Megarec flash is not programmable. find “SAS Address” > SASADD.

Megarec flash is not programmable rom 5. I have the card installed in a Lenovo TS140 (which does not have a UEFI shell). rom (9211 FIRMWARE FROM LSI website) Megarec -writesbr 0 H200INT. Reset to BIOS, re-enable secure boot, disable CSM and boot to Windows Step 3: Cross Flash the card to the new Firmware. New posts All threads Latest threads New posts Trending threads. spd Finally, if you fuck it up on accident, don't panic. you can run: C:> megarec -adpList to see if it detects a card at all or not. efi -c 0 -o` I get `ERROR: Cannot FLASH IT Firmware over IR Firmware!` When attempting to do this in FreeDOS with megarec. Reboot. rom Don't forget to readdress your card with its SAS address, or its not going to be able to find your drives The full bootable filesystem needed to reset & flash an LSI SAS92xx M1015 SAS controller card (eg, to IT mode), bootable in both DOS & UEFI - strazto/lsi-sas92xx-m1015-flash-firmware megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty. Latest version currently is 12. I R710 get's stuck on megarec (will not allow to modify firmware) so you need to use secondary pc! Other PC-s may not want to boot when card is installed. Ask Question Asked 1 year, 3 months ago. So, please, check the official documentation :) I'm doing this on an old Lenovo thinkServer with a mobo that as far as I can tell only supports BIOS and not UEFI. bin Stub exec faild: \dos4gw. Owl789 New Member. bin If this fails move on to next step. Download all the files from here. Usage: MegaRec -help : Display the list of options MegaRec -adpList : Display identified MR controller(s) MegaRec -corruptInfo : Display corruption information of controller MegaRec -m0flash <n> <image> : Flash controller : where <n> is the controller index : and <image> is the image file to flash MegaRec -cleanflash <n> <image>: Erase Flash. bin). BTW, circuit boards are cheap, and easy to clone. efi -c 0 -list # replace the "0" index num with the device index number you want to flash, then write down it's SAS Address. 270. Last but not least, I assume the first guide does not flash the bios (-b mptsas2. reboot 3. rom 6. You can directly compare the circuit board visually, the insides of the chip, not . e. You can make a single bootable DOS USB and put the UEFI files on it, or you can make two separate USBs. I have ordered the correct part. bin; megarec -cleanflash 0 is the right path to choose. exe command will just sit there for 3 hours and not give any input. ) Specifically I need the IT Mode SBR file for the LSI 9300 8i HBA card. 6. It does not actually flash anything since that is done by existing firmware itself. zip\MegaRec. bin But when actually flashing with `sasflash. Erase controller Flash (Yes, this is safe procedure) megarec -cleanflash 0 4. "Cannot Flash IT Firmware over IR Firmware" Similar threads B One of the first steps in most cross-flashing guides is to wipe the flash with megarec -cleanflash 0. So I made a DOS bootable USB, installed the flashing files from here and ran: megarec -readsbr 0 sbrempty. Though I managed to recover the SBR EEPROM by using megarec3. See this thread over on the FreeNAS forums , specifically where he talks about it not working on his R610 and to back up the SAS Address. Posted by u/krese - 1 vote and 4 comments Here are the files and steps to flash your Dell Perc H200 card and leave it in IT mode with UEFI support. H200a needs a modded SBR. So, flash in a PCI-E port and when done, the H200a won’t/H200i will work in the dedicated PCI-E as a 9211i. 刷机主要用的软件，hp 官网有下载。前往 hp 企业官网，搜索“lsi megaraid cache clearing” 搜索结果选择下图所示，点击下载即可. As I said below: If you dont have the files, maybe I can mail them to you or something. If this is a lsi stock card you can leave the sbr file empty or build your own. Is this true? Thanks! Update: I have successfully flashed it! However I use the command s2fp19. bin since you have erased the SBR and firmware flash on that card, the only tool that can detect it now is megarec. With the IBM M1015 we wrote sbrempty. rom -a0 21. you can flash your card with this system without issue Notes: keep one old workstation with pcie 16x for I'm not sure if the PC hardware factors in at all since the AsRock Z75 Pro3 didn't have its own internal EFI filesystem. Steps I took in case of confusion: sas2flsh. bin → success The firmware file is called 6gbpsas. bin 3. SPD (Backup your current spd file to the USB) Thank you! 准备工具 一张富士通D2607-A11阵列卡 一个U盘 一台PC机（支持UEFI启动） 准备工作 制作DOS启动盘 将U盘格式化成FAT32，刷入dos系统 下载刷机工具包点击下载 拷贝刷机所需工具 megarec软件 sas2flash软件 9211-8i固件 拷贝efi shell支持文件 在U盘根目录下，创建\\\\efi\\\\boot目录 复制shell_v1. How to flash a Dell/Fujitsu SAS3008 card IR with updated LSI firmware? The LSI sas3flash tool checks the PCI Subsystem ID of the card and if it does not match it aborts flashing. bin reboot s2fp19. bin megarec -cleanflash 0 @vanfawx have you ever had success with the 9260 8i, I've followed the guide on here and flashed my 9271 8i to 9207 8i with great success. I followed various guides and resources, and here's what I've found (resources linked below) I can boot into FreeDOS to use megarec, but sas2flash requires EFI shell. At first sas3flash (DOS and UEFI) could not see the card at all. sbr. efi) sas2flash. And a video of the Art of Server was using an . I have IBM m1015 (SAS9220-8i) adapter (FRU 46M0861) which I'm trying to flash to LSI9211-IR follwing these instructions megarec. #5 any regular PCIe slot will do, it does not have to be on riser 1. MEGRAID STORAGE MANAGER (MSM) I can also confirm that this software seems to work. Reboot (via ctrl alt delete, etc), then boot back to USB stick. bin -b mptsas2. exe command to run at all. Through various combinations of Ubuntu, FreeDOS, rEFInd, and MegaRec I have finally reached the point where sas2flash no longer can see the board and writing sbrempty makes no difference. - Also tried sas2flsh -o -e 6, fails. Before you delete the SBR, it might be a good idea to Either way, the recovery ROM doesn't appear to work with my card; or perhaps it's a case of megarec. Set the controller mode: sas2flsh -o -e 6. exe I get an error saying MegaRec -cleanflash <n> <image> <-i2o/-fusion> : Erase Flash. rom on the second guide). ) Megarec -writespd 0 H200INT. I read dozens of forums to understand the procedure the best I could before starting. Flash new LSI 12. Flash in a standard PCI-E When you flash, the SBR bit is reset by the card being erased, so if previously modded to 1e it will revert to 1c etc. if controllers(s) physically present but not found, Please shutdown the system and set the jumper in default position and power up" megarec. megarec -writesbr 0 empty. ROM. Megarec and sas2flash cannot detect the controller. If you were trying to run the info command in freedos after a flash, it's going to be blank, as the freedos info script only looks for stock megaraid cards. Currently not supported. If i remember back 2 years ago you can flash 9207 8i firmware to that card. O. Seems to have all the hooks to load the Firmware, Bios and EFI-BSD, seems easy enough to use in the future. bin. Reboot 3. Thanks, Owl . Flash the new firmware: sas2flsh -o -f 2118ir. I've read that it may not be possible to flash the H200 in a dell server So I tried to back all the way up to the megarec. I am using freedos and trying to flash it on my R510. e: Might not be helpful to you given how far you've come. I've documented the effort in the imgur album that I've linked here for some reason the STH forums don't seem to like my photos. exe file and mtpsas2. bin" and it would simply just hang there doing nothing. exe -cleanflash 0 для зачистки прошивки и перезагрузите пк с последующей загрузкой в FreeDOS, для перезагрузки используйте комманду reboot Used a non-UEFI machine to flash the card. efi can flash firmware to, 0-indexed sas2flash. There's a few guides for using megarec to wipe the firmware and start again. exe and erased using the former, instead of megarec. rom [reboot] no luck SECOND megarec -cleanflash 0 [reboot] megarec -m0flash 0 del_fw. bin megarec -cleanflash 0 Reboot and carry on to the EFI shell below Thats what my document said that I used to flash my ServeRaid M1015. Reboot for the card to forget its SBR values. but when running sas2flash. exe -o -sasadd 5xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx reboot sas2flsh. When I run sas2flsh. After some more reverse megarec -cleanflash 0 [reboot] megarec -m0flash mr2208fw. Had to use the old SBRIR. Next, backup the SBR and SPD for the RAID card: megarec -readsbr 0 smc2208. rom (sas2flsh -o -f 2118it. and then there's various attempts and versions to flash with firmware not *exactly* intended for that card, but seems to give a specific I've tried to use my R710 to flash it but the who system gets stuck on the megarec. exe -o -f 6GBPSAS. exe -listall sas2flsh. txt megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty. New. Chips on the other hand are not as easy to get right. Before you insert the card in the computer write down the adapter address from the label on the card, it should start with 500605b0. EFI shell (shellx64. rom (xxx= version number, yyy= OEM version) Megarec -writesbr 0 sbrzzzzz. N. : where <n> is the controller index: and <image> is the image file to flash or 2 MegaRec -cleanflash <n> Reboot Megarec -m0flash <adp#> Megarec probably does low level flashing, as in accessing and writing to flash chip directly. Feel free to seek help and share your ideas for our pruducts! I have recently acquired a LSI 9211-8i, but I am failing to flash it properly. sbr 2) Reflash the SBR with the version you want: megarec -writesbr 0 sbrh700. But then the megarec commands freeze/hang. bin megarec -cleanflash 0 reboot, back to USB stick sas2flsh. Clean the FLASH with megarec: megarec -cleanflash 0 4. exe -adplist (it shows my controller) use megarec. flash the IT mode firmware via sas2flash -c 0 -f 2118it. Tried both IT and IR, and via EFI and bios. I've tried the process several times, both with and without restoring the original Dell firmware. exe -o -sasadd 500605b-0-0000-0001 Reboot sas2flsh. exe -writesbr 0 sbrempty. I guess that it depends on the MoBo archietcture, but the R710 would not let me execute these commands. megarec -cleanflash 0 megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty. FINAL UPDATE: find “SAS Address” > SASADD. DO NOT ERASE OR FLASH ANYTHING UNTIL YOU ARE SURE WHAT ELSE HAS BEEN That 0102. What I have done: FreeDOS. Megarec-lsi. bin) before then writing the desired SBR (megarec -writesbr 0 9207sbr. if it can’t, don’t give up, try other versions of megarec. If I'm executing a program on near bare metal, I don't like to download it from some random dropbox. Megarec got stuck all the time I am punchy from trying to flash my newly acquired 9200-8E HBA to P20. I was able to clean the firmware and also start a flash, however, it fails at one of the sages (I believe it was 'CTRL' stage) complaining something about flash offset or something along these lines. ) Turns out the R510 could flash without an issue. Feb 3, 2016 1,630 505 113 San First – see if megarec can see the device. From my understanding, fusion mode = IT. I am able to boot into FreeDOS and see the adapter during BIOS boot first time, and get the following when I use megarec -adpList: MegaRec -cleanflash <n> FWxx. The following 2 commands wipe the flash off of the card. Tried to flash it using sas3flash or storcli, but it says firmware have not valid signature. More posts you may like EDIT: please go to LSI Controller FW updates IR/IT modes for most up to date guide, its hard keeping 2 guides up to date. Had to track down the correct sas2flash utility to do this in uefi as I have no older bios hardware. I’m hoping maybe someone still has an older Dell PowerEdge in service and I filled bios chip with zeros, so it is allow me to run server, of couse server's bios do not detect a card, but MegaRec and sas3flash can see it. exe, it does not recognise my card `No MR Controllers(s) found` comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment. So I ignored the megarec cleanflash steps and just went ahead with the sas2flsh steps and it worked beautifully. Digging around broadcom website found a bios for LSI3108 and firmware. Grab the SAS address off the card, it’s on the back on a green sticker (ie 500605B0xxxxxxxx) sas2flsh -o -sasadd 500605b0xxxxxxxx It should take about a minute and flash the smc rom over to the card. So my Perc H310 (full-size) fails to write its SAS address. I'm trying to flash an IBM M5110 card to IT mode but the controller is not detected by megarec. I'm trying to crossflash an IBM m5015 to LSI firmware, but I'm running out of luck. exe -writesbr 0 sleyksbr. SBR jumper is needed to convert OEM to LSI 9400. Share Sort by: Best. Unfortunately I'm using card in Asus motherboard, and from what I see this card does not support trial cachecade - no option in MSM (LSI/Awago mgmt tool). rom reverts back to IBM M5014 sbr) megarec. In my cases it is: SSVID to check: 1734 - SSVID found 1000 SSDID to check: 1214 - SSDID found 30E0 Firmware Image Validation Failed! Hello, I recently had some trouble with IBM M5210, which involved megarec not writing to the SBR for some reason. Optionally, use 4. It must be an UEFI bootable computer. exe -cleanflash 0 Now yields: When i do next command "megarec. bin 2. I've always done it before the cleanflash. SBR (SBR from our H700 Int. bin megarec -cleanflash 0 Success <reboot, back to USB stick> Ran sas2flsh -o -f 2118it. I would be disinclined to use something like that with data I considered precious. exe commands to see if I could clean out whatever I'd done and try again. In order to clear the SBR (Serial Boot Rom) and flash memory of our card we’ll be using the MegaRec tool once more. Now Menu. It says 'chip is in fusion mode Success'. I do not need to boot from them, and flashing the BIOS extends boot times by a noticeable amount. bin from a package from Supermicro. exe -writesbr 0 h200i-it. Forums. 2. I'm pretty sure I'm flashing the correct version of the card. megarec -cleanflash 0 geeft: Flash is not programmable. That's part of the reason I think editing the PCI root configuration data (including the Not to hijack this thread, but I have a Lenovo M1215 (similar layout) from eBay and went through the same process you did with the same result. While your files didnt helped, your 'clearing' sentence made me try that second command we should use only if first failed (i had 'megarec. - megarec cleanflash returned the flash as not programmable - Tried in both UEFI and Non-UEFI machines, Non-UEFI machines seemed to do more but would not write the firmware, I have attached some images. Reactions: T_Minus and dstanding. rom file for the MegaRAID firmware to the flash using megarec -m0flash. I did not use it as I went the CLI method. Download the Dell Perc H310 firmware onto the card with the following command: megarec -m0flash 0 FW2657A. Either the firmware wasn't correct for the card (I tried sas2flash version 20, 16, 14 and 5) or I got stuck at the If the info command in Linux didn't show anything, the firmware probably didn't get finished flashing and you can try the flash command/process again. Met een oude megacli is de (IMR) is de firmware ook niet te updaten, alleen de laatste megacli versie werkt wel gewoon. Вводите megarec. bin to the card (megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty. That resulted in this error: CFI Query failed Flash is Not Programmable After much googling (to no avail), looking at the card, and scratching my head, I have come to the conclusion that the flash is not programmable becauseit doesn't exist. Also worth noting that when the system is in legacy boot, I see the card initialise and see a message stating “SAS address is not programmed on controller in slot 0”. I'm not sure if this is necessary but other guides included it. exe program coming direct from HP. Its 30 MB of data (with the firmware, the EFI shell etc. Megarec -adplist (Displays the RAID card ID, should be "0") Megarec -readsbr 0 <Backup-fileneme>. I bought two of these cards (Fujitsu D3307-A12), afterwards I realized they have the RAID firmware configuration and not the IT/HBA firmware. bin 3) Empty the BIOS: megarec -cleanflash 0 4) Reboot the computer and boot from the flash drive again. Jun 2, 2017 #4 Success, the controller now works with P20 FW and Bios. rom, and 0239. exe -cleanflash 0. I solved this by not using the R710 to flash the card. Check to see if you can see the RAID card with the sas2flash EFI command sas2flash -list. I've PMed zorpat who also popped up in that thread for their SBR file to try that. In this case the 0 is the controller in case you have multiple. so after that i spent last night fining old pc to clean flash rom. 12P3 using More recently, in an interesting turn of events, I discovered that this cable: "IBM SFF-8470 - SFF-8088 5. That should be a 2208 that ypu can flash as a 2308 just be sure what the card chipset is in megarec first. iso from nec site Write latest LSI firmware with command Megacli *NOT MEGAREC*: Megacli -AdpFwFlash -f mr2208fw. exe -cleanflash 0 Reboot Begin Flashing (The guide I read said I needed to walk the versions up): sas2flsh. Anyway, after typing 'megarec. exe -o -f - I've tried to flash numerous firmwares (Supermicro's, LSI's, Dell's) using megarec, megacli, storcli, sas2flash, etc. I have been following this guide: Cross-Flash IBM ServRAID M5110 and H1110 to IT HBA Mode – an Ephemeral Memoir of the Lazy Mocha supplemented with the three other guides linked in it (the guide skips Megarec -m0flash 0 0061_lsi. B: SAS Address: 500605b-0-0000-0001 (Not my original address, lost it) megarec. efi -o -e 6 and "Adapter Reset Failed" (after Firmeware Download Successful. This depends on your motherboard model. Turn off server and disconnect power cables for 2-3 mins 22. bin megarec -cleanflash 0 reboot sas2flsh. I could not get that to work. efi到\\\\efi\\\\boot目录，重 2) With only the HP H221 card in the server, save the SBR file from the HP card (just in case) by running: megarec -readsbr h221sbr. My controller is now back in proper pc and works great!. Then I ran Note that these steps do not flash the BIOS to the card, which means you cannot boot to any drives attached to it. bin and megarec -cleanflash 0 megarec Menu. bin Here is where I could use some help. rom (for latest LSI firmware, also included 2x IBM roms too, just change name) <reboot> Done! Tweaks Of possible use to ZFS fanatics, when flashing the card to IT mode, do not flash the mptsas2. SBR (SBR from our H200 Int. Overwriting is not needed. MegaRec -readspd <n> <image> <-i2o/-fusion> : Read controller SPD to specified file in I2O/FUSION It was more about the megarec. exe -cleanflash 0" But I get this weird message. Set SAS Adapter address with address recorded from label on back of card prior to installation. This will be megarec -cleanflash 0 <reboot, back to USB stick > sas2flsh -o -f 2118it. Download latest firmware in . I have created a FreeDOS boot USB stick and copied the 2118it. Q&A. MEGASCU, MEGAREC, SAS2FLSH (This wouldn't work with 2208 based Hey nerds, I too am following this nice guide to flash a Dell Perc H310 with LSI firmware. Programs if image is Provided. 5M 1x Ext SAS Cable 00VJ141" does not seem compatible with my SAS9201-16e <--> Dell MD1000 enclosure. exe -cleanflash 0' and rebooting, everything started to work!. Was not successful using the UEFI process on my UEFI machine. 0-0111 (or was it 0-0101) After the megarec -cleanflash 0 completes instead of rebooting into the USB drive we’ll want to reboot into the UEFI shell. bin megarec -cleanflash 0. The downside is you might need a desktop; the R610 would hang whenever I tried to use megarec. rom, this then will not load the boot BIOS Hello, I' currently trying to cross Flash a Fujitsu D3307 from IR to IT mode. I have tested it on both the Dell R410 and an R610, with multiple flash drives running different copies of FreeDOS. This bit makes me suspicious someone has tried to flash this card previously and didn’t finish it! What am I missing? If it is in another location, you need to change the zero to whatever number it is at i. SPD (Backup your current spd file to the USB) Megarec -cleanflash 0 (erases the current flash) Reboot PC back to USB DOS; Megarec -m0flash 0 9211T. I've already run. bin” (Writes an empty sbr to for card #2) Type: “megarec -cleanflash 1” (Erases controller flash for card #2) Reboot the Megarec -readsbr 0 backup. I think the 1x means it is not CX4. exe -o -f 2118p7. bin 3a. Reboot into your UEFI Terminal instead of the DOS environment. Flash the card to the new firmware and bootrom make it bootable: sas2flsh -o -f 214i4et. A clone card is not guaranteed to perform or work like the genuine article. If megarec doesn't detect the card, I suspect it's a goner. exe commands to get the SAS address. rom to the root of the USB stick. SPD (SPD from our H200 Int. I booted the machine into a FreeDOS thumb drive loaded with the appropriate files. megarec -writesbr 0 sbrsun. bin if OptionROM is not needed) if you have old systmen such as core 2 duo or workstation that does not have UEFI. Not sure, but this address maybe irretrievable if you don't do this step before flashing. exe -help. bin megarec -cleanflash 0 So using this guide, you grabbed the sbrfj. rom (H700 Integrated ROM update file downloaded from Dell website) Megarec -writesbr 0 H700INT. efi -listall # Find the list of SAS cards sas2flash. well, after booting from USB and typing megarec -adplist i got five lines repeating this: "Warning! IO Base address high. exe to flash the LSI firmware - fails with "failed to There must be an extra step I am missing to force it to be seen as a MR card and not an Intel card. And it was a real pain to gather all elements. Nov 18, 2015 9 1 1 68. ). It’s just not in the flash area. exe; Megarec-lsi. 0-0151 FW with megarec: megarec -m0flash 0 0102_lsi. It will report success once complete. Clear the cards flash: megarec -cleanflash 0. megarec -cleanflash 0. Hello guys, I have a PERC H710 Mini - D1, followed instruction from H710 D1 Mini - Fohdeesha Docs, everything goes fine, all disks are visible, the issues which I'm encountering that I'm not able to write to any of the disks, I have tried firmware version 20 and 16, without any succes. sbr ¶ Debricking bad flash. Prepare a USB with freedos bootable. It is also telling me that MegaRec is not a recognized command. Here's the sequence I went through if it helps: megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty. rom: Erase Flash. The flash proccess completed, but could not flash to a higher level with the usual mfgpage2 message and could not get into the cards bios/config page. works fine, but these two commands hang forever. :D. I was able to accomplish only through using megarec. exe. sbr 2. exe -cleanflash 0 # UEFI USB (flash new) # list devices map -b Type: “megarec -cleanflash 0” (Erases controller flash for card #1) Type: “megarec -writesbr 1 sbrempty. exe file and copied it as well as the sas2flsh. efi --> does not see any controller - sas3flash. Controversial. exe --> does not see any controller The only success I had was with megarec. Use Rufus to format your USB as Non-Bootable. FreeDOS can see the card, and it even wiped it for me Once I discovered that not only megarec was more reliable and explicitly verified (on all manufacturer's versions), and also that I didn't need to preserve the SAS ID like some guides said, so I didn't need to distinguish erasing with -o -e 6 or -o -e 7, it was easy. What version FW is the M5014 running, as originally SATA3 was not out when the M5015/4 were released. Programs if image is Provided in I2O/FUSION mode. So far no one has reported an update on 930-8i. This will take a while. Maybe it helps. Download/erase BIOS It took one of my cards ~5 hours (left it overnight) for that command. I would enter "megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty. Thankfully megarec still sees it, so it isn't bricked. External flashing may be necessary, we'll see. Download firmware (update the FLASH) Flash the new firmware. Not sure if the R510 will be the same. Reboot Thanks for your patience. rom. Modified 1 year, 3 months ago. I'm not exactly sure why, I use regular BIOS, not UEFI. exe -cleanflash - Delete the flash with megarec, worked ok, no stop at half the memory. I got the exact same problem in DOS as in EFI. megarec -adplist megarec I've already run megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty. Top. "megarec -cleanflash 0" becomes "megarec -cleanflash 1". I haven't attempted my 9260 yet but it would be nice to see what progress you may have made with this, I might try at some I'm doing this on an old Lenovo thinkServer with a mobo that as far as I can tell only supports BIOS and not UEFI. Not sure why, but please wait till megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty. I understand it will only list LSI adaptors, but I'm not 100% certain on that, so read carefully. I've had situations where I needes to flash an older LSI firmware to the card, then save and wipe the card configuration using megarec, then flashing back up to the current revision of the LSI "IT" bios. fw. Flash it In order to clear the SBR (Serial Boot Rom) and flash memory of our card we’ll be using the MegaRec tool once more. bin megarec -cleanflash 0 was needed after cleanflash (not before). The I used megarec to wipe the flash, but firmware still wouldn't take. You can now safely clear the SBR: MegaRec -writesbr 0 empty. I first has issues even executing commands in the DOS command line. exe (LSI tools are weirdly fickle on interoperability across vendors/chipsets) megarec -adplist. EXE; Install the card. I thought the CVM02 module had the SBR EEPROM on it, and since the The full bootable filesystem needed to reset & flash an LSI SAS92xx M1015 SAS controller card (eg, to IT mode), bootable in both DOS & UEFI - strazto/lsi-sas92xx-m1015-flash-firmware Tower of Fantasy is an multi-platform MMORPG game developed by Hotta Studio! Moderation for this subreddit is being handled by dedicated members of the community, who are not officially affiliated with Tencent. bin <reboot, back to USB stick> Megarec -m0flash 0 0061_lsi. it's needed if u flash ur adapter from old to newer version and want to flash back to an older one. Boot on the USB key normally (not in UEFI) and you will clear the flash by doing : megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty. I put it into an Intel DP55KG motherboard to flash it, as its final destination, a Supermicro X9SCM-F was busy at the time. I can execute the sas2flsh. Before you delete the SBR, it might be a good idea to backup the original one that came with your card: MegaRec -readsbr 0 backup. 2GHz, 128GB RAM Case: Supermicro SC826BE1C-R920LPB 3U 12-bay with BPN-SAS3-826EL1 backplane Network: SolarFlare SFN6122F 10GbE, 2 x Intel GbE HBA: LSI SAS9300-8i Boot: 2 x 120GB Intel DC S3500 SSD Pool 1: 2 x 5-disk RAIDZ2 vdevs using 4TB HGST MegaRec -adpList : Display identified MR controller(s) MegaRec -corruptInfo : Display corruption information of controller MegaRec -m0flash <n> <image> : Flash controller: where <n> is the controller index: and <image> is The megarec exe file needs to be on the drive and iirc the command is <megarec -cleanflash 0> OR perhaps it's <megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty. I have restored original firmware; I was able to create a RAID array with all the disks, Megarec -m0flash 0 smc2018. Because the Intel SAS expander is not a Dell device, the h200 will not see the expander or any disks attached to the expander. sbr back to FreeDOS installation and boot the machine, flash with: megarec. I rebooted and launched the EFI Shell. So when flashing I recommend avoiding AMD based systems and Intel brand motherboards. bin (completes successfully) (Reboot) Now, it should boot and show the BIOS from the SMC2108 (if enabled in BIOS) - but it shows a few lines of "RAID Adapter error, SBR error" in blue, and I can continue to boot from USB. sbr (Backup your current sbr file to the USB) Megarec -cleanflash 0 (erases the current flash) Reboot PC back to USB DOS; Megarec -m0flash 0 FW1405IA. I'm doing this on an old Lenovo thinkServer with a mobo that as far as I can tell only supports BIOS and not UEFI. At the moment I am left with a card with no firmware and sas2flash. I did not see an erase Hello, i would like to flash my LSI 9267-8i/NEC N8103-149 Unfortunately, I have flashed the SMC2208. sas2flsh -o -f 2108it. Booted back to efi shell and ran I was eventually able to transplant the flash/eeprom from a working card on to a non-working card, which made the iDRAC/baseboard controller happy again. Sas2flash just calls one of the MPI functions, see my tech discussion thread for the list. Megarec -readsbr 0 N8103-149. exe, I made a mistake on the CacheVault Module. 5. rom, this then will not load the boot BIOS I did NOT use the DOS tools (megarec) and did everything from sas2flash. rom (H700 Integrated ROM update file downloaded from Dell website) Have a look in the BIOS that the PCIe setting is not set to PCIe Gen1, my ASUS mobo can force PCIe Gen1 This might be the issue, I can test this once I'm back home. If I can get past that, I I need to convert a pair of H700 RAID cards into H700i (“storage slot”) cards, but various sources for the original SPD & SBR files are long gone. There is an issue though if you plan on using an Intel SAS expander with the h200i while it is installed into the integrated storage slot. com link for you Bij de beide nieuwe kaarten krijg ik de flash echter niet gewist. bin перед перепрошивкой; Вводите megarec. 12. sas2flsh -o -sasadd The card is only marked up as 'SAS9220-8i' and not 'M1015' although that doesn't seem odd from what others have said, it looks just like the ones that many others are using. Open comment sort options Best. We both lost SBR and SPD backups, and have since been on quests to recover original state (iMR/Megaraid). " after that it says: "No MR controller(s) found. Power cycle your system (yes, no boot-time bios screen appear, this is normal) 5. Write clean sbr file to controller: megarec -writesbr 0 empty. use megarec. Megarec -cleanflash 0 Megarec -writesbr 0 sbrm1015. Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk . The chipset of the card is LSI 2208 "Thunderbolt" so something in the ID of the card firmware must be stopping it from being detected by megarec. BAT (does the same thing) Shut down the system. 65-2578 ) Using firmware image from Supermicro's FTP linked above): megacli -adpallinfo -a0 (spits out long file including SAS Address and all config options) I moved the card over to my HTPC and booted that into the built in EFI shell. bin> I can't remember exactly, but you have to wipe the IR firmware BEFORE you change over to IT and flash the new bin file Stand by and I'll try and find the servethehome. exe No such file or directory Click to expand Last edited: Sep 6, 2015. Reflash controller to IT-mode. exe I get "No LSI SAS Adapters found!" , tried booting back into DOS and running MegaRec again, but it did not see the card this time. bin megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty. Reboot back into the USB drive. Only reason I was going to flash it was because I couldn't spin the drives down in Windows Server. SPD! but it not currently Flashable to IT Mode. Flash the new firmware sas2flsh -o -f 2118it. flash bootroms, if you plan to boot from drives connected to this card. It says something about flash not being I'm trying to flash an H310 into IT mode and I'm getting this error. Locked post. Copy all the files to the USB. I also had a tiny bit of Clean the flash again (don’t forget!) megarec -cleanflash 0. nthu9280 Well-Known Member. I also read in one of the guides/posts that you might have to use a motherboard from the pre-UEFI days to get it to work. but ok, let's say you just want to go back to MegaRAID firmware (not IR by the way, different things) you *should* be able to leave the SBR empty, write the *. Ik vrees dus dat LSI de flash chip veranderd heeft op nieuwere versies, en de versie van megarec die Welcome to BIGTREETECH&BIQU Community! This community is for discussion and sharing experience of BIGTREETECH mainboard &BIQU 3D Printer. None of them worked. rom (rom from the LSI recovery ROM thread linked above) (reboot - got to working firmware ver 3. I am unable to flash my H200 to IT Mode I was using this guide I am getting stuck on the megarec commands They aren't finishing. This worked out perfect. Enjoy! Avago/LSI flash tool does not detect SAS card. efi (version 5). bin FAILED TO INITALIAZE PAL: EXITING PROGRAM Googled this error(duh) Doh! Instead I wanted to erase the card with sas2flash's own erase command "-o -e 6", but that's not possible if it doesn't recognize the card. But more AMD than Intel. The problem I faced was that megarec does not run on my R510 for some reason and it just sits there. or maybe it means it is a single lane and not 4 lanes. Good news I followed this guide but his SBR didnt work for me. fw s2fp19. I found most of what I Usage: MegaRec -help : Display the list of options MegaRec -adpList : Display identified MR controller(s) MegaRec -corruptInfo : Display corruption information of controller MegaRec -m0flash <n> <image> : Flash controller : where <n> is the controller index : and <image> is the image file to flash MegaRec -cleanflash <n> <image>: Erase Flash. Today i flash NEC N8103 to LSI using latest 9266/1971 formware from Broadcom site I used this way: 1. exe -o - sas3flash. fmyhr says: June 30, 2014 at 6:28 pm 4- Now go on on the computer you want to use to flash the card. Viewed 1k times The only way to solve this is boot to DOS, then run megarec to wipe the Anyway; The issue I'm having is that when i go to flash it using the same instructions above; I'm now getting an error: Error: Firmware image does not support Target Adapter Chip Revision (1) I'm using the Top set of instructions: Type in the following exactly: megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty. exe instead of sas2flsh. See picture. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Be Patient! The Bios on the card will take exactly three (3) minutes to enumerate. Today's Posts; Member List; Forum; Tech Support from Vendors; ASRock; If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. Change SBR to LSI SBR with megarec: megarec -writesbr 0 sbrlsi. FW sas2flsh. Home. Reboot the machine and boot back into the USB drive. exe -readsbr 0 orig. bin megarec -cleanflash 0 5- Now restart and from the bios you must launch the EFI shell and it will look like this : Posted by u/bi0hazard6 - 2 votes and 19 comments Clean flash with megarec: megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty. Then flash it to latest 20. 2-U8 Board: Supermicro X10SRL-F with Intel Xeon E5-2667 v4 @ 3. Im going through this very detailed guide but the guy doesnt provide any of the programs or data files he uses in the tutorial. What I did. bin megarec -cleanflash 0 Or try running the batch script TOITMD1. 13. Obviously this would not be of any importance, if the card would be perfectly functional, but unfortunately I need to RMA it for a port failure (hardware problem), and the current serial and manufacturing date pushes the card outside the warranty, (probably the change of sw internals voids the waranty as well if I'm not able to restore it to Edit: ok i know understand why the need of megarec command. bin (zzzzz= Card type you are trying to flash to, only really needed with M5014/5015) Reboot Done sas2flash. supermacro Doh! Instead I wanted to erase the card with sas2flash's own erase command "-o -e 6", but that's not possible if it doesn't recognize the card. there are different versions of the MegaRAID firmware make sure you get the right one for your card megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty. bin and then flash the dell main firmware sas2flsh -o -f 6GBPSAS. Next erase the flash area with the following command: megarec -cleanflash 0. rom for OptionRom) 3. exe not being able to flash it correctly BACON: FreeNAS 11. megarec -writesbr 0 h200. Add a Comment megarec. rom is programmable to IBM M5014 card, but only 6 more other firmware revisions can accept 9260-8i sbr banner, 3 of them can not! (0124. bin megarec. bin" and then "megarec -cleanflash 0" rebooted and continue to Dell FW steps? If it still only detects 3 drives, try this h200 sbr from this guide. Reboot back to EFI shell or into FreeDOS (with the appropriate files) 2. Move generated h200i-it. Set the main and only partition to 500MB. Did get it to boot with one (tested with 5 or 6) i think # Erase flash megarec. Like other homelabbers, I'm running into a bit of trouble. sbr megarec -readspd 0 smc2208. B. SBR (Backup your current sbr file to the USB) Megarec -readspd 0 N8103-149. megarec is dos only tool AFAIK. exe to clean flash. sbr megarec -m0flash 0 2208_16. I go back to try cleaning the flash again and erasing it by running "megarec. zip\DOS4GW. Wipe the whole Flash. Turn on server 23. New comments cannot be posted. . I used the megarec tool and the file seemed to load correctly, but after reboot the sas3flash util doesn't recognise it. bin (this one is the one that took forever the first time, but eventually finished) The M1015 when cleanflash 0 will then allow MegaCLi and SAS2flsh to work, but this does not work on the M5015 Megarec is LSI's Firmware recovery app, meant to recover from bad flashes or corrupt SBR info. megarec. Note that I messed up here and forgot to save my SAS address (the card has no sticker with the address on it). Ran megarec with jumper shorted to clear off the SBR and then was able to erase with sas3flash -o -e 7. Flash your IT firmware [Download : DELL_6GBPS-SAS-HBA_A01_R255067 to get the Dear All, I have M5015 card, and wanted to use CacheCade trial. sbr write the dell SBR. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. bin' success as showed on photo). So far, we have @iblik, @BLinux and my self have successfully cross-flashed 530-8i to 9400-8i IT mode as reported here. bin", i do not get an error. bin (add -b mptsas2. megarec -writesbr 0 H310. fw Reboot s2fp19. BIN. bin firmware, extracted the MegaRec. exe -c 0 -list megarec. 0) Identify the card you want to flash megarec -adplist 1) Save your current SBR to backup SBR just in case megarec -readsbr 0 backup_h700. efi -listall Megarec -cleanflash 0 (0 = if only one LSI card in computer, you'll need to work out which number to flash if more than one) Reboot to USB Megarec -m0flash 0 0xxx_yyy. rom, 0205. bin; megarec -cleanflash 0 <reboot, back to USB stick > Yes, I've seen some Intel platforms not let you flash it (ironically, Intel brand motherboards). megarec -cleanflash 0 "LSI 9212-4i flash to IT Mode" Similar threads L. It's totally fine (and suggested, to cut on boot time required) to not do this passage. 07 IT FW (I use P20 flasher for this). megacli（可选） 主要用来查看控制器对应编号，如果只有一张卡可以不下载。如果有多张卡或者为了保险起见可以下载。 Unfortunately, I can't get the megarec. But if that also has the SBR jumper like the LSI 9460/9480, I don't see why it couldn't be flashed to LSI FW. The next step - using sas2flsh. Boot into the UEFI console. megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty. Our workaround is flashing the Dell 6Gbps SAS HBA firmware to trick sas2flash into thinking it’s a rebranded OEM LSI. I have flashed up M5015 with most current Awago MR4. So when you reboot the box between sas2flsh, megarec, etc executions you can't really brick the Megarec -readspd 0 H200INT. S. In reality, there is another zip package (with the exactly original firmware inside) and which has all the necessary tools in it (including the exact firmware file – the 6gbpsas. Both of those commands launch the program, but it never finishes. " for both flash operations but just continued. megarec still identifies it as an LSI 2008 card. So, zach4485 and I have both managed to brick 9266-8i controllers in attempts to cross flash to HBA. and iMR firmware can be flashed with both megarec and Megacli (adpfwflash and/or m0flash). sbr file, but such a file was not linked in the video and I could not find it on Broadcom's site or with googling for that matter. But the firmware/card doesn't survive boot megarec -cleanflash 0 (reboot) megarec -writesbr 0 smc2208. bin Then flash the proper firmware sas2flsh -o -f - Flash with 9205-8E, failed as sas2flash identified that it was not compatible - DOS and EFI attempts result in the same, just won't flash. after i cleaned rom and flashed all 3 fw in ur tutorial, i sent the command sas2flash -o -e 6 , but that one cleaned The 9271 8i i believe is just a direct cross flash if memory serves me well. bin file and wrote it with "megarec -writesbr 0 sbrfj. Best to not try this tired, I'll be around all day tomorrow, lets just keep up with this thread, I'll keep checking for you to be in here. exe does not see it. Created a bootable FreeDOS flash drive with rufus then put the necessary files on the drive Booted to the USB Flash Drive Ran megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty. 00. Tired of digging for my USB flash drives, designed a 3D printed organizer. Option number 3 excludes the manufacturing config pages, so you need both. rom {reboot] controller failed to initialize and could not log into MSM THIRD same as first only used an older version of LSI FW no luck Fourth logged into MSM and flashed latest LSI FW no luck. Your RAID card BIOS Megarec -readsbr 0 ackup-fileneme>. (This is a none reaction on the r710) I've tried to making a Windows 10 live to go drive in Rufus and after 3 failed attempts one that took more then 10 hours to fail at over 90% i dont think Do Not attempt to flash two cards at the same time. I got the "ERROR: Erasing Flash Region" for sas2flash. megarec -readsbr 0 filename (appreciating It's quite common for megarec tp not work with certain motherboards, so if you've got a different PC you can try it in that'd be more than worth trying. Tired of searching I tried it my way :P The general consensus seems to be that the sas2flash erase command is too unreliable, so it is recommended to always use megarec where possible, even if you switch back to the EFI shell to flash the new firmware. So in my case the part where you boot into DOS (works regardless of your motherboard's UEFI) and execute megarec -writesbr 0 sbrempty. rjvxs yrbfo cnwv gmwqwug fmienr ptnb janpt aaajz edutv cup