Broadcom 9500-8i

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the-last-englishman

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Hi All,

I'm in the process of setting up a new home server.
Most of the parts I already have, just waiting for the Jonsbo N3 to arrive.

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Yesterday I receive the Broadcom 9500-i HBA card and after plugging it in to my desktop PC to check it works I saw it was running older firmware.
With StorCLI I upgraded the card to the latest available on the Broadcom website 9500_8i_Pkg_P27_MIXED_FW_BIOS_UEFI

One thing I notice after flashing is that there is "Package Stamp Mismatch = Yes" and I have some new entries "PSOC FW Version / PSOC Part Number", is this anything to worry about?

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Also, is their an IT Mode firmware for this card ?

The update zip downloaded from Broadcom contained 3 different firmware:

  1. HBA_9500-8i_Mixed_Profile.bin - I upgraded the card to this one
  2. IT_HBA_ARM_UEFI_PKG_E6.rom
  3. IT_HBA_X64_BIOS_PKG_E6.rom - This does not flash, mismatch error

Anyway, as a new user to HBA cards any help would be appreciated :)

Here is the storcli64.exe /c0 show all output :

Code:
CLI Version = 007.2610.0000.0000 April 14, 2023
Operating system = Windows 11
Controller = 0
Status = Success
Description = None


Basics :
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Controller = 0
Adapter Type =   SAS3808(A0)
Model = HBA 9500-8i
Serial Number = SKC2218546
Current System Date/time = 09/10/2023 09:57:54
Concurrent commands supported = 4992
SAS Address =  500062b20ee69c80
PCI Address = 00:4f:00:00


Version :
=======
Firmware Package Build = 27.00.00.00
Firmware Version = 27.00.00.00
Bios Version = 09.27.00.00_14.00.00.00
NVDATA Version = 27.01.00.09
PSOC FW Version = 0x003D
PSOC Part Number = 14790
Driver Name = ItSas35
Driver Version = 2.61.59.00


PCI Version :
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Vendor Id = 0x1000
Device Id = 0xE6
SubVendor Id = 0x1000
SubDevice Id = 0x4060
Host Interface = PCIE
Device Interface = SAS-12G
Bus Number = 79
Device Number = 0
Function Number = 0
Domain ID = 0


Pending Images in Flash :
=======================
Image name = No pending images


Status :
======
Controller Status = OK
Memory Correctable Errors = 0
Memory Uncorrectable Errors = 0
Bios was not detected during boot = No
Controller has booted into safe mode = No
Controller has booted into certificate provision mode = No
Package Stamp Mismatch = Yes


Supported Adapter Operations :
============================
Alarm Control = No
Cluster Support = No
Self Diagnostic = No
Deny SCSI Passthrough = No
Deny SMP Passthrough = No
Deny STP Passthrough = No
Support more than 8 Phys = Yes
FW and Event Time in GMT = No
Support Enclosure Enumeration = Yes
Support Allowed Operations = Yes
Support Multipath = Yes
Support Security = Yes
Support Config Page Model = No
Support the OCE without adding drives = No
support EKM = No
Snapshot Enabled = No
Support PFK = No
Support PI = No
Support Shield State = No
Support Set Link Speed = No
Support JBOD = No
Disable Online PFK Change = No
Real Time Scheduler = No
Support Reset Now = No
Support Emulated Drives = No
Support Secure Boot = Yes
Support Platform Security = No
Support Package Stamp Mismatch Reporting = Yes
Support PSOC Update = Yes
Support PSOC Part Information = Yes
Support PSOC Version Information = Yes


HwCfg :
=====
ChipRevision =  A0
BatteryFRU = N/A
Front End Port Count = 1
Backend Port Count = 11
Serial Debugger = Absent
NVRAM Size = 0KB
Flash Size = 16MB
On Board Memory Size = 0MB
On Board Expander = Absent
Temperature Sensor for ROC = Present
Temperature Sensor for Controller = Absent
Current Size of CacheCade (GB) = 0
Current Size of FW Cache (MB) = 0
ROC temperature(Degree Celsius) = 36


Policies :
========

Policies Table :
==============

------------------------------------------------
Policy                          Current Default
------------------------------------------------
Predictive Fail Poll Interval   0 sec
Interrupt Throttle Active Count 0
Interrupt Throttle Completion   0 us
Rebuild Rate                    0 %     30%
PR Rate                         0 %     30%
BGI Rate                        0 %     30%
Check Consistency Rate          0 %     30%
Reconstruction Rate             0 %     30%
Cache Flush Interval            0s
------------------------------------------------

Flush Time(Default) = 4s
Drive Coercion Mode = none
Auto Rebuild = Off
Battery Warning = Off
ECC Bucket Size = 0
ECC Bucket Leak Rate (hrs) = 0
Restore HotSpare on Insertion = Off
Expose Enclosure Devices = Off
Maintain PD Fail History = Off
Reorder Host Requests = On
Auto detect BackPlane = SGPIO/i2c SEP
Load Balance Mode = None
Security Key Assigned = Off
Disable Online Controller Reset = Off
Use drive activity for locate = Off


Boot :
====
Max Drives to Spinup at One Time = 2
Maximum number of direct attached drives to spin up in 1 min = 60
Delay Among Spinup Groups (sec) = 2
Allow Boot with Preserved Cache = On


Defaults :
========
Phy Polarity = 0
Phy PolaritySplit = 0
Cached IO = Off
Default spin down time (mins) = 0
Coercion Mode = None
ZCR Config = Unknown
Max Chained Enclosures = 0
Direct PD Mapping = No
Restore Hot Spare on Insertion = No
Expose Enclosure Devices = No
Maintain PD Fail History = No
Zero Based Enclosure Enumeration = No
Disable Puncturing = No
Un-Certified Hard Disk Drives = Block
SMART Mode = Mode 6
Enable LED Header = No
LED Show Drive Activity = No
Dirty LED Shows Drive Activity = No
EnableCrashDump = No
Disable Online Controller Reset = No
Treat Single span R1E as R10 = No
Power Saving option = Enable
TTY Log In Flash = No
Auto Enhanced Import = No
Enable Shield State = No
Time taken to detect CME = 60 sec


Capabilities :
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Supported Drives = SAS, SATA, NVMe
Enable JBOD = Yes
Max Parallel Commands = 4992
Max SGE Count = 128
Max Data Transfer Size = 32 sectors
Max Strips PerIO = 0
Max Configurable CacheCade Size = 0
Min Strip Size = 512Bytes
Max Strip Size = 512Bytes

Scheduled Tasks = NA

Secure Boot :
===========
Secure Boot Enabled = Yes
Controller in Soft Secure Mode = No
Controller in Hard Secure Mode = Yes
Key Update Pending = No
Remaining Secure Boot Key Slots = 7


Security Protocol properties :
============================
Security Protocol = Non
 
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Sean Ho

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I'm pretty sure the 9500-8i is HBA/IT-only, no hardware RAID, yes?

The file that didn't flash is just a BIOS option ROM, only for booting off the card in legacy BIOS mode.