M1050 card - how to know what mode the card is in

[JoeB]

OK so I know have 2x LSI IBM M1050 cards. I've managed to boot into the cards' bios and the package version is 20 and the bios version is 4.

What am i looking for to find out if its currently in IT or IR mode?

Theres a ton of threads describing how to flash, so i'm going to give this a try and follow those threads.

 

[BigDave]

SSH into FreeNAS and run the command sas2flash -list.

The output looks like this...

Code:

root@dozer:~ # sas2flash -list
LSI Corporation SAS2 Flash Utility
Version 16.00.00.00 (2013.03.01)
Copyright (c) 2008-2013 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved
		Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2308_2(D1)
		Controller Number			  : 0
		Controller					 : SAS2308_2(D1)
		PCI Address					: 00:02:00:00
		SAS Address					: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
		NVDATA Version (Default)	   : 14.01.00.06
		NVDATA Version (Persistent)	: 14.01.00.06
		Firmware Product ID			: 0x2214 (IT)
		Firmware Version			   : 20.00.07.00
		NVDATA Vendor				  : LSI
		NVDATA Product ID			  : SAS9207-8i
		BIOS Version				   : N/A
		UEFI BSD Version			   : N/A
		FCODE Version				  : N/A
		Board Name					 : SAS9207-8i
		Board Assembly				 : H3-25412-00K
		Board Tracer Number			: SP64201932
		Finished Processing Commands Successfully.
		Exiting SAS2Flash.
root@dozer:~ #

 

[Chris Moore]

Just to highlight it a touch more. Where I put the arrow in this photo:

That is where it tells you it is in IT (initiator target) mode and the next line is where it tells the firmware version. You do not need the BIOS to be laded because you will likely boot from one of your SATA or USB ports.

PS. When I am flashing firmware, I usually only have one board in the system at a time. It is just easier that way.