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If you are using LSI SAS 2008 based HBA/RAID cards such as the LSI 9211-8i FreeNAS recommend run in IT (Initiator Target) mode. Don’t use cards in IR (Integrated RAID) mode. For update  firmware and BIOS check current firmware ver

1.sas2flash/sas3flash

1.1.sas2flash for LSI SAS 6 Gb/sec HBAs (Windows/Linux/EFI)

1.1.1.Cannot be used to flash to older firmware

1.1.2.Cannot be used to flash from IT to IR firmware or from IR to IT firmware

1.1.3.Can be used to flash the controller BIOS and/or EFI

2.sas2flsh for LSI SAS 6 Gb/sec HBAs (DOS)

2.1.Can be used to flash to older firmware

2.2.Can be used to flash from IT to IR firmware or from IR to IT firmware

3.sas3flash for LSI SAS 12 Gb/sec HBAs (Windows/Linux/EFI)

3.1.Cannot be used to flash to older firmware

3.2.Cannot be used to flash from IT to IR firmware or from IR to IT firmware

3.3.Can be used to flash the controller BIOS and/or EFI

4.sas3flsh for LSI SAS 12 Gb/sec HBAs (DOS)

4.1.Can be used to flash to older firmware

4.2.Can be used to flash from IT to IR firmware or from IR to IT firmware

This small article may be useful for owners of the RMS25JB080 module or for administrators who are looking for a good solution for building inexpensive disk storages. Prehistory There was a need to work out a budget and reliab

Revised 2 February 2017. Its critical for data integrity that the LSI HBA cards run in IT (Initiator Target) mode with the correct firmware revision matched to your FreeNAS software. It is possible to pay some vendors to perform the co

Prerequisites: -1) a) move your H200 card from storage slot to another PCI-E slot; b) get longer cables from DELL to connect the backplane to the H200; c) verify the system is still working well.

OEM version of the LSI SAS 9211-8i, such as the Dell H200, H310 or IBM M1015 are quite popular for use with FreeNAS. However, they need to be flashed with a regular LSI firmware to disable their RAID capabilities in order to passthrough the dri