Anyone happen to have a LSI 9205-8e IT mode firmware bundle?

[vanfawx]

So I ended up with a HP221 that turns out not to be a 9207-8e like it says on the back of the card, but rather a 9205-8e. Unfortunately I haven't had any luck finding a IT firmware bundle for this card. Am I SOL?

Thanks in advance for anyone who can help!

 

[StammesOpfer]

Pretty sure the SAS2008 (LSI 92xx) firmware works with all the cards based on it. I know I used a different download than what my card was and when you look at the different downloads they are all the same. Double check me though.

 

[vanfawx]

This card identifies as a LSI SAS2308_2(B0), not a 2008, so that won't work (and I've already tried flashing a 9200-8e firmware). I've attached a screen shot. You can't see it, but I'm using P14 version of sas2flsh.exe.

 

[vanfawx]

Also, I've confirmed it's the PCIe 2.0 version of the 2308 chip from lspci output.

LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 5GT/s, Width x8, ASPM L0s, Exit Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us
ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep- BwNot-
LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- CommClk+
ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt-
LnkSta: Speed 5GT/s, Width x8, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive- BWMgmt- ABWMgmt-

If anyone has the 9205-8e P20 LSI firmware I'd really appreciate it. Unfortunately the shuffle of LSI -> Avago -> Broadcom has made it difficult to find.

 

[nthu9280]

Broadcom reorganized their download section. Check under legacy / HBA section. I should have a copy let me check also.

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[vanfawx]

@nthu9280 I can't even FIND the legacy HBA section on their site. If you have a link that'd be appreciated. And thank you!

 

[nthu9280]

See the navigation below. Sorry for being curt. I'm replying from my mobile.

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[vanfawx]

Thank you. I was looking in the wrong place!

 

[vanfawx]

Yup, that was it. Thank you, firmware downloaded.

 

[vanfawx]

And flashed successfully. Card is now working as expected. Thank you very much for your time and help @nthu9280 !

 

[BLinux]

@vanfawx do you by any chance still have the 9205-8e card? if so, would you mind pulling off the SBR with megarec.exe for me?

 

[nthu9280]

@BLinux
I may have the original SBR from one of the Intel cards based on 2308 (C0) chip. I think it is older revision of RMS25KB080. I had to use 9205-8e. Lmk if you want that also for your research.

If you can figure out how to circumvent Intel MoBo only lock, they can be had for under $10 even for the new rev. Part# G35828-310 (or 311).

 

[BLinux]

@BLinux
I may have the original SBR from one of the Intel cards based on 2308 (C0) chip. I think it is older revision of RMS25KB080. I had to use 9205-8e. Lmk if you want that also for your research.

If you can figure out how to circumvent Intel MoBo only lock, they can be had for under $10 even for the new rev. Part# G35828-310 (or 311).

@nthu9280 yes, I would appreciate that too. Although I'm looking for rev B0, a few different samples would be helpful. Please let me know when you have it for me. Thanks.

 

[vanfawx]

@BLinux - The card is in a production server and I can't boot it to DOS to pull the SBR off. However, the 9205-8e's I have are in IT mode, and MegaRec shouldn't be able to even see them. What are you trying to do? Put a card into IR mode?

 

[jmbrnt]

Sorry for thread necromancy, but if someone could please share with me the SBR for an 9205-8e card that would be really really useful

Thanks!

 

[Kezzz]

The 9205-8e card is an HBA, not a RAID controller ... so it's always in IT mode, and cannot be flashed to IR mode.