{"id":588,"date":"2012-03-10T00:41:13","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T00:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/?p=588"},"modified":"2012-03-10T00:55:03","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T00:55:03","slug":"bootable-usb-to-flash-it-mode-for-lsi-sas-9211-8i-and-9200-8e-controllers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/?p=588","title":{"rendered":"Bootable USB to Flash IT Mode for LSI SAS 9211-8i and 9200-8e Controllers"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have created a FreeDOS 1.1 bootable USB that allows you to flash IT mode for LSI SAS 92100-8i and 9200-8e controllers. <\/p>\n

To use it, download the lsifw.img archive, unpack it and flash to your USB. Then flash the controller using the LSI\\SAS\\9211_8i\\flash.bat file or the LSI\\SAS\\9200_8e\\flash.bat file.<\/p>\n

Downloads<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
File<\/th>\nSize<\/th>\nSum<\/th>\nUnpack Command<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
lsifw.tar.bz2<\/a><\/td>\n29M<\/td>\n55925 29689<\/td>\ntar jxf lsifw.tar.bz2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
lsifw.zip<\/a><\/td>\n34M<\/td>\n42642 34190<\/td>\nunzip lsifw.tar.bz2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

On linux you can flash it to your USB using this command:
\n    dd if=lsifw.img of=\/dev\/ bs=1M<\/code>.<\/p>\n

I used it to flash the SAS\/SATA controller on a Dell PowerEdge R610 that is used as the head server for a ZFS filer that I am building with a colleague because I wanted to upgrade to a newer version of the firmware.<\/p>\n

The flash.bat script assumes that the sasaddhi address is 500605B so before executing it, run sas2flsh -o -listsasadd<\/code> as specified in the readme.txt file. If the address is different, edit the flash.bat file and insert the new address.<\/p>\n

Here is what the flash.bat file looks like for the 9211-8i controller:<\/p>\n

[crayon type=”dos” toolbar=”always” title=”flash.bat for 9211-8i”]
\n@echo off
\nsas2flsh -o -e 7
\ncls
\nsas2flsh -f 9211_8i.fw
\nsas2flsh -b mptsas2.rom
\ncls
\nsas2flsh -o -sasaddhi 500605B
\n[\/crayon]<\/p>\n

Here are the basic steps.
\n<\/p>\n

1 Initial USB Boot Screen<\/h1>\n

Choose option 4: “Load FreeDOS without drivers”.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

2 Chdir to the C:\\LSI\\SAS\\9211_8i Directory<\/h1>\n

Or the 9200_8e directory if that is your controller type.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

3 Check SASADDHI<\/h1>\n

Run the sas2flsh -o listsasadd<\/code> or see the readme.txt file for more options. If the address is different, then edit the flash.bat file.<\/p>\n

3.1 Run the Editor<\/h2>\n

Run the editor:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

3.2 Edit the flash.bat File<\/h2>\n

Edit the file.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

4 Run flash.bat<\/h1>\n

It will take a few minutes for the script complete. For the 9 low order address bits I usually choose 000000001<\/code>.<\/p>\n

5 Screen Shot of the SAS\/SATA Controller Card<\/h1>\n

Here is a screen shot of the controller card.
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

6 Screen Shot of the Updated Config Utility<\/h1>\n

Note that at the top the version is v7.23.01.00 (2011.11.17). The 2011.11.17 shows that the firmware is updated.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

7 Screen Shot of the Controller Topology<\/h1>\n

This is a shot of the controller topology which shows the disks in the JBOD.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have created a FreeDOS 1.1 bootable USB that allows you to flash IT mode for LSI SAS 92100-8i and 9200-8e controllers. To use it, download the lsifw.img archive, unpack it and flash to your USB. Then flash the controller using the LSI\\SAS\\9211_8i\\flash.bat file or the LSI\\SAS\\9200_8e\\flash.bat file. Downloads File Size Sum Unpack Command lsifw.tar.bz2 … Continue reading Bootable USB to Flash IT Mode for LSI SAS 9211-8i and 9200-8e Controllers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=588"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":612,"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions\/612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/joelinoff.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}