On Mon, 8 Dec 2014, Schweiss, Chip wrote: | I've got some new LSI HBAs I'm trying to downgrade from firmware version 20 | to 18. | | I'm getting errors when trying to downgrade:
Try erasing first. On the 6G cards it is "sas2flsh -o -e 6". Once erased, be sure to flash before rebooting or the card will need to be sent back. | Attempting to flash firmware to LSI SAS SAS2308_2(D1) : | | Executing Operation: Flash Firmware Image | | Firmware Image has a Valid Checksum. | Firmware Version 18.00.00.00 | 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 14.00.00.06 | to 11.00.110000.00. | | ERROR: Failed to get valid NVDATA image from File! | | Firmware Image Validation Failed! | | Tried downgrading bios: | | Attempting to flash Boot Service to LSI SAS SAS2308_2(D1) : | | Validating BIOS Image... | | BIOS Header Signature is Valid | | BIOS Image has a Valid Checksum. | | BIOS PCI Structure Signature Valid. | | BIOS Image Compatible with the SAS Controller. | | Attempting to Flash BIOS Image... | | BIOS Version in flash : 07.39.00.00 | BIOS Version from File : 07.35.00.00 | Skipping flash since file version is not greater than | existing. | | Flash BIOS Image Failed! | | | I've tried sas2flash from P20 and P18. | | Can someone fill me in on the trick to downgrade? | | -Chip | | | On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Filip Marvan <[email protected]> wrote: | | > Thank you for your help Aaron! I downgraded firmware to P18 and there are | > no more errors today. | > | > It seems, that there is something bad with P20 firmware! | > | > | > | > You saved me a lot of time J | > | > | > | > Filip | > | > | > | > | > | > *From:* Aaron Curry [mailto:[email protected]] | > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 25, 2014 5:46 PM | > *To:* Filip Marvan | > *Cc:* Dan McDonald; [email protected] | > *Subject:* Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Parity error on path mpt_sas2 | > | > | > | > I had this exact same problem recently when setting up a new home | > server... same controller, same firmware (P20). The errors were on all | > disks attached to the controller, but only on high read activity. Writes | > did not generate the errors. I downgraded the firmware to P18 (which is | > what we are using at work) and the errors went away. Has anyone had success | > with this controller and the P20 firmware? | > | > | > | > Aaron | > | > | > | > On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Filip Marvan <[email protected]> | > wrote: | > | > Hi Dan, | > | > thanks for reply. | > Yes, errors are on all 5 disks in the same RAIDZ pool. No problem on other | > disks in different pool but on the same SAS cable. | > So maybe I only had bad luck with that disks. | > | > Filip | > -- Tim Rice Multitalents [email protected] _______________________________________________ OmniOS-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss
