2017年3月27日 · The LSI 9211-i8 HBA controller has two ports - one to the Intel expander and the other port is currently free. Can I simply attach the orphaned SFF-8087 cable to that available port on the LSI to get the remaining 4 drives connected or will it not work because it's expecting an expander since there's an expander on the other port?

2016年1月20日 · This page is one of the top search results for "lsi 9211-8i firmware", so I'd like to chime in that the following tutorial worked flawlessly: Convert LSI 9211-8i HBA card to IT mode If you didn't want to convert the card to IT mode, you could still use the method described in the tutorial (just use the "IR" file instead of "IT").

2017年6月4日 · Check the flasher shows the number of LSI 9211 controllers you expect it to. LSI controllers can be hidden internally within other hardware such as some enterprise or high-spec SSDs or built into the motherboard.

2017年2月26日 · Looking for a better controller I’ve learned the popular LSI 9211-8i, which is optimal for my setup as well (8xHDD). The only disadvantage of the card is the IR firmware, which shall be overwritten at home by the IT version. People out there claimed with a lot of frustration attempting to overwrite the firmware.

2017年5月29日 · Hi, I just received my new LSI 9211-8i HBA it came with FW 18.00.00.00-IR out of the box I'd like to Install it over a machine with the latest FreeNAS 9.10 version Few questions before I start: 1. What is the recommended FW for this card? (a …

2014年5月24日 · With the LSI 9211-8i and onboard 2308, it will load show the boot ROM and do the same process for the LSI 9211, shows the 7 drives connected, then move on to the onboard 2308 which shows only the SATA0 drive.

2015年4月20日 · Basically, I bought a LSI 9211-8i card and had it flashed to P16 IT mode. However, when I moved my zpool (4 drives, mirrored) over to the LSI card, FreeNAS could no longer import the volume since the drives are not recognized. It seems that for some reason, any drives connected to the LSI card can't be detected. Using sas2flash -list:

2016年5月21日 · And, on the actual issue -- LSI-9211 (now known as Avago) firmware and bios successfully flashed using UEFI tools. I did a simpler procedure than outlined here, but the one outlined most places, just clearing with "sas2flash.efi -o -e 6" and burning with "sas2flash.efi -o …

2015年5月10日 · 2. Download the sas2flash.efi file from lsi. 3. create a directory hierarchy on the usb like this /efi/boot/ 4. now in /efi/boot/ place the sas2flash.efi file and name it bootx64.efi * this is now going to let your bios see the sas2flash.efi as a …

2017年2月9日 · HBA1: IBM ServeRAID M1115 (cross-flashed to LSI 9211-8i P20 IT) HBA2: IBM ServeRAID M1015 (cross-flashed to LSI 9211-8i P20 IT) SAS Expander: Intel RES2CV360 36-Port SAS Expander HD Fans: 3 x 120mm Noctua NF-F12 PWM (high SP) Exhaust Fans: 2 x 80mm Noctua NF-A8 PWM Fan Control: Hybrid CPU & HD Fan Zone Controller Script [/b]