LSI 9211 on FreNAS 9.10

[Mirfster]

sleeping 3 seconds after SATA ID error to wait for spinup

Sounds like a drive is failing or insufficient power...

 

[andyiam]

I got the card to a position to where it's firmware can be updated, the sas2flash utility is seeing the card. should I use the x64sas2.rom to flash it with?

 

[Spearfoot]

I got the card to a position to where it's firmware can be updated, the sas2flash utility is seeing the card. should I use the x64sas2.rom to flash it with?

No, sir. Here is the basic flashing command, courtesy of @jgreco:

Actually if the card is already in IT mode, you just need the

sas2flash.efi -o -f 2118it.bin -b mptsas2.rom

or you can even use the built-in sas2flash in FreeNAS. Be sure to shut down, power down, and restart afterwards.

If you don't have the 2118it.bin (firmware) and mptsas2.rom (BIOS ROM code) images, you can download them from Avago's website here. I use the file 9211-8i_Package_P20_IR_IT_FW_BIOS_for_MSDOS_Windows.zip, where you will find the BIOS image (mptsas2.rom) in the sasbios_rel folder and the IT firmware (2118it.bin) in the Firmware\HBA_9211_8i_IT folder. Copy these two files onto your FreeNAS server, then, using the sas2flash utility provided with FreeNAS, you would run: sas2flash -o -f 2118it.bin -b mptsas2.rom