[LSI Controller FW updates IR/IT modes]

thanks!

 

i went ahead and made the attempt anyway. it was a bit tricky. followed a combination of instructions from these 2 sites,

 

http://techmattr.wordpress.com/2013/08/30/sas-hba-crossflashing-or-flashing-to-it-mode/2/

https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/dell-h200-flash-to-it-firmware-procedure-for-dell-servers.467/

 

but roughly, the steps i followed to flash a Dell H200E (external variant) were...

 

[*]megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty.bin

[*]megarec -cleanflash 0

[*]reboot

[*]sas2flsh -o -f 6GBPSAS.FW (using Dell's firmware packaged sas2flsh.exe utility)

[*]sas2flsh -o -sasadd 500xxxxxxxxxxxxx (replace this address with your card's SAS address)

[*]reboot

[*]sas2flsh -o -f 2118it.bin (LSI P7IT) (using LSI's packaged P7 sas2flsh.exe)(It should ask you if you want to flash anyway. Type Y to proceed.)

[*]sas2flsh -o -f 2118it.bin (LSI P16IT) (using LSI's packaged P16 sas2flsh.exe)

[*]shutdown

[*]connect all the cables, in my situation--an intel 36-port sas expander inside a separate DAS case to the external SFF-8088 ports on the Dell H200E inside the main case

 

flashing from Dell IT to LSI P7 seems to be important, or else you'll get errors going straight to P16 from the 6GBPSAS.FW Dell firmware (at least for me it did)

 

all the drives showed up in my setup. now i have 3 M1015s and 1 H200E running on crossflashed 2118IT LSI P16 firmware. all seems good.

 

hope this helps anyone.

[LSI Controller FW updates IR/IT modes]

has anyone successfully crossflashed a dell card (h200 variant) with the 2x external ports to LSI9211-8i IT P16 firmware? can't seem to find any info on cards with the external ports. my hopes is to get this connected to an expander.