I just bought this card off amazon and it came with the v18 IR firmware and to my understanding for this to work smoothly with FreeNAS i need to get it to v20IT. So far I've tried using the x64 software to flash new bios and firmware but i get the-
when i run the sas2flash from the flash drive for dos I get a
UEFI when i try to boot off I just cant on both the server and my desktop it just redirects me to the bios. Does someone have a way to do this or am i just screwed till i can get an older/different computer that can handle UEFI firmware update. Any help would be awesome.
the card i have according to sas2flashERROR: Cannot Flash IT Firmware over IR Firmware!
Firmware Image Validation Failed!
Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2008(B2)
Num Ctlr FW Ver NVDATA x86-BIOS PCI Addr
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0 SAS2008(B2) 18.00.00.00 11.00.00.08 07.39.02.00 00:21:00:00
when i run the sas2flash from the flash drive for dos I get a
ERROR: Failed to initialize PAL. Exiting program.
UEFI when i try to boot off I just cant on both the server and my desktop it just redirects me to the bios. Does someone have a way to do this or am i just screwed till i can get an older/different computer that can handle UEFI firmware update. Any help would be awesome.