Hi,
I'm about to flash cards.
One is a "INTEL RS2WC080 RAID SAS SATA 8PT WS PCIE CARD" which is the same as a IBM M1015 (rebranded LSI 9211), I had flashed it to P16 previously.
The other one I just bought is a "real" LSI 9211-i8, which came with P18 according the FreeNAS GUI warning.
I just want to get this right so I read around in the forum and I would just like a confirmation that this is right.
On both I can boot in UEFI.
Here are the steps I'm about to take :
QUESTION 2 : Where the hell can I download the firmware and installer? LSI site is now "AVAGO" and I can't find anything on the new site.
QUESTION 3 : Is there a way to figure out the XXXX number of step 4 without opening the box?
Because the box is in a very inconvenient (yet very secure and well cooled) location.
I'd really enjoy NOT having to go get it ;)
I think I remember from my previous flashing that the sas2flash.efi -listall part will give me this number?
I'm about to flash cards.
One is a "INTEL RS2WC080 RAID SAS SATA 8PT WS PCIE CARD" which is the same as a IBM M1015 (rebranded LSI 9211), I had flashed it to P16 previously.
The other one I just bought is a "real" LSI 9211-i8, which came with P18 according the FreeNAS GUI warning.
I just want to get this right so I read around in the forum and I would just like a confirmation that this is right.
On both I can boot in UEFI.
Here are the steps I'm about to take :
- sas2flash.efi -listall /show the controller and verify the current version
- sas2flash.efi -o -e 6 / erase the BIOS
- sas2flash.efi -o -f 2118it.bin -b mptsas2.rom / write the new firmware and BIOS
- sas2flash.efi -o -sasadd 500605bxxxxxxxxx / add the card, where the XXXX are the numbers on the green sticker of the card
- sas2flash.efi –listall / verify the updated card
- Reboot and press Ctrl-C to get into the LSI BIOS and make sure you’re actually in Initiator Target (IT) mode.
QUESTION 2 : Where the hell can I download the firmware and installer? LSI site is now "AVAGO" and I can't find anything on the new site.
QUESTION 3 : Is there a way to figure out the XXXX number of step 4 without opening the box?
Because the box is in a very inconvenient (yet very secure and well cooled) location.
I'd really enjoy NOT having to go get it ;)
I think I remember from my previous flashing that the sas2flash.efi -listall part will give me this number?
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