On 2021-06-23 04:04, O. Hartmann wrote:
Hello out there.
I have a bunch of Fujitsu PRAID400i Controller from some servers we switch
to
FreeBSD driven systems and ZFS. I will not use RAID controllers with ZFS so
I
tried to cross flash these controllers, but without any success. The DOS
tools
I use produce on several mainboards a PAL error. The motherboard's UEFI I
uitilise doesn't provide a UEFI shell, so at that point it seems I'm stuck.
I
found the FreeBSD port storcli, but the tool doesn't crossflash - or it
doesn't
reveal its magic knobs to do so.
The sas3flash FreeBSD binary imag from Broadcom
https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/host-bus-adapters/sas-9300-8i
doesn't recognize the test adapter (the adapters seem to have different
stages
of firmware brandings, some from 2015 do have Avago, other, newer from 2019,
seem to be branded with Broadcom):
pciconf -lvbc
mrsas0@pci0:1:0:0: class=0x010400 rev=0x02 hdr=0x00 vendor=0x1000
device=0x005f subvendor=0x1734 subdevice=0x1211
vendor = 'Broadcom / LSI'
device = 'MegaRAID SAS-3 3008 [Fury]'
class = mass storage
subclass = RAID
bar [10] = type I/O Port, range 32, base 0xe000, size 256, enabled
bar [14] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xfb300000, size 65536, enabled
bar [1c] = type Memory, range 64, base 0xfb200000, size 1048576,
enabled
cap 01[50] = powerspec 3 supports D0 D1 D2 D3 current D0
cap 10[68] = PCI-Express 2 endpoint max data 256(4096) FLR NS
max read 512
link x4(x8) speed 8.0(8.0) ASPM disabled(L0s)
cap 05[a8] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit, vector masks
cap 11[c0] = MSI-X supports 97 messages, enabled
Table in map 0x14[0xe000], PBA in map 0x14[0xf000]
ecap 0001[100] = AER 2 0 fatal 0 non-fatal 1 corrected
ecap 0019[1e0] = PCIe Sec 1 lane errors 0
ecap 0004[1c0] = Power Budgeting 1
ecap 0016[190] = DPA 1
ecap 000e[148] = ARI 1
The sas3flash utility reports:
# /tmp/Installer_P16_for_FreeBSD/sas3flash_freebsd_amd64_rel/sas3flash
Avago Technologies SAS3 Flash Utility
Version 17.00.00.00 (2018.04.02)
Copyright 2008-2018 Avago Technologies. All rights reserved.
No Avago SAS adapters found! Limited Command Set Available!
Finished Processing Commands Successfully.
Exiting SAS3Flash.
Does anyone have had success on flashing this type of SAS controller from IR
firmware to IT firmware?
I've done a bunch of variously branded 6Gb, and 12Gb SAS controllers to turn
them
into pass(4) devices. It's been about a year and a half since my last
efforts. So
my memory may be a bit off. But I did have problems a couple of times like
you and
I was able to overcome it by using a different motherboard. IOW some did well
in
DOS whereas some preferred the UEFI UI, and one needed a different UEFI -- a
real
PITA. I have a stockpile of various flashing utils and notes/procedures from
both
myself and others. I'll make a tarball out of everything I've got and give
you a
link (offlist). Maybe something I have will work better that your tools.
HTH
--Chris
Thanks in advance,
oliver
