`<div dir="ltr"><div>I'm still fighting this.<br><br></div><div>Under OmniOS the erase function is disabled in sas2flash for solaris.<br><br></div><div>I couldn't seem to find an iso bootable DOS that I could stage files in. FreeDOS1.0 won't mount the CD, 1.1 got rid of the live mode. Tried a Linux rescue CD and I get " ERROR: Erase Flash Operation Failed!" Tried both P18 sas2flash and P20 sas2flash.<br><br></div><div>What OS environment are you running this in? <br></div><div><br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 3:06 AM, Filip Marvan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:filip.marvan@aira.cz" target="_blank">filip.marvan@aira.cz</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Hi,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">first you have to erase P20 firmware with:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">sas2flsh -o -e 6<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">now do not reboot(!) and flash P18 with<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">sas2flsh -f XXXXXX.bin -b mptsas2.rom<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></span></font></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Filip<u></u><u></u></span></font></p></font></span><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma" lang="EN-US">
OmniOS-discuss [mailto:<a href="mailto:omnios-discuss-bounces@lists.omniti.com" target="_blank">omnios-discuss-bounces@lists.omniti.com</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Schweiss, Chip<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, December 08, 2014
08:09 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Filip Marvan<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> <a href="mailto:omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com" target="_blank">omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [OmniOS-discuss]
Parity error on path mpt_sas2<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">I've got some
new LSI HBAs I'm trying to downgrade from firmware version 20 to 18.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">I'm getting
errors when trying to downgrade:<br>
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Attempting to flash firmware to LSI SAS SAS2308_2(D1) :<br>
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Executing Operation: Flash Firmware
Image<br>
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Firmware Image has a Valid Checksum.<br>
Firmware Version 18.00.00.00<br>
Firmware Image compatible with Controller.<br>
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Valid NVDATA Image found.<br>
NVDATA Version 11.00.00.00<br>
Checking for a compatible NVData image...<br>
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NVDATA Device ID and Chip Revision match verified.<br>
ERROR: Cannot downgrade NVDATA version 14.00.00.06<br>
to 11.00.110000.00.<br>
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ERROR: Failed to get valid NVDATA image from File!<br>
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Firmware Image Validation Failed!<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Tried
downgrading bios:<br>
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Attempting to flash Boot Service to LSI SAS SAS2308_2(D1) :<br>
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Validating BIOS Image...<br>
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BIOS Header Signature is Valid<br>
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BIOS Image has a Valid Checksum.<br>
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BIOS PCI Structure Signature Valid.<br>
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BIOS Image Compatible with the SAS Controller.<br>
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Attempting to Flash BIOS Image...<br>
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BIOS Version in flash : 07.39.00.00<br>
BIOS Version from File : 07.35.00.00<br>
Skipping flash since file version is not greater than existing.<br>
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Flash BIOS Image Failed!<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">I've tried
sas2flash from P20 and P18. <br>
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Can someone fill me in on the trick to downgrade? <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">-Chip<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Filip Marvan <<a href="mailto:filip.marvan@aira.cz" target="_blank">filip.marvan@aira.cz</a>>
wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d">Thank you for your help Aaron! I downgraded firmware to
P18 and there are no more errors today.</span></font><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d">It seems, that there is something bad with P20 firmware!</span></font><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d">You saved me a lot of time </span></font><font color="#1f497d" face="Wingdings"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1f497d">J</span></font><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1f497d">Filip</span></font><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri"> Aaron Curry [mailto:<a href="mailto:asc1111@gmail.com" target="_blank">asc1111@gmail.com</a>] <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, November 25, 2014
5:46 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Filip Marvan<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> Dan McDonald; <a href="mailto:omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com" target="_blank">omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [OmniOS-discuss]
Parity error on path mpt_sas2</span></font><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I had this exact
same problem recently when setting up a new home server... same controller,
same firmware (P20). The errors were on all disks attached to the controller,
but only on high read activity. Writes did not generate the errors. I
downgraded the firmware to P18 (which is what we are using at work) and the
errors went away. Has anyone had success with this controller and the P20
firmware?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Tue, Nov 25,
2014 at 8:30 AM, Filip Marvan <<a href="mailto:filip.marvan@aira.cz" target="_blank">filip.marvan@aira.cz</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hi Dan,<br>
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thanks for reply.<br>
Yes, errors are on all 5 disks in the same RAIDZ pool. No problem on other<br>
disks in different pool but on the same SAS cable.<br>
So maybe I only had bad luck with that disks.<br>
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Filip<br>
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