New to this (Reflashing Dell PERC)

[SpongeRob]

Trying to flash my IR controller to IT mode.

Made the mistake of not writing down my SAS address, like a noob so it's going to be all zeros going forward!

Card is listed as 2008(B2), command was run sas2flsh -c 0 -o -f 2118it.bin -b mptsas2.rom

Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2008(??)

Executing Operation: Flash Firmware Image

Firmware Image has a Valid Checksum.

Firmware Image compatible with Controller.

Valid NVDATA Image found.

Valid Initialization Image verified.
Valid BootLoader Image verified.

Chip is in FAULT state. Attempting Host Boot...
Firmware Host Boot Successful !
Writing Current MfgPage2 Settings to NVRam
Failed to validate MfgPage2 !
Due to error remaining commands will not be executed.
Unable to Process Commands.
Exiting SAS2Flash.

Tried to reflash 2118it.bin - FAILED ON VALIDATING MfgPage2
Tried to reflash 2118p7.bin - FAILED ON VALIDATING MfgPage2

Any help extremely gratefully rec'd, thank-you in advance

EDIT : Been using these two as references, https://return-to-libc.com/posts/dell-h200-it-mode/ & https://ikus-soft.com/en_CA/blog/techies-10/how-to-flash-an-lsi-sas2008-controller-for-zfs-62

 

[SpongeRob]

Great! Just bricked the card.. blindly running batch files, now I'm at the 'Invalid PCI card installed' BIOS message and ofc won't boot.

Just ordered this, I will no doubt, be back asking for help!!!

 

[jdancer]

I use this, https://fohdeesha.com/docs/perc.html, to flash 12th-gen Dell PERCs to IT-mode with no issues in production.

Don't skip any steps and take your time. Don't forget to flash the BIOS/UEFI ROMs to allow booting off Proxmox.

 

[SpongeRob]

I use this, https://fohdeesha.com/docs/perc.html, to flash 12th-gen Dell PERCs to IT-mode with no issues in production.

Don't skip any steps and take your time. Don't forget to flash the BIOS/UEFI ROMs to allow booting off Proxmox.

Thanks for the reply dude.

12th gen PERCS, so 2012 era? Kinda fits the servers year of manufacture, however I've just ordered a new card (and I'm hoping it's preflashed)

Hopefully all will be good going forward, but I'll update the thread next month once it's arrived. Thanks again

 

[jdancer]

Thanks for the reply dude.

12th gen PERCS, so 2012 era? Kinda fits the servers year of manufacture, however I've just ordered a new card (and I'm hoping it's preflashed)

Hopefully all will be good going forward, but I'll update the thread next month once it's arrived. Thanks again

Sounds good.

I've moved on to 13th-gen Dells and swapped out the Dell PERCs for Dell HBA330s which is a true HBA/IT-mode controller.