Q: Install on dell r815 / PERC H200i raid / broadcom gig nic "fun"- comments ?

Well I don't know if this is making it work.
Code:
root@pve:~# dpkg -l |grep sas2ircu
ii  sas2ircu                             16.00.00.00-2+Debian.stretch.9.9   amd64        LSI Logic Fusion MPT SAS2 command line management tool
root@pve:~#
This is probably from the time I set proxmox up. I can't remember if this got it working or what? Here are a couple of cli examples.
Code:
root@pve:~# sas2ircu
LSI Corporation SAS2 IR Configuration Utility.
Version 16.00.00.00 (2013.03.01)
Copyright (c) 2009-2013 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved.

SAS2IRCU: No command specified.
  sas2ircu <controller #> <command> <parameters> ...
    where <controller #> is:
      Number between 0 and 255
    where <command> is:
      DISPLAY    - display controller, volume and physical device info
      LIST       - Lists all available LSI adapters (does not need ctlr #>
      CREATE     - create an IR volume
      DELETE     - Delete entire RAID configuration on the selected controller
      DELETEVOLUME  - Delete a specific RAID Volume on the selected controller
      HOTSPARE   - make drive a hot spare
      STATUS     - display current volume status info
      SETOFFLINE - set the physical disk to OFFLINE state
      SETONLINE  - set the physical disk to ONLINE state
      CONSTCHK   - Start Consistency Check operation on the specified IR Volume
      ACTIVATE   - Activate an Inactive IR volume
      LOCATE     - Locate a disk drive on an enclosure
      LOGIR      - Upload or Clear IR Log data
      BOOTIR     - Select an IR Boot Volume as primary boot device
      BOOTENCL   - Select an Enclosure/Bay as primary boot device
      ALTBOOTIR     - Select an IR Boot Volume as alternate boot device
      ALTBOOTENCL   - Select an Enclosure/Bay as alternate boot device
      HELP       - Display help information
    where <parameters> are:
      Command specific values; enter "sas2ircu <controller #> <command>"
      to get command specific help
This one shows the firmware version.
Code:
root@pve:~# sas2ircu 0 display
LSI Corporation SAS2 IR Configuration Utility.
Version 16.00.00.00 (2013.03.01)
Copyright (c) 2009-2013 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved.

Read configuration has been initiated for controller 0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Controller information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Controller type                         : SAS2008
  BIOS version                            : 7.11.10.00
  Firmware version                        : 7.15.08.00
  Channel description                     : 1 Serial Attached SCSI
  Initiator ID                            : 0
  Maximum physical devices                : 39
  Concurrent commands supported           : 2607
  Slot                                    : 0
  Segment                                 : 0
  Bus                                     : 5
  Device                                  : 0
  Function                                : 0
  RAID Support                            : Yes
------------------------------------------------------------------------
IR Volume information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
IR volume 1
  Volume ID                               : 79
  Status of volume                        : Okay (OKY)
  Volume wwid                             : 0d689c6c8cd59c8e
  RAID level                              : RAID1
  Size (in MB)                            : 152064
  Boot                                    : Primary
  Physical hard disks                     :
  PHY[0] Enclosure#/Slot#                 : 1:0
  PHY[1] Enclosure#/Slot#                 : 1:1
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Physical device information
#Lots more but probably not needed.
The program probably came from http://hwraid.le-vert.net/ . There are newer versions there.

The firmware version may be the key. I think with that you could probably then control it with the bios boot settings?
 
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I booted the current Ubuntu mate live cd and it was able to see the controller and drives. I may try to upgrade proxmox when I get a chance.
FYI
 
Upgraded to pve8 and all is working.
Code:
proxmox-ve: 8.0.2 (running kernel: 6.2.16-10-pve)
pve-manager: 8.0.4 (running version: 8.0.4/d258a813cfa6b390)
pve-kernel-6.2: 8.0.5
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.0.3
pve-kernel-5.15: 7.4-5
proxmox-kernel-6.2.16-10-pve: 6.2.16-10
proxmox-kernel-6.2: 6.2.16-10
pve-kernel-6.2.16-4-bpo11-pve: 6.2.16-4~bpo11+1
pve-kernel-6.2.11-2-pve: 6.2.11-2
pve-kernel-5.15.111-1-pve: 5.15.111-1
ceph-fuse: 16.2.11+ds-2
corosync: 3.1.7-pve3
criu: 3.17.1-2
glusterfs-client: 10.3-5
ifupdown2: 3.2.0-1+pmx3
ksm-control-daemon: 1.4-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-4
libknet1: 1.25-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.4.6
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.4.0
libproxmox-rs-perl: 0.3.1
libpve-access-control: 8.0.4
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.3.1
libpve-common-perl: 8.0.7
libpve-guest-common-perl: 5.0.4
libpve-http-server-perl: 5.0.4
libpve-rs-perl: 0.8.5
libpve-storage-perl: 8.0.2
libqb0: 1.0.5-1
libspice-server1: 0.15.1-1
lvm2: 2.03.16-2
lxc-pve: 5.0.2-4
lxcfs: 5.0.3-pve3
novnc-pve: 1.4.0-2
openvswitch-switch: 3.1.0-2
proxmox-backup-client: 3.0.2-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 3.0.2-1
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.0.3
proxmox-mail-forward: 0.2.0
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.4.0
proxmox-offline-mirror-helper: 0.6.2
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 4.0.6
pve-cluster: 8.0.3
pve-container: 5.0.4
pve-docs: 8.0.4
pve-edk2-firmware: 3.20230228-4
pve-firewall: 5.0.3
pve-firmware: 3.7-1
pve-ha-manager: 4.0.2
pve-i18n: 3.0.5
pve-qemu-kvm: 8.0.2-4
pve-xtermjs: 4.16.0-3
qemu-server: 8.0.6
smartmontools: 7.3-pve1
spiceterm: 3.3.0
swtpm: 0.8.0+pve1
vncterm: 1.8.0
zfsutils-linux: 2.1.12-pve1
Code:
root@pve:~# uname -a
Linux pve 6.2.16-10-pve #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC PMX 6.2.16-10 (2023-08-18T11:42Z) x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@pve:~#
Good luck
 
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