Eric, > * LSI 2108 (Supermicro) > * LSI 3108 (Dell) > * Areca 1882 > * Areca 1883 > * Fibrechannel 8gbe connected to a Storwize 3700 I have a 3108 that provides the BL VPD. Surprised the 1883 doesn't. As a rule of thumb, you need 12 Gbps SAS or 16 Gbps FC devices for the VPD page to be present. The protocol feature is not tied to the transport signaling speed in any way. But general support for the BL VPD page roughly coincided with vendors introducing 12 Gbps SAS and 16 Gbps FC products to the market. -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering
