Hello,
I have a couple of new (to me) HBA cards that I need to flash to IT mode. They are 2308 based cards branded “inspire” with a PN: YZCA-00227-101.
Cards show up in dmesg as: [ 1.635841] mpt2sas_cm0: LSISAS2308: FWVersion(15.00.00.00), ChipRevision(0x05), BiosVersion(07.29.00.00)
Can anyone advise me on what I need to do?
Thanks!
When initially trying to flash with sas2flash.efi I can see they status with sas2flash.efi -list -c0 :
Adapter selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2308_1(D1)
Controller Number: 0
Controller: SAS2308_1(D1)
PCI Address: 00:04:00:00
SAS Address: 56C92BF-0-000B-64E2
NVDATA Version (Default): 0F.00.00.13
NVDATA Version (Persistent): 0F.00.00.13
Firmware Product ID: 0x2714 (IR)
Firmare Version: 15.00.00.00.00
NVDATA Vendor: LSI
NVDATA Product ID: SAS2308 Eval
BIOS Version: 07.29.00.00
UEFI BSD Version: N/A
FCODE Version: N/A
Board Name: Eval Board
Board Assembly: N/A
Board Tracer Number: N/A
Finished Processing Commands SuccessfullyExiting SAS2FLASH
But when actually flashing with sasflash.efi -c 0 -o I get ERROR: Cannot FLASH IT Firmware over IR Firmware!
which I understand means I need to erase the card first.
When attempting to do this in FreeDOS with megarec.exe, it does not recognise my card…
No MR Controllers(s) found
I found this in my archives, hope it helps. Looks to be both the DOS and UEFI files you might need to flash your card. It contains a batch file for DOS and a shell script for UEFI, so you can choose what works best for you. Can also just manually run everything once you’re familiar with the commands.
Make sure you record your SAS address before you run any of the commands! (Sometimes it’s also an actual, physical sticker on the card itself.)
It’s been a very long time since I used this. So, I might be able to help if you have some general questions, but I don’t really remember any specifics. It worked perfectly on the two cards I have and was heavily tested under ZFS for a couple years.
Also, I don’t normally post files online so I have no idea if WeTransfer is a good host or not. It was the first search result and seemed good enough. Make sure you scan the zip file and contents after you download it.
https://we.tl/t-yCIQ2fdRCE