Folks,
Got an update yesterday on this whole deal. Turns out between HP and VM there are no less than 5 fixes they are working on for this whole Gen9/SAS/MSA/VM issue.
No word yet on when the fixes will be out. HP loaned us a pair of Gen8 servers back in May after we reported this issue and they have been fine ever since. It is definitely a Gen9 thing, not a Gen8 thing.
Ken