The SAS6/iR Integrated SAS Controller from Dell ™ provides integrated RAID capabilities. The card supports both SAS and Serial ATA drives. The card supports both SAS and Serial ATA drives. Featuring two internal connectors with 4 ports each, the card features an impressive 8. Driver Details. For more downloads. - Migration of RAID Volumes from SAS 6/iR controllers to PERC6 controllers is supported only for volumes originally created on SAS 6/iR controllers running FW revision 00.25.47.00 or later. It is necessary to upgrade the SAS controller driver. Executing the SAS controller firmware DUP update while.

Download the latest Dell SAS 6 iR Adapter Controller driver for your computer's operating system. All downloads available on this website have been scanned by the latest anti-virus software and are guaranteed to be virus and malware-free. Dell SAS 6/ir raid 1. SAS 6/ir controller. Do your drivers updates, server updates then migrate your backed up files and folders. One thing I strongly suggest. This download contains the IT/IR SAS driver for Microsoft Windows* Support Home Drivers & Software. Intel IT/IR SAS driver for Windows* Version: 20.0-2.00.75.00 (Latest) Date: 7/21/2015. Available Downloads. Intel® RAID controller RS25GB008 and RS25FB044 Intel® Integrated RAID Module RMS25JB040, RMS25JB080, RMS25KB040, and RMS25KB080.

Apparently that's an entry level card that is only capable of RAID 0 & 1
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global...0312-Dixit.pdf
A hardware RAID controller can noticibly improve performance over a NON-raid or Software RAID system. But there are other factors to consider when determining the use of RAID.
What is the server to be used for ?
Is Fault tolerance (Your Data) important ?
What is the Spindle speed of the drives being used in the Array ?
How many drives should I use in the array ?
For instance If I were setting up an array to be used for a Database and I was looking for fault tolerance and performance I would opt for a bunch of drives say 10 - 12, with a high spindle speed 10-15K RPM in a RAID 10 configuration.
For a simple array for an OS I might opt for two drives in a RAID 1 Configuration
For File Storage 4 or more Drives in a RAID 5 configuration with a hot-spare.
I might use a mixture of the above on a single server Raid 1 for the OS, and RAID 5 or 10 for the data depending on the servers function.
RAID 0 would be to gain performance (20-30% most likely) without Fault tolerance. if you loose a drive you loose the data, but if that is not important then it is a cost effective way to gain performance. Useful for NON-Linear video editing for instance.
What is your intended use for the array ?
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Sas 6 Ir Raid Controller Driver

How to flash a Dell SAS 6 IR with updated LSI firmware.

This is a followup to:

Raid Controller Driver Intel

The question was asked, how do you update the firmware on a Dell SAS 6/IR with updated LSI firmware? It's possible, but not obvious. The LSI sasflash tool checks the PCI Subsystem ID of the card and if it does not match 1f09 it aborts. However, after some digging and experimenting I found that the PCI ID can be overridden with the testssid flag, as shown below. This hack should also add EFI support to the SAS 6/IR, although I haven't tested it.

There is a sasflash guide that helped a me a lot here: https://www.thomas-krenn.com/redx/tools/mb_download.php/mid.119102078116047106099074118102103061/Manual-SASFlash-Quick-Ref-Guide_LSI_3041X-R_200811.pdf

Sas 6 Ir Firmware

_____ Script to Update SAS 6/IR (CentOS 7) ______

Sas 6 Ir Raid Controller Driver Windows 7

____ Sample Output ____

Sas 6 Ir Specs

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