How to update LSI 9211-8i firmware

[idiocracy]

Firstly i wanted to check the firmware version, and then update it if needed. But i've found it's very hard to find the firmware, but also the sas2flsh tool. On their website it looks like P8 is the newest, but there's several guides that reference P19 & P20. So hopefully there's someone here with some experience.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

I also found the instructions very intimidating. There is an easy cheat if you haven't bought one yet. You can buy them already flashed to IT mode.

[idiocracy]

2 minutes ago, Lady Fitzgerald said:

I also found the instructions very intimidating. There is an easy cheat if you haven't bought one yet. You can buy them already flashed to IT mode.

I did. And it is working. But i just wanted to check the firmware version. And potentially update it as i've read there can be performance improvements.

[Lady Fitzgerald]

If it's working the way you want, I wouldn't worry about upgrading the firmware. It's the old, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" principle.

[idiocracy]

12 minutes ago, Lady Fitzgerald said:

If it's working the way you want, I wouldn't worry about upgrading the firmware. It's the old, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" principle.

Well, At least i'd like to just check what firmware it's using. You know how to do that?
But yeah, you're probably right that i should leave it alone.

[Lady Fitzgerald]

To be honest, I still don't know.

[idiocracy]

1 minute ago, Lady Fitzgerald said:

To be honest, I still don't know.

Guess we've hit a wall.

[Jarsky]

If you just want to check what firmware its using, then you can probably use megacli or storcli for that. 

 

For MegaCLI it's 

MegaCli64 -AdpAllInfo -aAll

For StorCLI it's

storcli64 /c0 show

You should be able to use sas2flsh as well

sas2flsh -listall 

 

Here is their P20 firmware with sas2flsh and documentation: https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/12350530

[idiocracy]

Thanks.