May 16, 20251 yr Hi folks so recently I got myself and LSI card (LSI Logic 9211-8i SGL SAS RAID Controller) and while everything I plug on it works just fine, I often have to face this message when rebooting. I have then to look for a keyboard plug it and press enter each time. I was wondering, is there a way to disable, bypass this: Do I have to flash something on it or change some bios setting? Thanks again if you have any idea.
May 16, 20251 yr Author I just wanted to add that I don't get this error systematically I just rebooted and it didn't happen.
May 17, 20251 yr Community Expert Solution You can just remove or disable the OPT ROM, it's not required
May 17, 20251 yr Author Ok, thanks for the tip, my guess is that I can find this in the bios? I will google it anyway, thanks.
May 17, 20251 yr 4 hours ago, MonadProxy said: Ok, thanks for the tip, my guess is that I can find this in the bios? I will google it anyway, thanks. If Unraid detects the card, you can do it there, otherwise you need to use UEFI shell. From the broadcom site here you'll want to get the BIOS and UEFI files (in case you want them in the future), or the Installer P20 for UEFI or Linux and the P20 package under Firmware. You'll want to unpack the sas2flash and the 2118it.bin file, and then first erase the card and re-program it with sas2flash -o -e 6 sas2flash -o -f 2118it.bin Make sure your BIOS is also updated to the latest version. Don't remember if you need -o for the last one but it shouldn't hurt. As an alternative, setting the PCIe slot to Gen 2 in the BIOS also should work. Edited May 17, 20251 yr by Wody
May 19, 20251 yr Author Thanks for the tip, before proceeding, I will read about this, not that I don't trust you but I prefer to understand commands before I run them.
May 19, 20251 yr 48 minutes ago, MonadProxy said: I prefer to understand commands before I run them. There are various manuals on the Broadcom site but not included in the previous link is the sas2flash manual which is here. -o is required for advanced commands, -e is erase, and level 6 erases everything except the manufacturing area which keeps the sas address, and -f tells it to flash firmware. You might be able to erase just the bios with -o -e 5, but I always do -e 6 and reflash so I'm sure about the integrity of the firmware.
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