LSI P20 firmware/driver issues

[BossyBear]

I've been running P19 on a flashed M1015 HBA for a long time with the mplsi.ko driver manually loaded in /boot/kernel without any issues.

I updated to FreeNAS-9.3-STABLE-201509160044 (9.3.1) which has a P20 driver in it so I flashed the LSI card to P20 and now I'm getting errors daily.

Device: /dev/da0 [SAT], ATA error count increased from 1 to 2
Device: /dev/da1 [SAT], ATA error count increased from 1 to 2
Device: /dev/da3 [SAT], ATA error count increased from 1 to 2
Device: /dev/da4 [SAT], ATA error count increased from 1 to 2
Device: /dev/da2 [SAT], ATA error count increased from 3 to 4

Apparently this is not an unknown issue. https://community.nexenta.com/thread/1053

I'm reverting to P19 to ensure the errors stop. I will update once I have evidence that it has.

 

[SweetAndLow]

I think you are the only person to report this type of issue. What exact version of the firmware are you running?

 

[BossyBear]

LSI 9211 8i - v20.00.00.00-IT

No errors so far back on P19. :)

 

[SweetAndLow]

LSI 9211 8i - v20.00.00.00-IT

No errors so far back on P19. :)

Yeah that is the problem you had the wrong version of the firmware. That version had a bug in it. You should be using 20.00.04.00 or 20.00.02.00 which doesn't have the bug. It would be in your best interest to update to that version as it is better supported when using FreeNAS 9.3.1(latest version of 9.3).

 

[BossyBear]

Updated...

dev.mps.0.firmware_version: 20.00.04.00
dev.mps.0.driver_version: 20.00.00.00-fbsd

Thanks.

 

[sactobob]

Does anyone happen to have an alternate link to p20 firmware mentioned above? Currently the LSI website returns a redirect with an error.

We're having issues with the secured downloads area of LSI.com
Something technical went wrong on our site which forced us to take the site offline, temporarily.

We are working to bring the secured downloads area of LSI.com back up as soon as possible.

 

[gpsguy]

Avago acquired LSI. Try this link instead - http://www.avagotech.com/products/server-storage/host-bus-adapters/sas-9211-8i#downloads

 

[sactobob]

Avago acquired LSI. Try this link instead - http://www.avagotech.com/products/server-storage/host-bus-adapters/sas-9211-8i#downloads

Thank you very much! Here's a more direct link to download: http://docs.avagotech.com/docs/12350530

Warning: This link fires up an automated download of a zip file called:

9211-8i_Package_P20_IR_IT_Firmware_BIOS_for_MSDOS_Windows.zip

Within this zip, the firmware file you want to flash to is:

9211-8i_Package_P20_IR_IT_Firmware_BIOS_for_MSDOS_Windows\Firmware\HBA_9211_8i_IT\2118it.bin

My how-to should work just fine using this firmware.

https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/how-to-flashing-a-dell-h200-with-a-dell-r610.32919

 

[solarisguy]

Thank you very much! That's got it there, here's a more direct link as the above is somewhat nested and requires a little searching.

http://docs.avagotech.com/docs/12350530

Yes, you can post that link, but please edit your post and add a warning that it just dumps a ZIP upon clicking. Maybe add a file name that is being downloaded.