Since we have confirmed that no issues occur with the LSI 9500-16i Tri-Mode HBA, I believe testing with the SAS3808 (LSI 9500-16i) or SAS3816 (LSI 9500-8i) operating in IT mode would not be meaningful.
* I use the LSI 9500-16i and LSI 9400-16i, and I have never had any problems with them.
Although they are the same SAS3808 and SAS3816 models, I believe testing will not be effective unless they are the iMR 9540-16i and 9540-8i versions.
The driver they use that causes the problem always appears to be `megaraid_sas`.
* Since I don't have these devices myself, this is based on what I observed in their logs.
* The LSI 9500-16i Tri-Mode HBA is an mpt3sas.