Rescue bricked LSI/Oracle F80/F40 WarpDrive and flash them to IR/IT mode

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Rescue bricked LSI/Oracle F80/F40 WarpDrive and flash them to IR/IT mode - How to resuce a bricked F80/F40 drive with LSI 9211-8i Controller

I was flashing my Oracle F80 WarpDrive today and suddenly the drive disconnected and my the SSD raid controller was locked inside the update mode, so I have to get it out from it. After many hours of forum searching and USB boot drive later I was able to rescue my drive(or the controller) and I'm now going to share with everyone my experience.

Before we go further in, just a bit of disclaimer, I'm not a professional at this and everything I done here involves losing your data, so be very...

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