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how to flash LSI SAS 2008 hba dell perc h310 to lsi 8112-8i firmware p19 or p20
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| # how to flash LSI SAS 2008 hba dell perc h310 raid jbod card | |
| # for uefi motherboards, must boot uefi and use sas2flash.efi | |
| # select uefi in the moot menu --> launches boof.efi. then: | |
| # official UEFI oprom downloads are now only available from the product page of lsi 8210-8i card | |
| # however we found an un official mirror / off site backup of previous files | |
| # https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/host-bus-adapters/sas-9210-8i#downloads | |
| # the download filename is: UEFI_BSD_P19.zip | |
| # file inside: md5sum x64sas2.rom Signed/x64sas2.rom | |
| # bdb478c449a2c3b68874d28506eb8d7a x64sas2.rom | |
| # 811074a438fe18ebd11cabab584cf91d Signed/x64sas2.rom | |
| # wheras the P19 main firmware for the 8211-8i variant was seperately available at one time | |
| # it's been mirrored / saved to the following driver site url (at least, for the time being) | |
| # https://rebyte.me/en/avago/157482/file-1538939/ | |
| # the download filename is: 9211-8i_Package_P19_IR_IT_Firmware_BIOS_for_MSDOS_Windows.zip | |
| # file inside: md5sum 4f9e30c2d6d9dd51a13f49fdb782411e 2118it.bin | |
| # we only flash P19 firmware and P19 uefi oprom, because there are | |
| # known issues with the P20, and situations where it returns many SATA io read/write errors! | |
| # quote source: https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/6e5vjv/troubles_when_flashing_h200_in_r710/ | |
| # either stay on p19 or make sure to get the p20 20.0.0.7 version.. | |
| # there has been some confusion, because lsi released the p20 firmware, | |
| # but never the p20 driver for it. p20 Versions lower than 20.0.0.7 had some bugs | |
| # to clear off original dell branding, requires megarec.exe, run in a dos environment | |
| # when booting into freedos on a UEFI motherboard, and in CSM compatibility mode | |
| # it is possible that you may be able to run megarec.exe and see the adaptor | |
| # however when trying to perform any actual operation the program crashes with a page fault | |
| # see example screenshot. This occurs with the default freedos boot option 1 | |
| # the solution is to instead select the boot option 4 'safe mode' for freedos | |
| # https://www.ixsystems.com/community/threads/page-fault-when-using-megarec-exe-and-freedos-1-1.41129/ | |
| # remove dell branding from the controller | |
| megarec.exe -readsbr 0 orig.sbr | |
| megarec.exe -writesbr 0 sbrempty.bin | |
| megarec.exe -cleanflash 0 | |
| # hard power off, wait for 5 seconds | |
| # now disable csm mode. and boot into uefi v1 shell for running sas2flash | |
| # for uefi shell, note: | |
| # some motherboards dont come with a uefi shell in the bios | |
| # and furthermore, sas2flash being an older tool only works in an | |
| # older uefi v1 shell. not a v2 uefi shell, details here: | |
| # source: https://superuser.com/a/1057594 | |
| # set the display text mode to 240 columns and 56 lines | |
| mode 240 56 | |
| # list block / storage devices | |
| map | |
| # switch to fs0: drive | |
| fs0: | |
| # mount drives, list files, cd (change directory), and execute .efi programs | |
| # mount ls cd type etc.. | |
| # print the device number (enumerator / identifier for multiple caards) | |
| # and also the current firmware version and bios version, etc. | |
| sas2flash.efi -listall | |
| # print out the card's hba sas address, for device 0 | |
| sas2flash.efi -c 0 -list | |
| # save the sas hba address to a text file | |
| sas2flash.efi -c 0 -list -l dell-h310-perc1-old.txt | |
| # clear the flash, set its conents to 0x00 | |
| sas2flash.efi -o -e 6 | |
| # MUST first downgrade from whatever current firmware to the Dell 6GBPSAS.FW | |
| sas2flash.efi -o -f 6GBPSAS.FW | |
| # otherwise (trying to downgrade or flash directly, you will get an error validating writing to NVRAM) | |
| # see: https://techmattr.wordpress.com/2014/06/13/failed-to-validate-mfg-page-2/ | |
| # re write the SAS Address back onto the card | |
| # sas2flash_p19.efi -o -sasadd <SAS_ADDRESS> | |
| # hard power off, wait for 5 seconds. boot back into efi shell | |
| # flash the p7 intermediate IR firmware. this preserves nvram and also switches from IR to IT mode | |
| # this is a necessary step. otherwise the later P19 IT flashing will fail with 'cannot switch from IR to IT firmware' | |
| sas2flash.efi -o -f 2118p7.bin | |
| # hard power off, wait for 5 seconds. boot back into efi shell | |
| # flash up to P19 firmware | |
| sas2flash_p19.efi -o -f 2118it.bin | |
| # display back to the screen the previous saved SAS address from the text file | |
| type dell-h310-perc1-old.txt | |
| # re-add the saved sas address back on | |
| sas2flash_p19.efi -o -sasadd | |
| # flash the x64 efi oprom for P19 | |
| sas2flash_p19.efi -o -b x64sas2.rom | |
| # hard power off, wait for 5 seconds. boot back into efi shell | |
| # check that the device is now displaying correct new firmware version | |
| sas2flash.efi -c 0 -list | |
| # how to remove just the bios only | |
| sas2flash.efi -o -e 5 | |
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Hello!
When flashing with P7, do we use IT or IR LSI firmware? because text is not clear which one:
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flash the p7 intermediate IR firmware. this preserves nvram and also switches from IR to IT mode
this is a necessary step. otherwise the later P19 IT flashing will fail with 'cannot switch from IR to IT firmware'
sas2flash.efi -o -f 2118p7.bin
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should it be "flash the p7 intermediate IT firmware..."?
thanks!