Did I flash my Dell Perc h310?

[helloha]

Hi,

I successfully flashed my Dell Perc H310 to IT mode a while back. Where first I got the Dell firmware screen at bootup, it was gone after I flashed it.

Now I got a second Dell Perc h310 which I also flashed, the exact same way as before using this guide:
http://everythingshouldbevirtual.com/dell-perc-h310-and-nexentastor

However now at boot I get an LSI screen (attached in picture). And strangely it shows my drives that are connected to my old card... As the new card is somehow influencing the old card?

Can anyone confirm that both my cards are in IT mode?

I've attached some screenshots from the configuration menu.

Thanks for the feedback!
K.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Did you remove the first card before trying to flash the second? Looks like the second one didn't get completely wiped.

Write down your SAS addresses and blow 'em both out again.

 

[helloha]

Hi, I did it on a separate system just not to mess things up.

I can try to do it again.

However it says under FW revision that it is running an IT mode FW?

Or does the fact that I can reach this kind of menu means that the flashing was unsuccessful?

K.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Ah, there we go:

Code:

sas2flsh -o -b mptsas2.rom

Skipping that line should result in a card with the right firmware and no BIOS.

 

[helloha]

Thanks for the feedback, should I also insert the sas address afterwards?

sas2flsh -o -sasadd 500605bxxxxxxxxx

Cheers,
K.

 

[Ericloewe]

You need P16 IT mode, not P17.

Avoid flashing both with the extension ROM. If you want it, flash only one of them with it.

 

[helloha]

So just to make things clear, I should just whipe everything:

megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty.bin
megarec -cleanflash 0

And then flash the firmware:

sas2flsh -o -f 6gbpsas.fw

Then add SAS address:

sas2flsh -o -sasadd 500605bxxxxxxxxx

Sounds good?

K.

 

[HoneyBadger]

@helloha - yes, that latest post is correct. You still want a SAS address on the card. Make sure you're using the actual address from the card's sticker.

Use P16 as @Ericloewe suggested as well or you'll have a mismatched firmware to the driver.

 

[helloha]

Things seemed to work out.

Just wondering if there is a way to determine if the card is actually running in IT mode or not?

And to check if the other card is running p16 as well?

Or do you just have to trust it a little bit.

Cheers,
K.

 

[HoneyBadger]

The FreeNAS web GUI will give you a warning if there's a firmware mismatch with /dev/mpsX.

Glad to hear it's working.

 

[helloha]

Aha,

So I think I have a mismatch then. It says:

• WARNING: Firmware version 17 does not match driver version 16 for /dev/mps1
• WARNING: Firmware version 7 does not match driver version 16 for /dev/mps0
  
  Does this mean it's both cards that are running the wrong firmware? mps1 and mps0?
  
  K
  
  

 

[helloha]

Also, does anyone have a link to the h16 firmware that is reliable? Can't seem to find anything on the LSI website…

Thanks

 

[helloha]

Found this link after some digging. hope it's the correct one!

K.

http://www.lsi.com/Pages/user/eula....ndows.zip&Source=http://www.lsi.com/downloads

 

[Ericloewe]

Looks right.

Found this link after some digging. hope it's the correct one!

K.

http://www.lsi.com/Pages/user/eula.aspx?file=http://www.lsi.com/downloads/Public/Host%20Bus%20Adapters/Host%20Bus%20Adapters%20Common%20Files/SAS_SATA_6G_P16/9211_8i_Package_P16_IR_IT_Firmware_BIOS_for_MSDOS_Windows.zip&Source=http://www.lsi.com/downloads

 

[cyberjock]

sas2flash will tell you everything you want to know about your controllers.

Some common ones I use regularly are:

sas2flash -listall
sas2flash -list (optionally, -c <controller number>)

 

[helloha]

Eventually I used this guide:

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

It turns out there is more then one version of sas2flash out there and they don't all support cross flashing.

I was getting this error.

Failed to Validate Mfg Page 2

Using the guide and the tools in the link it worked out okay, I guess it was a different version of sas2flash.

Cheers!
K.