LSI 3801 JBOD card and Ubuntu 12.04 / 64 bit

[J]

On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Alan McKay <alan.mckay at gmail.com> wrote:
> So in theory I just put the card in and it will get recognized at boot
> if all goes well?
>
> And Ubuntu will just install the right drivers?
>
> Wouldn't that be cool? :-)

In theory, yeah.  If not, after it boots, try loading mpt_sas or
mpt_scsih and see what happens (won't hurt anything to load the
drivers).
Check dmesg after you're booted and look for any messages related to
SAS or LSI or whatever.

you can also use something like lshw:

sudo lshw -C storage

to see if the kernel sees it as well.  Assuming the BIOS sees it, you
should see the card firmware loading there.

As for drivers, there are some LSI drivers that are already included
in the kernel by default.  This is assuming you're running Ubuntu
Server on the machine, but the Ubuntu Desktop kernel also has the LSI
drivers as well.  BUT again, no guarantee, just a shot in the dark.
Everything I could briefly find indicated that at least the newer 3801
models use mpt_sas, I'm hoping the same will hold true for the older
versions of that card.  Usually, that's the case, but it's not
guaranteed.