Yeah I tried it without and it gave a different error. I created a MS-DOS bootable USB with Rufus and copied the contents of the 2008 zip file on the USB. I've done this before and it's worked fine. I can't figure out what's going on this time.You don't need -aall I think
That makes sense then. Thanks for the explanation. Yeah I've been using the 6Gbps SAS HBA firmware from Dell. Luckily the Dell cards still always show up in MSM so I can grab the SAS Address from there.Ah, your problem is MegaCli is only for MegaRAID controllers ie9260/9285 etc etc
You need to use SAS2FLSH (DOS) or SAS2FLASH (other OS's)
SAS2FLSH in DOS only seems to work on Mobo's with no inbuild VGA, can be a pain
BTW, the H200 is the same as a H310 but is not the same as a M1015/9211 !!
You can xflash them but it's ugly and risky
There are both IT and IR FW for Dell's HBA's
Unfortunately none of those contain a sas2flash.efi.
I'm not really sure what you mean. On the support and download pages there is a section for the uefi installer. That installer contains the executable sas2flash.efi for flashing cards on machines with UEFI. There used to be a sas2flash.efi from the P7 release floating around but no one can seem to find it.All my efi updates are combined with firmware so you just load them and it does its thing. maybe you need an extractor?
I've found that the Dell 6Gbps SAS HBA firmware doesn't work well on the Perc H310/H200. I tested this on multiple machines with multiple H200's and H310's. It works. You can host drives. But upon reboot you get failed port error messages and the adapter resets. This can also be reproduced under heavy workloads. I've been able to get the adapters to reset multiple times while trying to recalculate parity in FlexRAID which results in a corrupted array. I've also been able to get them to reset when kicking off multiple file transfers at the same time.Ah, your problem is MegaCli is only for MegaRAID controllers ie9260/9285 etc etc
You need to use SAS2FLSH (DOS) or SAS2FLASH (other OS's)
SAS2FLSH in DOS only seems to work on Mobo's with no inbuild VGA, can be a pain
BTW, the H200 is the same as a H310 but is not the same as a M1015/9211 !!
You can xflash them but it's ugly and risky
There are both IT and IR FW for Dell's HBA's
I had never heard of storcli before I went looking for megacli syntax today. Didn't bother since i'm used to the evil that is megacli.Yes, MegaCli has annoying parameters, so much that when you need to use it, you have to have a browser open to figure out what to do. I like StorCli a little bit more because it's understandable.
I have a "megamon" script I wrote. It has two modes.I've been working on building out a HDD testing suite
Can't say I've ever checked let alone changed the serial number.Hello;
Does anyone know how to use any of these tools to change the serial number and manufacturing date on a MegaRaid 9240-8i controller?
I've had the card only for ~ 1/2 year, purchased new, and crossflashed it as soon as I got it with 9211-8i/M1015, etc.
Unfortunately I didn't save the original settings before crossflashing, and when I just reflashed it back to the original megardaid firmware, I discovered a different S/N and manuf date than those on the card labels. Older than the original ones. My card was manufactured in Jan 2013, and purchased in Jan 2014.
The current data shows it manufactured sometime in 2011.
Obviously this would not be of any importance, if the card would be perfectly functional, but unfortunately I need to RMA it for a port failure (hardware problem), and the current serial and manufacturing date pushes the card outside the warranty, (probably the change of sw internals voids the waranty as well... if I'm not able to restore it to the original state).
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Thank you.
Thank you!Can't say I've ever checked let alone changed the serial number.
Your best bet might be LSIUtil
Grab your version of choice from here Index of /LSIUtil Kit 1.63
Can be a little finicky to run, but can do a lot of diagnostics.
Learning curve will be steep and fraught with danger.
Good luck