JorgeB Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Best to use the DOS or UEFI tools to do any crossflashing and/or other more advanced options, e.g., for some reason erasing the BIOS doesn't work with the Linux version, but if you just need to update firmware it can be easily done with Unraid. Download the MSDOS firmware package form Broadcom's support site (https://www.broadcom.com/support/download-search), for example for the 9300-8i it currently is this one: 9300_8i_Package_P16_IR_IT_FW_BIOS_for_MSDOS_Windows Note: Downloads for SAS2 HBAs like for example the 9211-8i are usually under "Legacy Products" and then "Legacy Host Bus Adapters". Now download the Linux Installer, also from the firmware section, again for the 9300-8i it currently is: Installer_P16_for_Linux From the DOS package we only need the firmware: 9300_8i_Package_P16_IR_IT_FW_BIOS_for_MSDOS_Windows\Firmware\SAS9300_8i_IT\SAS9300_8i_IT.bin Optional: if the HBA has a BIOS installed and we want to updated it also copy the BIOS file: 9300_8i_Package_P16_IR_IT_FW_BIOS_for_MSDOS_Windows\sasbios_rel\mptsas3.rom From the installer package we only need sas3flash (sas2flash for SAS2 models): Installer_P16_for_Linux\sas3flash_linux_x64_rel\sas3flash Copy both files to your Unraid server, you can copy them to flash first but still need to copy them elsewhere since the executable can't be run from the flash drive, we also don't want them in the array since it should be stopped before flashing. For this example I first copied both files to folder called "lsi" in the flash drive then copied them to a temp folder I created called /lsi (this folder will be stored in RAM and gone after a reboot), use the console and type: mkdir /lsi cp /boot/lsi/* /lsi After copying the files navigate to that directory, in this case: cd /lsi We now need to make sas3flash executable with: chmod +x sas3flash Before flashing we can confirm the adapter (or adapters) are being detected and check what is the firmware currently installed: ./sas3flash -listall Avago Technologies SAS3 Flash Utility Version 17.00.00.00 (2018.04.02) Copyright 2008-2018 Avago Technologies. All rights reserved. Adapter Selected is a Avago SAS: SAS3008(C0) Num Ctlr FW Ver NVDATA x86-BIOS PCI Addr ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 SAS3008(C0) 16.00.01.00 0e.01.00.07 08.37.00.00 00:01:00:00 1 SAS3008(C0) 16.00.01.00 0e.01.00.07 08.37.00.00 00:02:00:00 Make sure the array (and any UD devices using the HBA) is stopped and unmounted and now we can proceed with the upgrade, just use the standard sas3flash command, but remember that Linux is case sensitive, e.g.: ./sas3flash -o -f SAS9300_8i_IT.bin Optional: if you also want to flash the BIOS use ./sas3flash -o -f SAS9300_8i_IT.bin -b mptsas3.rom After it's done confirm the new firmware (and bios if also flashed) is installed: ./sas3flash -listall Avago Technologies SAS3 Flash Utility Version 17.00.00.00 (2018.04.02) Copyright 2008-2018 Avago Technologies. All rights reserved. Adapter Selected is a Avago SAS: SAS3008(C0) Num Ctlr FW Ver NVDATA x86-BIOS PCI Addr ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 SAS3008(C0) 16.00.10.00 0e.01.00.07 08.37.00.00 00:01:00:00 1 SAS3008(C0) 16.00.01.00 0e.01.00.07 08.37.00.00 00:02:00:00 If there are multiple adapters like in this case only the first one will be flashed, to flash the other one use -c to specify the adapter#, e.g.: ./sas3flash -c 1 -o -f SAS9300_8i_IT.bin ./sas3flash -listall Avago Technologies SAS3 Flash Utility Version 17.00.00.00 (2018.04.02) Copyright 2008-2018 Avago Technologies. All rights reserved. Adapter Selected is a Avago SAS: SAS3008(C0) Num Ctlr FW Ver NVDATA x86-BIOS PCI Addr ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 SAS3008(C0) 16.00.10.00 0e.01.00.07 08.37.00.00 00:01:00:00 1 SAS3008(C0) 16.00.10.00 0e.01.00.07 08.37.00.00 00:02:00:00 Finished Processing Commands Successfully. Exiting SAS3Flash. Now both are updated. P.S. to see more detailed info from an adapter we can use: ./sas3flash -list Avago Technologies SAS3 Flash Utility Version 17.00.00.00 (2018.04.02) Copyright 2008-2018 Avago Technologies. All rights reserved. Adapter Selected is a Avago SAS: SAS3008(C0) Controller Number : 1 Controller : SAS3008(C0) PCI Address : 00:02:00:00 SAS Address : 500605b-0-0b1c-2d00 NVDATA Version (Default) : 0e.01.00.07 NVDATA Version (Persistent) : 0e.01.00.07 Firmware Product ID : 0x2221 (IT) Firmware Version : 16.00.10.00 NVDATA Vendor : LSI NVDATA Product ID : SAS9300-8i BIOS Version : 08.37.00.00 UEFI BSD Version : 06.00.00.00 FCODE Version : N/A Board Name : SAS9300-8i Board Assembly : H3-25573-00H Board Tracer Number : SP60700521 Finished Processing Commands Successfully. If there's more than one we can again use -c, e.g.: ./sas3flash -c 1 -list 6 11 2 1 Quote Link to comment
alitech Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I am unable to locate the the firmware update for the LSI SAS3008 on the broadcom site. Can anyone help? Quote Link to comment
hawihoney Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Go to that site: https://www.broadcom.com/support/download-search Product Group: Storage Adapters, Controllers, and ICs Product Family: SAS/SATA/NVMe Host Bus Adapters --> Now select your HBA under Product Name (e.g. SAS 9300-8i or SAS 9300-8e, etc) Quote Link to comment
alitech Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 17 minutes ago, hawihoney said: Go to that site: https://www.broadcom.com/support/download-search Product Group: Storage Adapters, Controllers, and ICs Product Family: SAS/SATA/NVMe Host Bus Adapters --> Now select your HBA under Product Name (e.g. SAS 9300-8i or SAS 9300-8e, etc) Thanks so much for responding. I have tried that. There are 721 firmware files that come up for the SAS3008 I dont really know which one to pick and I dont want to kill the SAS controller. Quote Link to comment
hawihoney Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 (edited) What's the product name of your HBA? LSI 3008 is the name of the chip - not the product. Edited November 1, 2020 by hawihoney Quote Link to comment
Rav20 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 thank you so very much for this! your instructions work perfect. my 9207-8i did require P14 sas2flash but just noting incase anyone else with a 9207-8i uses this information! Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 9 hours ago, Rav20 said: my 9207-8i did require P14 sas2flash You mean the latest sas2flash didn't work? Quote Link to comment
kunfuezion Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Hey all, first time poster here. I'm building my take on the Snafu and picked up an HBA from Ebay. Was supposed to be the SAS9201-8i, and the order details state as much, but I received a 9220-8i in the mail. Can't find a whole lot of info about the 9220, but seems it's an OEM model. Since the firmware doesn't show up on Broadcom's site, does anyone know if I can use a different firmware? Would the 9201-8i one work? I appreciate any feedback, thanks. Ebay link: https://www.ebay.com/ipp/133501790707?transactionId=1769849938003&_trksid=p2047675.l48352 Quote Link to comment
Hoopster Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 51 minutes ago, kunfuezion said: Hey all, first time poster here. I'm building my take on the Snafu and picked up an HBA from Ebay. Was supposed to be the SAS9201-8i, and the order details state as much, but I received a 9220-8i in the mail. Can't find a whole lot of info about the 9220, but seems it's an OEM model. Since the firmware doesn't show up on Broadcom's site, does anyone know if I can use a different firmware? Would the 9201-8i one work? I appreciate any feedback, thanks. Ebay link: https://www.ebay.com/ipp/133501790707?transactionId=1769849938003&_trksid=p2047675.l48352 "The IBM M1015 is based on the LSI SAS2008 ROC controller, its LSI OEM name is LSI 9220-8i" See https://www.servethehome.com/ibm-m1015-part-1-started-lsi-92208i/ Based on that, I believe IT firmware for the 9211-8i should work. The 9211-8i, IBM 1015 and Dell H310 (which I have) are all based on the SAS2008 chip. I flashed my Dell H310 with Broadcom 9211-8i IT firmware. 1 Quote Link to comment
craigr Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 On 1/30/2021 at 12:00 PM, kunfuezion said: Hey all, first time poster here. I'm building my take on the Snafu and picked up an HBA from Ebay. Was supposed to be the SAS9201-8i, and the order details state as much, but I received a 9220-8i in the mail. Can't find a whole lot of info about the 9220, but seems it's an OEM model. Since the firmware doesn't show up on Broadcom's site, does anyone know if I can use a different firmware? Would the 9201-8i one work? I appreciate any feedback, thanks. Ebay link: https://www.ebay.com/ipp/133501790707?transactionId=1769849938003&_trksid=p2047675.l48352 On 1/30/2021 at 12:59 PM, Hoopster said: "The IBM M1015 is based on the LSI SAS2008 ROC controller, its LSI OEM name is LSI 9220-8i" See https://www.servethehome.com/ibm-m1015-part-1-started-lsi-92208i/ Based on that, I believe IT firmware for the 9211-8i should work. The 9211-8i, IBM 1015 and Dell H310 (which I have) are all based on the SAS2008 chip. I flashed my Dell H310 with Broadcom 9211-8i IT firmware. It will work fine this way. I have used half a dozen of the M1015 cards and they are great if all you need is PCIe 2x. craigr Quote Link to comment
South Bronx Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 (edited) just ran these steps on a lsi sas 9300-16i completed the command and the flash fine. but know when i reboot it tells me drives are missing stale config. Any advice? Edit: All my disks are visible in unraid they now have slightly different names. I don't know what to do, to get them back in their right spots. Edited May 8, 2021 by South Bronx Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 2 hours ago, South Bronx said: All my disks are visible in unraid they now have slightly different names. This is normal if you were using a very old firmware, you just nee to do a new config, assign all disks as they were and check "parity is already valid" before array start. Quote Link to comment
South Bronx Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 14 hours ago, JorgeB said: This is normal if you were using a very old firmware, you just nee to do a new config, assign all disks as they were and check "parity is already valid" before array start. Yes this worked Thanks! i suggest to anyone who does this copy your drive listings first you may need to know their order later. Quote Link to comment
dmoney517 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 On 10/15/2020 at 10:19 AM, JorgeB said: Make sure the array (and any UD devices using the HBA) is stopped and unmounted and now we can proceed with the upgrade, just use the standard sas3flash command, but remember that Linux is case sensitive, e.g.: Parden my ignorance - Does this just mean to stop the array? I dont have any disks mounted that are not part of the array. I have 3 disks in Unassigned Devices that are NOT mounted. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted July 30, 2021 Author Share Posted July 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, dmoney517 said: Does this just mean to stop the array? Yes. Quote Link to comment
dmoney517 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) Thanks! Also - Could be a dumb question - but how do I know which version of sas2flash to use (Im thinking x86-64, but want to be sure. I'm not sure what 'ppc64' is referring to, and do not want to do the wrong package.). Edit - Looks like the ppc64 is for PowerPc. So It looks like I need x86-64 as I was thinking. Would still appreciate confirmation this all looks correct. Thanks! I am using 9211-8i P20 to for LSI SAS2008 B2 Appreciate the guidance and experience! Edited July 30, 2021 by dmoney517 Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted July 31, 2021 Author Share Posted July 31, 2021 11 hours ago, dmoney517 said: x86-64 This one. Quote Link to comment
dmoney517 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Thank you again! I was able to flash and get back online with out any issues! Quote Link to comment
Tulip Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 On 5/8/2021 at 11:26 AM, JorgeB said: This is normal if you were using a very old firmware, you just nee to do a new config, assign all disks as they were and check "parity is already valid" before array start. Hi. i kind of have the same problem, BUT my twist on the issue its "cache" ssd, so no parity.. whoops. any chance to keep the data? (i know witch ssd go where, but.... hmm Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 22 hours ago, Tulip said: BUT my twist on the issue its "cache" ssd If Docker/VM services are using the cache/pool disable them, unassign all cache devices, start array to make Unraid "forget" current cache config, stop array, reassign all cache device(s) (there can't be an "All existing data on this device will be OVERWRITTEN when array is Started" warning for any cache device), re-enable Docker/VMs if needed, start array. Quote Link to comment
anguishCAKE Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Got any advice for someone who flashed his LSI 9210-8i this morning and now none of the drives are appearing? the cables should work since the worked just fine this morning with the previous HBA(rocket raid 2720 in hba), as of now nothing is showing up as connected in the avago config utility. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted September 17, 2021 Author Share Posted September 17, 2021 27 minutes ago, anguishCAKE said: Got any advice for someone who flashed his LSI 9210-8i this morning and now none of the drives are appearing? Diags might show something, but please create a new thread. 1 Quote Link to comment
Stardust9876 Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 I have a 9207-8i attached in my setup. No HDDs on it yet. I "think" it is recognized by unraid: [1000:0087]02:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS2308 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 (rev 05) It is running in IT mode, FW: 20.00.00.00. So I wanted to update it to 20.00.07.00, but for some reason it is not listed: sas3flash -listall Avago Technologies SAS3 Flash Utility Version 17.00.00.00 (2018.04.02) Copyright 2008-2018 Avago Technologies. All rights reserved. No Avago SAS adapters found! Limited Command Set Available! ERROR: Command Not allowed without an adapter! ERROR: Couldn't Create Command -listall Exiting Program. What could be the issue here? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 Please post the diagnostics. Quote Link to comment
Stardust9876 Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Here it is theark-diagnostics-20210926-1223.zip Quote Link to comment
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