Guest asrequested Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 (edited) OK, need some help, here. I bought an LSI 9211 8i. It came configured in IR mode, but I need it in IT. I researched how to do it. I got all the files needed, made a boot USB drive. All good so far. Part of the process is erasing the flash. But as soon as I do that, the motherboard no longer sees the card, and I am not able to flash the new firmware. Has anyone successfully achieved doing this? If so, how did you do it? I'm a very frustrated Doofus. Edited December 27, 2016 by Doofus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 https://www.servethehome.com/ibm-serveraid-m1015-part-4/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Yup, that's the way I did it, but it kills the card. That's why I asked if someone has actually done it. I have a feeling that if you use a sever board, it works correctly. One person said not to reboot, and the others say to reboot. I rebooted, and it killed the card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 yes you have to flash before reboot and use the sas id (on a sticker on the card or should be) - as you have erased the bios - no wonder the bios cant see it - its brainless at that point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 (edited) yes you have to flash before reboot and use the sas id (on a sticker on the card or should be) - as you have erased the bios - no wonder the bios cant see it - its brainless at that point And that seems to be an issue. This is what is says in your link And this guy says don't reboot. http://brycv.com/blog/2012/flashing-it-firmware-to-lsi-sas9211-8i/ I rebooted Edited December 29, 2016 by Doofus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 ah oops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 (edited) for info and a record for me when i want to do this again!!!!! Well i spent a fun 3 hours trying to update my 9211 in my dp server today - it was actually in IR mode not IT like i thought - unbelievable amount of useless info on the net - conflicting - plain wrong - and some just horseshit When you figure it out it's quite easy - especially if you ignore what the LSI docs say is possible - when it plainly is not The sas2flash utility works in windows and you can list the settings on the card - you can even update the bios of the card - but you cant overwrite the firmware with another type i.e. IT over IR - computer says no! - grr So you have to go the efi route - now this took a while to figure out but the process is Create a bootable usb stick (dos not ntfs) - no need to put any files on it from a dos perspective - just needs the boot sector create a directory called \efi\boot and put in the file shell_full.efi (from LSi site) rename as bootx64.efi - this will make you bios boot into the efi shell on the same disk put the sas2flash.efi file plus your firmware image and bios rom files Slap the usb into your machine and boot you will see a black screen with a list of drives for me the usb drive was "fs1:" it might be fs0: as well at the shell prompt type fs1: and this will take you to the usb drive navigate to the dir with your files and run sas2flash -o -e 6 this deletes the flash memory and sets the card to default - takes a few seconds to happen then run sas2flash -o -f 2118it.bin -b mptsas2.rom this writes the firmware and bios respectively wait for it to complete - 20 seconds or so sas2flash -list will show you the result Reboot and update the sas drivers in windows You are done! now you can update the bios/firmware at will Edited January 5, 2017 by PenkethBoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediacowboy 438 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 @@PenkethBoy, Would you be willing to share your files are point me at the correct website to obtain the files. I keep getting redirected to broadcom and when I search for the 9211 I get the product brief and nothing else. Reason for the files is i keep seeing a lot of these errors "The driver detected a controller error on \Device\RaidPort0." and it takes forever to boot the machine up. I have two of these cards one in one machine and the other in another. One boots up pretty quick while the other takes a tremendous amount of time. Thanks, MediaCowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aptalca 70 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Ton of great info here: https://forums.lime-technology.com/index.php?/topic/12114-LSI-Controller-FW-updates-IR/IT-modes That's how I did mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 @@PenkethBoy, Would you be willing to share your files are point me at the correct website to obtain the files. I keep getting redirected to broadcom and when I search for the 9211 I get the product brief and nothing else. Reason for the files is i keep seeing a lot of these errors "The driver detected a controller error on \Device\RaidPort0." and it takes forever to boot the machine up. I have two of these cards one in one machine and the other in another. One boots up pretty quick while the other takes a tremendous amount of time. Thanks, MediaCowboy @@mediacowboy Link1 - see bottom for EFI stuff to download in a zip https://www.broadcom.com/support/knowledgebase/1211161501344/flashing-firmware-and-bios-on-lsi-sas-hbas Link 2 - firmware stuff and docs - zip file second from bottom https://www.broadcom.com/site-search?q=9211 PDF (reference guide) in zip gives you the command line info Backup your data first just in case you brick the card Broadcom now own LSI Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 @@mediacowboy any luck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediacowboy 438 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 @@PenkethBoy I didn't do it as it is showing that I have the latest firmware for it mode Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediacowboy 438 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 So after being woken up twice this week because the emby quit responding and the server being locked up. I decide to run the LSI firmware update on my card. It showed I had the latest version but I went ahead and updated both the bios and the firmware. I have been watching it for the past 3 hours and haven't had any errors yet. So maybe the other was bad or something. Will continue to watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I haven't scoured my logs, but all three of mine seem to be working well. Two of them are 19 and one is 18. When I was researching this, I did read that they recommended updating only if you have issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediacowboy 438 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 (edited) First, why did you change your icon? Second I was supposedly on the last version. The update or replacement of the bios and flash did something so who knows. Edited June 24, 2017 by mediacowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 First, why did you change your icon? Second I was supposedly on the last version. The update or replacement of the bios and flash did something so who knows. lol...I'm in disguise Yeah, it looked like you were on 20. I hope your BIOS isn't failing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 They will never see you coming in that disguise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6771 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 First, why did you change your icon? Captain Pugwash and all of those innuendos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Captain Pugwash and all of those innuendos Lol.... Right? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6771 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Lol.... Right? And now you have 600 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 And now you have 600 points Maybe I should pick one of the Rainbow characters lol.... Zippy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBers 6771 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Oh George! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediacowboy 438 Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 Just wanted to come back and say thanks again for the write up. Like I said in a previous post I went ahead and updated my firmware and bios and haven't had a issue since. I am still seeing a drive was slow to respond but that drive is my drive bender drive so I am not as worried about it since the primary drives making up my drive bender drive are not reporting any issues. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 That's good to know, should similar issues, arise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted July 10, 2017 Share Posted July 10, 2017 Just wanted to come back and say thanks again for the write up. Like I said in a previous post I went ahead and updated my firmware and bios and haven't had a issue since. I am still seeing a drive was slow to respond but that drive is my drive bender drive so I am not as worried about it since the primary drives making up my drive bender drive are not reporting any issues. Good glad its working better now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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