pepsi

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  1. So took the gamble and went ahead. I was particularly nervous because sas2flsh utility didn't work in DOS and sas2flash EFI utility wouldn't even run initially to back up my existing firmware because it didn't detect any LSI firmware. I read that I needed to first erase existing firmware by writing an empty firmware using megarec.exe for the sas2flash utility to be able to write a new firmware. It made sense in my head so just decided to jump over the edge. Glad I did because it worked out as I expected/hoped. Flashed firmware P16 for the moment with bios. Still waiting on hard drives to install unraid.
  2. Hi all, thanks for the suggestions. The reason I didn't load Unraid to try yet was I am yet to purchase the drives I'm going to put on the server. But I managed to find a spare 2.5" 60gig drive lying around so I connected it to the raid controller and loaded up Unraid. The drive was detected. Here is the extract from "system devices" page [8086:244e] 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a5) [8086:3b14] 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 3420 Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 05) [8086:3b22] 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05) [8086:3b30] 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 05) [111d:806f] 01:00.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT HIO524G2 PCI Express Gen2 Switch (rev 02) [111d:806f] 02:02.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT HIO524G2 PCI Express Gen2 Switch (rev 02) [111d:806f] 02:03.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT HIO524G2 PCI Express Gen2 Switch (rev 02) [111d:806f] 02:04.0 PCI bridge: Microsemi / PMC / IDT HIO524G2 PCI Express Gen2 Switch (rev 02) [1000:0073] 04:00.0 RAID bus controller: Broadcom / LSI MegaRAID SAS 2008 [Falcon] (rev 03) [8086:10d3] 08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection I have onboard sata controller as well. Mine doesn't show mpt3sas for the raid controller but the I guess if the drive is recognised then I don't need to bother with flashing IT firmware. This is the raid controller splash screen on boot. Do you recommend that I go into bios and turn off jbod? If my controller doesn't have a bios then maybe I need to load a dos based tool or something and turn off jbod mode from command line? I'm not too fussed about jbod mode as it is essentially no raid isn't it? I just want Unraid to see disks that are connected to the raid controller.
  3. Hi Im a newbie to DIY nas world. Recently I picked up a Intel Server Board S3420GP system with an Intel RAID Controller RS2WC080. I have been doing research prior to installing Unraid on this system and noted discussions around firmware crossflashing for IT mode. Have a couple of questions for those that are experienced. a) At the moment on system boot I get a message saying the raid controller is in JBOD mode. When I press ctrl + g it doesnt go into raid bios. Guessing there is no bios flashed. Will Unraid work with this controller in JBOD mode? b) How do I tell if the controller is already flashed or in IT model prior to flashing? There is EFI command line i can boot into. Is there an EFI command I could use?