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Looking at the "readme" included in the P16 firmware package makes me think FreeNAS should move off this particular driver/firmware version. LSI recommends moving to P17 in the documentation:
"Integrated RAID (IR) configuration can show an HDD as offline under UEFI during OS installation, causing the installation to fail
Required Configuration:
Phase 16 IR Firmware
Volume over 2TB under any OS but only with UEFI
Due to the possibility of this issue being experienced in the field, LSI recommends customers with the aforementioned configuration update their IR firmware at the earliest opportunity to Phase 17".
EDIT: I spoke with LSI tech support and this is a known issue with the Phase 16 firmware and they recommend moving to the current Phase 20 firmware/driver combination for the best drive support and optimization, however Phase 17 should be adopted at a minimum.
I also included this in the bug report.
"Integrated RAID (IR) configuration can show an HDD as offline under UEFI during OS installation, causing the installation to fail
Required Configuration:
Phase 16 IR Firmware
Volume over 2TB under any OS but only with UEFI
Due to the possibility of this issue being experienced in the field, LSI recommends customers with the aforementioned configuration update their IR firmware at the earliest opportunity to Phase 17".
EDIT: I spoke with LSI tech support and this is a known issue with the Phase 16 firmware and they recommend moving to the current Phase 20 firmware/driver combination for the best drive support and optimization, however Phase 17 should be adopted at a minimum.
I also included this in the bug report.
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