Summary
This article is more of a link dump for flashing the firmware of a LSI controller. Specifically, it mode will be flashed onto the controller given that is necessary for zfs utilization.
LSI 9211-8i
notes most of the steps are probably universal for most lsi cards but I will just separate them like this in case of changes More or less just check out the linked guide on it but in summary:
- Download the firmware for the 9211-8i
- Serach for 9211 and grab the it firmware on that download search.
- Copy the following files onto the root of fat32 bootable dos device
- sasbios_rel/mptsas2.rom
- Firmware/HBA_9211_8i_IT/2118.bin
- sas2flsh_dos_rel/sas2flsh.exe
- Run the following commands after booting into your usb (DO NOT REBOOT during install process)
sas2flsh -o -e 6 (setting the adapter and flashing mode effectively) sas2flsh -o -f 2118it.bin -b mptsas2.rom (flash the firmware) sas2flsh -listall (verify installation was successful)