Info on LSI SAS3408? Got myself a 530-8i on eBay...

[Boubou30]

the jumper goes on J11 on these (the pins that are almost touching the heatsink on the PCIE bracket side of the card.
the SAS address is on the label on the SAS connector.

i have done a few of these lenovo 530 cards now and they all convert to LSI 9400 HBA correctly.

Thank you for your response, I have hope, can you give me more information on how to do it, because I followed his following explanation:

https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/info-on-lsi-sas3408-got-myself-a-530-8i-on-ebay.21588/post-220335

without success, I used:
1)STORCLI_SAS3.5_P10
2)9400_8i_Pkg_P24_SAS_SATA_NVMe_FW_BIOS_UEFI with HBA_9400-8i_SAS_SATA_Profile firmware.
but I still have an error: The image checksum is invalid
Thanks for your help
Edit: info on my lenovo raid 530-8i card

 

[Boubou30]

 

[Zedicus]

Thank you for your response, I have hope, can you give me more information on how to do it, because I followed his following explanation:

https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/info-on-lsi-sas3408-got-myself-a-530-8i-on-ebay.21588/post-220335

without success, I used:
1)STORCLI_SAS3.5_P10
2)9400_8i_Pkg_P24_SAS_SATA_NVMe_FW_BIOS_UEFI with HBA_9400-8i_SAS_SATA_Profile firmware.
but I still have an error: The image checksum is invalid
Thanks for your help
Edit: info on my lenovo raid 530-8i card

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you need firmware file HBA_9405W-16i_SAS_SATA_Profile.bin

place a jumper on J11
place the card in your computer
boot to UEFI shell
use command:
storcli / c0 download firmware file = HBA_9405W-16i_SAS_SATA_Profile.bin
after complete turn off computer
remove jumper from J11
boot computer with card installed to UEFI shell again
run command:
storcli.efi / c0 set sasadd= (sas address from label)

 

[Boubou30]

you need firmware file HBA_9405W-16i_SAS_SATA_Profile.bin

place a jumper on J11
place the card in your computer
boot to UEFI shell
use command:
storcli / c0 download firmware file = HBA_9405W-16i_SAS_SATA_Profile.bin
after complete turn off computer
remove jumper from J11
boot computer with card installed to UEFI shell again
run command:
storcli.efi / c0 set sasadd= (sas address from label)

I can't do it, I put the errors that appear:
with jumper J11:


and with the command to flash

without the jumper the card is recognized by the bios

 

[Zedicus]

I can't do it, I put the errors that appear:
with jumper J11:

View attachment 34488
and with the command to flash
View attachment 34489
without the jumper the card is recognized by the bios

the ONLY command you can run with the jumper on is the FLASH command. do
NOTHING else with the jumper on.

you need to be in the correct directory where the bin file is usually fs0: or some subdirectory.

 

[Boubou30]

you need to be in the correct directory where the bin file is usually fs0: or some subdirectory.

it works, my mistake is not selecting FS0 directory, Thank you very much for your help and your time, I've been racking my brain over this flash problem for 2 days, thank you

 

[Zedicus]

NOTE for future flashers, i am uploading the image again with the jumper circled in RED as i just realized it seams to be marked slightly differently on different generations of cards, (or maybe it is a difference in clone cards ) either way, the RED CIRCLE indicates the jumper for the initial cross flash.

 

[MortenB]

you need firmware file HBA_9405W-16i_SAS_SATA_Profile.bin

place a jumper on J11
place the card in your computer
boot to UEFI shell
use command:
storcli / c0 download firmware file = HBA_9405W-16i_SAS_SATA_Profile.bin
after complete turn off computer
remove jumper from J11
boot computer with card installed to UEFI shell again
run command:
storcli.efi / c0 set sasadd= (sas address from label)

For my 530-16i I was getting error messages when trying to flash with HBA_9405W-16i_SAS_SATA_Profile.bin.
It worked straight away when I tried HBA_9400-16i_SAS_SATA_Profile.bin instead. Thanks for the help

 

[Zedicus]

It worked straight away when I tried HBA_9400-16i_SAS_SATA_Profile.bin instead.

i think that is the more common one, but the naming and slight card variants seems to be even more than what the 93xx cards were. fun times.

 

[snoopy78]

got an Lenovo 530-8i too... when flashing with FW HBA_9405W-16i_SAS_SATA_Profile.bin i got token error in EFI....so i flashed HBA_9400-8i_SAS_SATA_Profile.bin...and all worked fine....greatest hassle was to find the firmware files @broadcom

 

[sshanee]

a little bit off topic but... i can't seem to make this card play nicely with aspm/low c-states. when i use this card (in cpu or pch pcie slots) i can't get my i5-14500 cpu below c2 pkg state. ive used "storcli /c0 show all" and noticed "Power Saving option = Enable" but nothing else regarding aspm. the card defaults to aspm: disabled in 'lspci -vvv -s <device id> | grep LnkCtl:' and i have forced it to L1 enabled using a script that also enables L1 on the pcie host above it... has anyone got past c2/c3 with this card??

 

[e97]

See the 530-8i can be flashed to 9400-8i.

Can 430 be flashed to a 9400 with NVMe functionality?

 

[lvx4]

Very helpful thread, thanks all.

I just flashed a 430-16i to 9400-16i SAS/SATA mode following Post 28. Did not try flashing tri-mode because I have no need for it. Couple quirks with my system/card though - did not have to set J11 to flash the card. In fact, setting J11 hung my POST and made me unable to enter EFI shell. Also, I'm unsure if it's made more clear somewhere in this thread, but my card would only crossflash via EFI shell. Would not flash under Linux or any other OS.

And if anyone else is interested, I paid $80 for my 430-16i, although it seems like it's gone up a few bucks now. Lenovo 430-16i LSI SAS3416 9400-16i SATA / SAS HBA Controller 12G IT Mode NAS | eBay

 

[padmepounder]

Very helpful thread, thanks all.

I just flashed a 430-16i to 9400-16i SAS/SATA mode following Post 28. Did not try flashing tri-mode because I have no need for it. Couple quirks with my system/card though - did not have to set J11 to flash the card. In fact, setting J11 hung my POST and made me unable to enter EFI shell. Also, I'm unsure if it's made more clear somewhere in this thread, but my card would only crossflash via EFI shell. Would not flash under Linux or any other OS.

And if anyone else is interested, I paid $80 for my 430-16i, although it seems like it's gone up a few bucks now. Lenovo 430-16i LSI SAS3416 9400-16i SATA / SAS HBA Controller 12G IT Mode NAS | eBay

Just wondering, do you have a fan or any cooling for it? Is it needed?

 

[lvx4]

Just wondering, do you have a fan or any cooling for it? Is it needed?

Unsure. Probably borderline, I suspect you could just get away with a small amount of chassis airflow that you'd naturally get in most desktop cases. I wouldn't try it in a Lenovo Tiny or something, of course.

Without a fan, the heatsink gets hot to the touch but not burning hot. My case has a fan on the side panel pointed at the expansion card area, and that's good enough.