printed a fan mount for it but honestly this is thing is great for what I need!

Arrived quickly in good packaging. Firmware version was not same as advertised.

It works but very hot. I am worrying is it safe to use it without a fan blowing on it? Can someone give me advice? Thanks.

When I read other reviews that mentioned these weren't flashed I didn't concern myself as flashing is trivial. Boy was I wrong. This is the biggest pain I've ever experienced. 1) you have to boot your PC into UEFI mode which some MB don't like 2) you must make a USB drive which is formatted in boot UEFI mode with required flashing SW, 3) you must search the internet for the required drivers for your LSI unit, 4) you have to learn the required command line switches in order to flash the drive using the drivers. Took me several hours. If you've got no life and nothing to do for a weekend, get this unit.