Fireball3 Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Be careful!!! Search the net for info specially related to that card or chipset! You are putting your card at risk if you "just try" with a wrong/unknown firmware. Sometimes you can set the controller to JBOD and pass each drive through if you don't have a dedicated IT mode. Last thing you can do is sell your incompatible card and get one with a known working IT mode. Always better than having an expensive paperweight! Quote Link to comment
betaman Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 So I'm having an issue trying to flash my RS2WC080 to IT FW. I thought I saw an error after executing the 3.bat command but not positive. Anyway, when I tried to execute 5IT.bat, I got an error saying chip was in reset state mode (is this from 3.bat?). Not sure how to proceed? Should I try to execute 3.bat again? C:\LSIMEGA\SAS2FLSH.EXE -l Flashlog.txt -o -f 2118it.bin -b mptsas2.rom Advanced Mode Set Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2008(B2) Executing Operation: Flash Firmware Image Firmware Image has a Valid Checksum. Firmware Image compatible with Controller. Valid NVDATA Image found. NVDATA Device ID and Chip Revision match verified. Valid Initialization Image verified. Valid BootLoader Image verified. Chip is in RESET state. Attempting Host Boot... ERROR: Firmware Host Boot Failed ! Due to error remaining commands will not be executed. Unable to Process Commands. Exiting SAS2Flash. Edit: Ok, so for some reason I needed to reboot between steps 2 and 3 as well as 3 and 5. Both cards flashed without any further issues. Thanks for the step by step guide! Quote Link to comment
lovswr Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 This has probably been answered, somewhere, in this 67 page thread but search here is not my friend. What's the maximum HD size this controller will support? I just got it about 3 weeks ago & love it so far. Quote Link to comment
BobPhoenix Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 This has probably been answered, somewhere, in this 67 page thread but search here is not my friend. What's the maximum HD size this controller will support? I just got it about 3 weeks ago & love it so far. "this controller" could stand for any controller mentioned in this thread so which one ARE you talking about? If "this controller" is LSI SAS2008 based or newer then it would be many times greater then 10TBs maximum drive size I've seen. Quote Link to comment
lovswr Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 This has probably been answered, somewhere, in this 67 page thread but search here is not my friend. What's the maximum HD size this controller will support? I just got it about 3 weeks ago & love it so far. "this controller" could stand for any controller mentioned in this thread so which one ARE you talking about? If "this controller" is LSI SAS2008 based or newer then it would be many times greater then 10TBs maximum drive size I've seen. Yes I should have specified, sorry about that. It's an Intel RS2WC080 (flashed back to basic LSI SAS2008) so greater than 10TB, indeed. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
dondiego Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 LSI MegaRAID with SAS2008 chipsets 1) IBM ServeRAID M1015 2) Intel RS2WC080 Please let me know (PM or post here) what Card you have successfully flashed with the LSI MegaRAID SAS2008 chipset with the provided zip. SAS9220-8i IBM System X3650 M3 Product Name : ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller FW Package Build: 20.11.1-0184 BIOS Version : 4.37.00_4.14.05.00_0x05290000 Preboot CLI Version: 03.02-020:#%00009 WebBIOS Version : 4.0-60-e_49-Rel NVDATA Version : 3.09.03-0054 FW Version : 2.130.384-3359 Boot Block Version : 2.02.00.00-0001 P11 file (LSI MegaRAID to SAS2008(P11).zip - 5.87 MB) , All PERFECT !! Server boot on legacy mode only, pendrive 4Gb Kingston. Fantastic JOB thanks a lot !! Quote Link to comment
Kuroyukihimeeee Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Having an issue two MegaRAID SAS2008's. On the first card, im Constantly getting "Firmware image not supported" My card seems to be a revision 4, but every firmware i can find only does up to 3. Image attached of error. Is there anyway to bypass this check and just force it to flash? On another card however, i cant even get that far. Unsure if i have bricked it or if its beyond saving but i ended up making a thread for it here. https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=48889.0 Any help would be massively appreciated! Been at this for hours now and have been getting nowhere. Tried virtually every firmware i can find on the first card, second card i kinda gave up hope on. Quote Link to comment
aptalca Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Having an issue two MegaRAID SAS2008's. On the first card, im Constantly getting "Firmware image not supported" My card seems to be a revision 4, but every firmware i can find only does up to 3. Image attached of error. Is there anyway to bypass this check and just force it to flash? On another card however, i cant even get that far. Unsure if i have bricked it or if its beyond saving but i ended up making a thread for it here. https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=48889.0 Any help would be massively appreciated! Been at this for hours now and have been getting nowhere. Tried virtually every firmware i can find on the first card, second card i kinda gave up hope on. Try this thread if you haven't already. They have newer versions of the firmware: http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/29059-sas2008-lsi92409211-firmware-files Quote Link to comment
Fireball3 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Fujitsu D2616 has a SAS2108 chip! I wouldn't assume that the SAS2008 firmwares are working with those cards. You should check if there is a HBA firmware for SAS2108 chips. I have no time to do so at the moment. Quote Link to comment
Kuroyukihimeeee Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Fujitsu D2616 has a SAS2108 chip! I wouldn't assume that the SAS2008 firmwares are working with those cards. You should check if there is a HBA firmware for SAS2108 chips. I have no time to do so at the moment. Having an issue two MegaRAID SAS2008's. On the first card, im Constantly getting "Firmware image not supported" My card seems to be a revision 4, but every firmware i can find only does up to 3. Image attached of error. Is there anyway to bypass this check and just force it to flash? On another card however, i cant even get that far. Unsure if i have bricked it or if its beyond saving but i ended up making a thread for it here. https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=48889.0 Any help would be massively appreciated! Been at this for hours now and have been getting nowhere. Tried virtually every firmware i can find on the first card, second card i kinda gave up hope on. Try this thread if you haven't already. They have newer versions of the firmware: http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/29059-sas2008-lsi92409211-firmware-files Took every firmware from this link, every one now comes up with "Error: Firmware image does not have a valid signature" Went direct to LSI, but the rom file they provide to flash using megacli i cant seem to use because megacli doesnt find my card Quote Link to comment
aptalca Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 The screenshot you posted shows the card being recognized as SAS2008 but your post on the other thread says SAS2108 Which one is your card? You might be trying the wrong firmware Quote Link to comment
Kuroyukihimeeee Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 The screenshot you posted shows the card being recognized as SAS2008 but your post on the other thread says SAS2108 Which one is your card? You might be trying the wrong firmware It is a Fujitsu D2616 which according to its documentation is a SAS2108 based card. However, it identifies itself as a SAS2008 card revision 4. http://sp.ts.fujitsu.com/dmsp/Publications/public/ds-py-raid-56-6G-D2616.pdf No SAS2008 firmware i can find seems to support revision 4, nor even mentions it and the SAS2108 firmwares i have tried all give that signature error. Im at a loss at this point Quote Link to comment
Fireball3 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Took every firmware from this link, every one now comes up with "Error: Firmware image does not have a valid signature" Went direct to LSI, but the rom file they provide to flash using megacli i cant seem to use because megacli doesnt find my card As far as i can see from the links you have, it is always about SAS2008 cards! The problem is that Fujitsu is not LSI. Although the card may be "just rebranded", probably there are checks in place to prevent crossflashing with LSI or other firmware. For example, when talking about SAS2008 cards there is a key firmware (P07) that will allow you to override the "Vendor mismatch". The newer versions will not offer this opportunity and instead just quit with an error! Do you have an original Fujitsu Firmware that you can flash? Is there an HBA firmware from Fujitsu? And be careful to pick the right one! I used a tool from Fujitsu in a similar situation on a D2607 and successfully bricked the card. The computer won't post any more with the card plugged. Edit: The spec sheet for D2616 says SAS2108. Edit2: The equivalent 6 GB/s HBA from LSI/Avago is named SAS2308 and the card itself is called SAS-9217-8i http://www.avagotech.com/products/server-storage/host-bus-adapters/sas-9217-8i#specifications For this specific card, there is a IT/IR firmware set. Nevertheless, this is NO guarantee that a crossflash will work, even if you have a rebranded SAS-9217 card (I don't speak of the D2616!). Quote Link to comment
Kuroyukihimeeee Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Took every firmware from this link, every one now comes up with "Error: Firmware image does not have a valid signature" Went direct to LSI, but the rom file they provide to flash using megacli i cant seem to use because megacli doesnt find my card As far as i can see from the links you have, it is always about SAS2008 cards! The problem is that Fujitsu is not LSI. Although the card may be "just rebranded", probably there are checks in place to prevent crossflashing with LSI or other firmware. For example, when talking about SAS2008 cards there is a key firmware (P07) that will allow you to override the "Vendor mismatch". The newer versions will not offer this opportunity and instead just quit with an error! Do you have an original Fujitsu Firmware that you can flash? Is there an HBA firmware from Fujitsu? And be careful to pick the right one! I used a tool from Fujitsu in a similar situation on a D2607 and successfully bricked the card. The computer won't post any more with the card plugged. Edit: The spec sheet for D2616 says SAS2108. Edit2: The equivalent 6 GB/s HBA from LSI/Avago is named SAS2308 and the card itself is called SAS-9217-8i http://www.avagotech.com/products/server-storage/host-bus-adapters/sas-9217-8i#specifications Sorry, wrong link. All the 2108 FW cause the signature error Still have the original files, hopefully can just flash that back. Fuji doesnt provide any files or bios's for the card that i can find. They also do not support IT mode or pass trough, only solution is to make every drive a RAID0, but then you cannot add more drives without destroying the entire config. Making it useless for unRAID in my case. Thanks for all your help so far, i was hoping this would be a quick flash but its turned into a multi day nightmare haha Quote Link to comment
aptalca Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Took every firmware from this link, every one now comes up with "Error: Firmware image does not have a valid signature" Went direct to LSI, but the rom file they provide to flash using megacli i cant seem to use because megacli doesnt find my card As far as i can see from the links you have, it is always about SAS2008 cards! The problem is that Fujitsu is not LSI. Although the card may be "just rebranded", probably there are checks in place to prevent crossflashing with LSI or other firmware. For example, when talking about SAS2008 cards there is a key firmware (P07) that will allow you to override the "Vendor mismatch". The newer versions will not offer this opportunity and instead just quit with an error! Do you have an original Fujitsu Firmware that you can flash? Is there an HBA firmware from Fujitsu? And be careful to pick the right one! I used a tool from Fujitsu in a similar situation on a D2607 and successfully bricked the card. The computer won't post any more with the card plugged. Edit: The spec sheet for D2616 says SAS2108. Edit2: The equivalent 6 GB/s HBA from LSI/Avago is named SAS2308 and the card itself is called SAS-9217-8i http://www.avagotech.com/products/server-storage/host-bus-adapters/sas-9217-8i#specifications Sorry, wrong link. All the 2108 FW cause the signature error Still have the original files, hopefully can just flash that back. Fuji doesnt provide any files or bios's for the card that i can find. They also do not support IT mode or pass trough, only solution is to make every drive a RAID0, but then you cannot add more drives without destroying the entire config. Making it useless for unRAID in my case. Thanks for all your help so far, i was hoping this would be a quick flash but its turned into a multi day nightmare haha I'm totally confused about the 2008/2108 issue, but if it is recognized as a 2008 rev 04 by megaraid, you can try the latest firmware found here: http://www.avagotech.com/products/server-storage/host-bus-adapters/tab/tab4#tab-current-drivers4-abc Look for the one listed under 9211-8i_Package_P20_IR_IT_Firmware_BIOS_for_MSDOS_Windows That one is P20 and was released very recently (03/2016). It might support rev 04 if it truly is an SAS2008 Quote Link to comment
Fireball3 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Fujitsu has these cards you could pick for configuration: RAID-Controller - SAS 6 Gb/s RAID 5/6 512 MB (D2616) LSISAS2108 6 Gb/s RAID-on-Chip D2607 SAS/SATA RAID-Controller LSISAS2008 6 Gb/s RAID-Controller SAS 6 Gbit/s 1 GB (D3116C) LSISAS2208 6 Gbit/s RAID-on-Chip The D2607 is a rebranded LSI9240-8i like the DELL Perc H310/H200 or the IBM M1015 Those cards can be flashed with the HBA firmware from an LSI9211-8i (which is a plain HBA) Although it is a rebrand, crossflashing is only partially successful, while the other ones mentioned are working fine. In case of the D2607 only one SAS port will work if crossflashed. My guess is, that a Raid on Chip is not flashable to IT mode. Check the LSI/Avago RoC adapters for IT/IR firmware... it's not that simple Quote Link to comment
Kuroyukihimeeee Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Think tbh im going to give up on both these cards. All 2008 FW isnt compatible with its revision number even though it identifies itself as a SAS2008 All 2108 FW is compatible but will not install with the signature error though Fuji says its as SAS2108 Thanks all for help, ill have to look around for some other more prominent cards that have proven that they can be flashed. Probably could mark Fuji D2616 cards as incompatible with unRAID. Setting all drives to RAID0 in the WebBIOS is the only real way to get them to work with unRAID but then you can never add or remove drives so its all for nothing. Quote Link to comment
Fireball3 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Feel free to use the wiki for reference cards. http://www.lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/Hardware_Compatibility#PCI_SATA_Controllers Hopefully you can restore the Fujitsu firmware on that card. Quote Link to comment
Kuroyukihimeeee Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Thanks, i did have a good look, but then i got offered these two cards for dirt cheap so though it cant hurt to give them a go and see if they might be able to be flashed. Quote Link to comment
CrashnBrn Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 I have a H310 coming on Monday and had 2 questions: Is anyone running the P20 20.00.07.00? Also can someone please let me know what the BIOS on the card does? I read that some people just flash the firmware and not the bios, and I was wondering why. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
BobPhoenix Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 I have a H310 coming on Monday and had 2 questions: Is anyone running the P20 20.00.07.00? Also can someone please let me know what the BIOS on the card does? I read that some people just flash the firmware and not the bios, and I was wondering why. Thanks! With out the bios you get a faster boot. I always flash the bios too. I want to see it list the drives connected when it boots. I don't mind the longer boot time. Quote Link to comment
CrashnBrn Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 I have a H310 coming on Monday and had 2 questions: Is anyone running the P20 20.00.07.00? Also can someone please let me know what the BIOS on the card does? I read that some people just flash the firmware and not the bios, and I was wondering why. Thanks! With out the bios you get a faster boot. I always flash the bios too. I want to see it list the drives connected when it boots. I don't mind the longer boot time. Thanks BobPhoenix! Now just to see if anyone is running 20.00.07.00. I don't want to be the guinea pig Edit: Guess I will be! I just flashed the card to 20.00.07.00. I'll be building my new server next week so I'll update this thread once it's up and running. Quote Link to comment
JSylvia007 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Howdy all!!! I stumbled upon this thread because I have a MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2. While I was doing my research, I determined that in order to use this adapter as an HBA (erroneously) it appeared as though I needed to cross-flash it. I followed the directions in the first page of this post for what I thought was a compatible card... After the reboot step none of the command line utilities can read the card, they all say adapter not found (or something similar)... Did I just brick this card for good, or can I at least bring it back for RAID capabilities?? Quote Link to comment
Viaduct Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 I have a H310 coming on Monday and had 2 questions: Is anyone running the P20 20.00.07.00? Also can someone please let me know what the BIOS on the card does? I read that some people just flash the firmware and not the bios, and I was wondering why. Thanks! With out the bios you get a faster boot. I always flash the bios too. I want to see it list the drives connected when it boots. I don't mind the longer boot time. Thanks BobPhoenix! Now just to see if anyone is running 20.00.07.00. I don't want to be the guinea pig Edit: Guess I will be! I just flashed the card to 20.00.07.00. I'll be building my new server next week so I'll update this thread once it's up and running. In same boat! Just flashed to latest p20 but haven't installed yet. Should I reflash to an earlier firmware or just suck it and see? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
Timbiotic Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 I have the m1015 with latest p20.00.07.00 in IT mode and everything works except the spin down. Before I realized this I got my parity and one data drive on there Haven't heard back from lime wire support yet. Should I flash backwards? Or wait for help? What version seems the most stable in unraid? Quote Link to comment
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