I have followed these steps from this URL:
SAS2108 (LSI 9260) based firmware files - Projects, Tools, Utilities & Customized INFs
LSI 9260 based controller Firmware page.
Here all the latest LSI SAS2108 based FW can be found.
It includes FW from LSI, IBM, Dell, Oracle, SuperMicro, Fujitsu and Intel.
sas2108
How to flash the SAS2108 based cards:
Make a bootable DOS USB disk (Google it)
Place the above files on the USB
Boot to USB
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 (xxx= version number, yyy= OEM version)
Megarec -writesbr 0 sbrzzzzz.bin (zzzzz= Card type you are trying to flash to, only really needed with M5014/5015)
Reboot
Done
Latest BIOS from Firmware Package 12.12.0-0124
BIOS 3.25.00_4.12.05.00_0x05180000.00 7/25/20
Use Megarec or Megacli or MSM to flash to controller, nothing else will be updated only BIOS
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I have an IBM M5015 controller which was not seeing any HDDs installed in my X3500 (7977) server. I installed a longer cable from the backplane to the controller, and disabled the ONBOARD SAS - as nothing was attached to it. None of the HDDs were seen in the Web Setup tool, although they all lit up on boot up. The server has an IBM ServeRAID 8k-l controller - which is like a DIMM (server does not boot without it installed).
I was told this was because the HDDs were not IBM and the controller was looking for specific drives. It was suggested that I flash the controller to the 9260-8i. I found the steps above, and performed them exactly.
Now when I boot the server I am no longer getting the BIOS information for the controller card. I get nothing at all.
Did I kill my controller? Can it be fixed?
Please help.
*BH*