How odd. I have an onboard SAS1068E B3 controller and two SAS2308 D1 pcie cards (one SAS9217-8i and onw HP H220) with two 8087 ports each.
If all 4 of the 8087's on the cards are connected, then my kernel reboots when loading the mptsas module. else, if less than 4 8087's are connected, it boots to a login prompt. IT didn't do that before the firmware update. What might cause this?
I backed up the firmware before updating but sas2flasher won't let me put the original fw back.
Should I be able to run the same fw on both of these 2308 cards?
Other backstory. this server was stable for years in datacente. 6 months ago I added a gpu. 1 month ago it rebooted on its own while under moderate IO load. I was able to log back in but it wouldn't stay up more than a day or so without a reboot. I tried updating firmware on first raid card, and that went without problem. then I tried second, and got interrupted half way through and it wouldn't stay booted after that. I traveled to datacenter, noticed that on power up the fans spun and stopped several times before starting and running. I thought maybe it was over budget on power though it had a 1kw psu.... I took out gpu, then it would never actualy start and stay running, just start and stop the fans they wouldn't quite stop, but they were clearly losing power. I changed PSU and it booted and stayed booted. examining old psu found bulging caps, so I don't think its good to keep that one in and maybe it was "weakened" by that. replacement is only 550watts but it runs for many hours in breakin.
booting a live environment (bootimage breakin from ACT) and el8 from the os disks, it will reboot if all sas cables are connected now, but not if only 3 are connected
Code:
[root@UR ~]# sas2flasher/Installer_P20_for_Linux/sas2flash_linux_i686_x86-64_rel/sas2flash -c 0 -list
LSI Corporation SAS2 Flash Utility
Version 20.00.00.00 (2014.09.18)
Copyright (c) 2008-2014 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved
Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2308_1(D1)
Controller Number : 0
Controller : SAS2308_1(D1)
PCI Address : 00:07:00:00
SAS Address : 500605b-0-08b5-c220
NVDATA Version (Default) : 14.01.30.16
NVDATA Version (Persistent) : 14.01.30.16
Firmware Product ID : 0x2214 (IT)
Firmware Version : 20.00.07.00
NVDATA Vendor : LSI
NVDATA Product ID : LSI2308-IT
BIOS Version : N/A
UEFI BSD Version : N/A
FCODE Version : N/A
Board Name : SAS9217-8i
Board Assembly : 03-25599-00A
Board Tracer Number : SV41304831
Finished Processing Commands Successfully.
Exiting SAS2Flash.
[root@UR ~]# sas2flasher/Installer_P20_for_Linux/sas2flash_linux_i686_x86-64_rel/sas2flash -c 1 -list
LSI Corporation SAS2 Flash Utility
Version 20.00.00.00 (2014.09.18)
Copyright (c) 2008-2014 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved
Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2308_1(D1)
Controller Number : 1
Controller : SAS2308_1(D1)
PCI Address : 00:02:00:00
SAS Address : 500605b-0-04b1-ab00
NVDATA Version (Default) : 14.01.30.16
NVDATA Version (Persistent) : 14.01.30.16
Firmware Product ID : 0x2214 (IT)
Firmware Version : 20.00.07.00
NVDATA Vendor : LSI
NVDATA Product ID : LSI2308-IT
BIOS Version : N/A
UEFI BSD Version : N/A
FCODE Version : N/A
Board Name : H220
Board Assembly : H3-25278-05D
Board Tracer Number : SV22206797
Finished Processing Commands Successfully.
Exiting SAS2Flash.
[root@UR ~]#
[root@UR ~]# lsiutil
LSI Logic MPT Configuration Utility, Version 1.72, Sep 09, 2014
3 MPT Ports found
Port Name Chip Vendor/Type/Rev MPT Rev Firmware Rev IOC
1. /proc/mpt/ioc0 LSI Logic SAS1068E B3 105 011a0000 0
2. /proc/mpt/ioc0 LSI Logic SAS2308 D1 200 14000700 0
3. ioc1 LSI Logic SAS2308 D1 200 14000700 0
Select a device: [1-3 or 0 to quit]If all 4 of the 8087's on the cards are connected, then my kernel reboots when loading the mptsas module. else, if less than 4 8087's are connected, it boots to a login prompt. IT didn't do that before the firmware update. What might cause this?
I backed up the firmware before updating but sas2flasher won't let me put the original fw back.
Bash:
[root@UR ~]# sas2flasher/Installer_P20_for_Linux/sas2flash_linux_i686_x86-64_rel/sas2flash -c 0 -o -f sas2flash.c0.ufirmware.b4update
LSI Corporation SAS2 Flash Utility
Version 20.00.00.00 (2014.09.18)
Copyright (c) 2008-2014 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved
Advanced Mode Set
Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2308_1(D1)
Executing Operation: Flash Firmware Image
Firmware Image has a Valid Checksum.
Firmware Version 19.00.00.00
Firmware Image compatible with Controller.
Valid NVDATA Image found.
NVDATA Version 11.00.00.00
Checking for a compatible NVData image...
NVDATA Device ID and Chip Revision match verified.
ERROR: Cannot downgrade NVDATA version 14.01.30.16
to 11.00.110000.00.
ERROR: Failed to get valid NVDATA image from File!
Firmware Image Validation Failed!
Due to error remaining commands will not be executed.
Unable to Process Commands.
Exiting SAS2Flash.
[root@UR ~]#
Should I be able to run the same IT mode fw on both SAS2308 cards?
[root@UR ~]# sas2flasher/Installer_P20_for_Linux/sas2flash_linux_i686_x86-64_rel/sas2flash -c 1 -o -f sas2flash.c1.ufirmware.b4update
LSI Corporation SAS2 Flash Utility
Version 20.00.00.00 (2014.09.18)
Copyright (c) 2008-2014 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved
Advanced Mode Set
Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2308_1(D1)
Executing Operation: Flash Firmware Image
Firmware Image has a Valid Checksum.
Firmware Version 13.10.53.00
Firmware Image compatible with Controller.
Valid NVDATA Image found.
NVDATA Version 0d.43.00.00
Checking for a compatible NVData image...
NVDATA Device ID and Chip Revision match verified.
ERROR: Cannot downgrade NVDATA version 14.01.30.16
to 0d.43.d0000.00.
ERROR: NVDATA Image does not match Controller Chip Revision!
NVDATA Chip Revision Range: 0x1 to 0x3
Controller Chip Revision: 0x5
ERROR: No compatible NVDATA Image(s) found!
Firmware Image Validation Failed!
Due to error remaining commands will not be executed.
Unable to Process Commands.
Exiting SAS2Flash.
[root@UR ~]#Other backstory. this server was stable for years in datacente. 6 months ago I added a gpu. 1 month ago it rebooted on its own while under moderate IO load. I was able to log back in but it wouldn't stay up more than a day or so without a reboot. I tried updating firmware on first raid card, and that went without problem. then I tried second, and got interrupted half way through and it wouldn't stay booted after that. I traveled to datacenter, noticed that on power up the fans spun and stopped several times before starting and running. I thought maybe it was over budget on power though it had a 1kw psu.... I took out gpu, then it would never actualy start and stay running, just start and stop the fans they wouldn't quite stop, but they were clearly losing power. I changed PSU and it booted and stayed booted. examining old psu found bulging caps, so I don't think its good to keep that one in and maybe it was "weakened" by that. replacement is only 550watts but it runs for many hours in breakin.
booting a live environment (bootimage breakin from ACT) and el8 from the os disks, it will reboot if all sas cables are connected now, but not if only 3 are connected
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