[SOLVED] PERC H310 already flashed to IT-Mode?

[Dunuin]

Hi,

My old Dell PERC H310 I had flashed to IT-mode started failing so I ordered a new (but used) one to replace it. I wanted to follow my notes I wrote down when cross-flashing the last one, but somehow I can't get FreeDOS to boot anymore to use the LSI utilities (screen just stays black when booting the stick in legacy mode).
But there also wasn't a raid config menu when booting I usually got with IR-mode and PVE was seeing the disks attached to it, whichout needing to configure anything. But those disks don't show in the BIOS/UEFI (but maybe that is because there is no BIOS installed on that HBA?).

Can I somehow check from PVE CLI if that PERC H310 is already properly flashed to IT-mode?

In the syslog I see this, which looks like it is already using the lastest IT-mode firmware I wanted to flash anyway, but without a BIOS installed? Can someone confirm this?

May 01 13:38:02 Enterprise kernel: mpt2sas_cm0: LSISAS2008: FWVersion(20.00.07.00), ChipRevision(0x03), BiosVersion(00.00.00.00)
May 01 13:38:02 Enterprise kernel: mpt2sas_cm0: Protocol=(Initiator,Target), Capabilities=(TLR,EEDP,Snapshot Buffer,Diag Trace Buffer,Task Set Full,NCQ)
May 01 13:38:02 Enterprise kernel: scsi host0: Fusion MPT SAS Host
May 01 13:38:02 Enterprise kernel: mpt2sas_cm0: sending port enable !!

Wanted to create a new ZFS pool with the disks on it so I can move the virtual disks from the existing to the new pool without needing to backup+restore from PBS. Would be bad if that H310 isn't in IT mode.

 

[juliokele]

you can check with systool:

apt install sysfsutils
systool -c scsi_host -v -d host0

if you have active_mode = "Initiator" and supported_mode = "Initiator" (Initiator Target -> IT) your Controller is in IT-mode.

by the way, your log already shows:
May 01 13:38:02 Enterprise kernel: mpt2sas_cm0: Protocol=(Initiator,Target), Capabilities=(TLR,EEDP,Snapshot Buffer,Diag Trace Buffer,Task Set Full,NCQ)

 

[Dunuin]

if you have active_mode = "Initiator" and supported_mode = "Initiator" (Initiator Target -> IT) your Controller is in IT-mode.

It shows that. Thanks.