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zerosquared

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Thanks, but I already understand how I would flash my card if I knew where to put my Cisco-PN in the INFO file.
I need - as far as I understand - an orignal-Cisco-firmware to know this, and I can't get access to one.
Or are we talking past eachother? :D

I finally found the Cisco-drivers! They are here: Software Download - Cisco Systems
I downloaded the file ucs-k9-bundle-c-series.4.1.1a.C.bin

After opening it with 7-Zip I found a blob-file which was the Cisco-version of the firmware I needed.
Path:
ucs-k9-bundle-c-series.4.1.1a.C.bin\ucs-k9-bundle-c-series.4.1.1a.C\.\isan\plugin_img\ucs-c-fusion-io-pfio3200mss.8.9.9.118194.bin\ucs-c-fusion-io-pfio3200mss.8.9.9.118194\.\blob

Then I created the firmware for my SX350 3200Gb with PN: 5491-72336-3200G

These are the lines I added to my INFO-file in the SanDisk-firmware:
Code:
[549172336]
version = 8.9.9.118194
file = gen3_tangerine_fusion_8.9.9.118194.bin
format = bin
ecc = 11b
cntrpdiversion = 0.0.15
cntrpdifile = avogadro_0.0.15.pdi
cntrpdiformat = pdi
nce = 1f80000
nceversion = 1.0.9.100764
ncefile = nce_1.0.9.100764.bin
errfw = 1f80000
errfwversion = 0.0.3
errfwfile = errfw_0.0.3.bin
optrom = 3c00000
optromversion = 4.3.6.1173
optromfile = uefi-3002_4.3.6.1173.rom

[5491-72336]
version = 8.9.9.118194
file = gen3_tangerine_fusion_8.9.9.118194.bin
format = bin
ecc = 11b
cntrpdiversion = 0.0.15
cntrpdifile = avogadro_0.0.15.pdi
cntrpdiformat = pdi
nce = 1f80000
nceversion = 1.0.9.100764
ncefile = nce_1.0.9.100764.bin
errfw = 1f80000
errfwversion = 0.0.3
errfwfile = errfw_0.0.3.bin
optrom = 3c00000
optromversion = 4.3.6.1173
optromfile = uefi-3002_4.3.6.1173.rom

If anyone wants to use my firmware-fff-file, shoot me a private message (too big to attach here).

@Marsh: Thanks a lot for helping me out!
 
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I am not sure if I totally hosed the card I recently got or not. It is a PFIO1300MPS MLC Fusion io Memory PX (It looks like a px-600.) I updated the firmware and drivers and it resulted in the following for the fio-status:

Adapter: ioMono (driver 4.3.7)
Cisco UCS 1300GB MLC Fusion ioMemory PX, Product Number:pFIO1300MPS, SN:1439G0105
ioMemory Adapter Controller, PN:pFIO1300MPS
Product UUID:61424ac0-43f2-5af7-9e33-0cab90ce207f
PCIe Power limit threshold: 74.75W
PCIe slot available power: unavailable
Connected ioMemory modules:
fct0: 83:00.0, Product Number:pFIO1300MPS, SN:1439G0105
fct0 Status unknown: Driver is in MINIMAL MODE:
Device has a hardware failure
ioMemory Adapter Controller, Product Number:pFIO1300MPS, SN:1439G0105
!! ---> There are active errors or warnings on this device! Read below for details.
ioMemory Adapter Controller, PN:pFIO1300MPS
Microcode Versions: App:0.0.30.0
Powerloss protection: not available
PCI:83:00.0
Vendor:1aed, Device:3002, Sub vendor:1137, Sub device:14f
Firmware v8.9.9, rev 20200113 Public
Geometry and capacity information not available.
Format: not low-level formatted
PCIe slot available power: 75.00W
PCIe negotiated link: 8 lanes at 5.0 Gt/sec each, 4000.00 MBytes/sec total
Internal temperature: 44.79 degC, max 45.77 degC
Internal voltage: avg 1.01V, max 1.01V
Aux voltage: avg 1.78V, max 1.79V
Rated PBW: 16.00 PB, 100.00% remaining
Lifetime data volumes:
Physical bytes written: 0
Physical bytes read : 0
RAM usage:
Current: 0 bytes
Peak : 0 bytes
ACTIVE WARNINGS:
The ioMemory is currently running in a minimal state.

Any suggestions would be appreciated, otherwise it looks like I have a new paperweight and conversation piece. lol.
 

Tourman

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I am not sure if I totally hosed the card I recently got or not. It is a PFIO1300MPS MLC Fusion io Memory PX (It looks like a px-600.) I updated the firmware and drivers and it resulted in the following for the fio-status:

Adapter: ioMono (driver 4.3.7)
Cisco UCS 1300GB MLC Fusion ioMemory PX, Product Number:pFIO1300MPS, SN:1439G0105
ioMemory Adapter Controller, PN:pFIO1300MPS
Product UUID:61424ac0-43f2-5af7-9e33-0cab90ce207f
PCIe Power limit threshold: 74.75W
PCIe slot available power: unavailable
Connected ioMemory modules:
fct0: 83:00.0, Product Number:pFIO1300MPS, SN:1439G0105
fct0 Status unknown: Driver is in MINIMAL MODE:
Device has a hardware failure
ioMemory Adapter Controller, Product Number:pFIO1300MPS, SN:1439G0105
!! ---> There are active errors or warnings on this device! Read below for details.
ioMemory Adapter Controller, PN:pFIO1300MPS
Microcode Versions: App:0.0.30.0
Powerloss protection: not available
PCI:83:00.0
Vendor:1aed, Device:3002, Sub vendor:1137, Sub device:14f
Firmware v8.9.9, rev 20200113 Public
Geometry and capacity information not available.
Format: not low-level formatted
PCIe slot available power: 75.00W
PCIe negotiated link: 8 lanes at 5.0 Gt/sec each, 4000.00 MBytes/sec total
Internal temperature: 44.79 degC, max 45.77 degC
Internal voltage: avg 1.01V, max 1.01V
Aux voltage: avg 1.78V, max 1.79V
Rated PBW: 16.00 PB, 100.00% remaining
Lifetime data volumes:
Physical bytes written: 0
Physical bytes read : 0
RAM usage:
Current: 0 bytes
Peak : 0 bytes
ACTIVE WARNINGS:
The ioMemory is currently running in a minimal state.

Any suggestions would be appreciated, otherwise it looks like I have a new paperweight and conversation piece. lol.
Can you run fio-status -a? Does the card format? You can try to flash the official WD firmware if you haven't already, since the two are usually loosely tied to each other.
 

Starbomba

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I bought one of these for $77, which for 1.2 TB storage, is one hell of a deal. However, i also managed to score an SX 350 3.2 TB card.

I've been reading kinda contradictory info, reading that you cannot use an ioDrive with an ioMemory card at the same time, but the manual has vague references to a Unified driver.

Is it really true, than old gen 2 cards cannot work with the newer ones?
 

Tourman

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I bought one of these for $77, which for 1.2 TB storage, is one hell of a deal. However, i also managed to score an SX 350 3.2 TB card.

I've been reading kinda contradictory info, reading that you cannot use an ioDrive with an ioMemory card at the same time, but the manual has vague references to a Unified driver.

Is it really true, than old gen 2 cards cannot work with the newer ones?
The current code doesn't let you run both together due to a conflict in card enumeration in the corresponding drivers. We hope to fix it at some point, but PRs always welcome.

In short, no it won't work. I suggest sticking with the SX350, it's in better shape.
 

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The original plan was to be able to mix and match VSL 3.x and 4.x devices, but it never happened... too much code change.

You can pass one through to a VM and have both in the same host if you want though.
 

Tourman

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The original plan was to be able to mix and match VSL 3.x and 4.x devices, but it never happened... too much code change.

You can pass one through to a VM and have both in the same host if you want though.
The problem is not the codebase at this point. We've cleaned it up pretty well so that merging them wouldn't be overly difficult. The problem lies that we don't have the source code for the hw driver, so we can't fix simple issues like naming conflicts, or missing symbols that were in the original vsl driver, but not in vsl4. If someone can get us that source code, we'd be a lot better off.
 

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The problem is not the codebase at this point. We've cleaned it up pretty well so that merging them wouldn't be overly difficult. The problem lies that we don't have the source code for the hw driver, so we can't fix simple issues like naming conflicts, or missing symbols that were in the original vsl driver, but not in vsl4. If someone can get us that source code, we'd be a lot better off.
Yeah, that's where all the intellectual property lies... that isn't going to be opened up.
 

jcarron2

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Hi,

I'm trying to update an IBM branded Fusion io drive card, but can't find the proper ibm firwmare file to flash in, based on this matrix,

Code:
VSL VERSION
FIRMWARE VERSION
FIRMWARE BUILD NUMBER
FIRMWARE FILENAME
1.2.6    3.0.0    36867    highiops_36867_1.fff
1.2.7 Â Â     3.0.0    36867    highiops_36867_1.fff
2.2.3 Â Â     5.0.6    101583    highiops_101583_6.fff
2.3.1 Â     5.0.7    101971    highiops_101971_4.fff
2.3.10 Â Â     5.0.7    107053    highiops_107053.fff
3.1.1 Â Â     6.0.2    108609    highiops_108609.fff
3.2.3 Â     7.1.13    109322    highiops_3.2.3-20130221.fff
3.2.6 Â Â     7.1.15    110356    highiops_3.2.6-20131003.fff
So far I am able to get the card working using a very old version; and was able to determine it is running firmware version 101583, which from my understanding I need to update to 101971, then 107053 and so on.

I was only able to find IBM firmware 2.3.1.0 [highiops_107053.fff] and 3.2.8-2 [highiops_3.2.8-20140508.fff]

IBM doesn't seem to have a 2.3.1, just a 2.3.1.0 which reports "Couldn't find the firmware in the FFF file for the device's part number" when I do fio-update-iodrive.
update.png

Using the wealth of information here, I was able to run fio-status -a reports two part numbers, neither I can find in the INFO file inside of fff (renamed to .zip)
PN: 00119200000 or PN:00214102104 (the 2nd number for the block device comes close to many matches, but none are exact, and it seems to be too many digits).

eg:
[002143004]
version = 5.0.7
file = mono39_ibm_107053.bin
format = bin
ecc = 39b
avrversion = 65793
avrfile = iomono_avr_65793.bin


fio-status.png


I'm sort of stuck how to proceed further, as I don't want to guess, and brick the thing.

Here is the info extracted from the running UI:
version.png

Would anyone have the firmware files, so I can upgrade this sucker to the latest?

thanks for any advice.
Jonathan
 

acquacow

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That's an old gen 1 ioDrive

This is the section in the VSL3.x driver that matches it (From the 3.2.16 firmware on SanDisk's site).

[002141021]
version = 7.1.17.116786
file = gen1_39_green_mono_fusion_7.1.17.116786.bin
format = bin
ecc = 39b
avrversion = 65793
avrfile = iomono_avr_65793.bin
avrformat = bin

You can make that entry for both partnumbers in the INFO file and re-zip it.

You can then use the sandisk-provided VSL drivers and the fio-update-iodrive that comes with them.

-- Dave
 
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Tourman

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Hi,

I'm trying to update an IBM branded Fusion io drive card, but can't find the proper ibm firwmare file to flash in, based on this matrix,

Code:
VSL VERSION
FIRMWARE VERSION
FIRMWARE BUILD NUMBER
FIRMWARE FILENAME
1.2.6    3.0.0    36867    highiops_36867_1.fff
1.2.7 Â Â     3.0.0    36867    highiops_36867_1.fff
2.2.3 Â Â     5.0.6    101583    highiops_101583_6.fff
2.3.1 Â     5.0.7    101971    highiops_101971_4.fff
2.3.10 Â Â     5.0.7    107053    highiops_107053.fff
3.1.1 Â Â     6.0.2    108609    highiops_108609.fff
3.2.3 Â     7.1.13    109322    highiops_3.2.3-20130221.fff
3.2.6 Â Â     7.1.15    110356    highiops_3.2.6-20131003.fff
So far I am able to get the card working using a very old version; and was able to determine it is running firmware version 101583, which from my understanding I need to update to 101971, then 107053 and so on.

I was only able to find IBM firmware 2.3.1.0 [highiops_107053.fff] and 3.2.8-2 [highiops_3.2.8-20140508.fff]

IBM doesn't seem to have a 2.3.1, just a 2.3.1.0 which reports "Couldn't find the firmware in the FFF file for the device's part number" when I do fio-update-iodrive.
View attachment 14185

Using the wealth of information here, I was able to run fio-status -a reports two part numbers, neither I can find in the INFO file inside of fff (renamed to .zip)
PN: 00119200000 or PN:00214102104 (the 2nd number for the block device comes close to many matches, but none are exact, and it seems to be too many digits).

eg:
[002143004]
version = 5.0.7
file = mono39_ibm_107053.bin
format = bin
ecc = 39b
avrversion = 65793
avrfile = iomono_avr_65793.bin


View attachment 14186


I'm sort of stuck how to proceed further, as I don't want to guess, and brick the thing.

Here is the info extracted from the running UI:
View attachment 14187

Would anyone have the firmware files, so I can upgrade this sucker to the latest?

thanks for any advice.
Jonathan
I wrote up a basic wiki for flashing cards, but for vsl4. snuf/iomemory-vsl4. Steps are mostly going to be same, but for the older cards you want to match all of the file versions in the original driver.

Edit: make sure to grab the latest driver from github:
for 5.x linux kernels: snuf/iomemory-vsl
 

jcarron2

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Thanks so much everyone!

With the older card, can I flash directly to 3.2.16 firmware, using the firmware from Sandisks site? (Newest I see is 3.2.15 listed here SanDisk Dell Support | Store under ioDrive, Windows and 3.2.15-Dell ? Or I need to upgrade it in steps ?

Thanks for the link on the vsl4 flashing guide - I did find a link there for vsl3 will study the procedure a bit more!

Thanks again!
Jonathan
 

acquacow

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Thanks so much everyone!

With the older card, can I flash directly to 3.2.16 firmware, using the firmware from Sandisks site? (Newest I see is 3.2.15 listed here SanDisk Dell Support | Store under ioDrive, Windows and 3.2.15-Dell ? Or I need to upgrade it in steps ?

Thanks for the link on the vsl4 flashing guide - I did find a link there for vsl3 will study the procedure a bit more!

Thanks again!
Jonathan
If you don't care about the data on the card, you can just jump to the latest driver/firmware combo (for vsl3) and do a fio-format on the card.
 

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I realized he had a gen1 after I wrote up the wiki. The steps are pretty much the same though - the filenames are different, but same concept.
You may want to link the steps I put up, plus the driver/firmware compatibility table:

Thanks,

-- Dave
 

jcarron2

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Thanks very much, I will have a go at this and report back the steps I used and results, so it may help anyone else in the same predicament .

The card is net new, so no concern about the data on it.

I noticed on SanDisk Dell Support | Store when you select windows, the latest is 3.2.15, however you can find 3.2.16 for Linux variants.

If I may use this one day in a windows box, should I stick to 3.2.15 set, or going to 3.2.16 will still work ? I am asking as I am a newb with these, but have read many times the VSL driver stack version must match the firmware, or else....

thanks,
Jonathan