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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=CS link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Yes, you have to use bootable DOS and DOS version of sas2flash.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>There is an awesome tool for creating bootable USB stick with DOS called Rufus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>http://rufus.akeo.ie/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Filip<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Schweiss, Chip [mailto:chip@innovates.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 09, 2014 3:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> Filip Marvan<br><b>Cc:</b> Matthew Lagoe; omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Parity error on path mpt_sas2<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I'm still fighting this.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Under OmniOS the erase function is disabled in sas2flash for solaris.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>What OS environment are you running this in? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 3:06 AM, Filip Marvan <<a href="mailto:filip.marvan@aira.cz" target="_blank">filip.marvan@aira.cz</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Hi,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>first you have to erase P20 firmware with:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>sas2flsh -o -e 6</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>now do not reboot(!) and flash P18 with</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>sas2flsh -f XXXXXX.bin -b mptsas2.rom</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><span style='color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Filip</span><span style='color:#888888'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> OmniOS-discuss [mailto:<a href="mailto:omnios-discuss-bounces@lists.omniti.com" target="_blank">omnios-discuss-bounces@lists.omniti.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Schweiss, Chip<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 08, 2014 08:09 AM<br><b>To:</b> Filip Marvan<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com" target="_blank">omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Parity error on path mpt_sas2</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>I've got some new LSI HBAs I'm trying to downgrade from firmware version 20 to 18.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>I'm getting errors when trying to downgrade:<br><br>Attempting to flash firmware to LSI SAS SAS2308_2(D1) :<br><br> Executing Operation: Flash Firmware Image<br><br> Firmware Image has a Valid Checksum.<br> Firmware Version 18.00.00.00<br> Firmware Image compatible with Controller.<br><br> Valid NVDATA Image found.<br> NVDATA Version 11.00.00.00<br> Checking for a compatible NVData image...<br><br> 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><br> ERROR: Failed to get valid NVDATA image from File!<br><br> Firmware Image Validation Failed!</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>Tried downgrading bios:<br><br>Attempting to flash Boot Service to LSI SAS SAS2308_2(D1) :<br><br> Validating BIOS Image...<br><br> BIOS Header Signature is Valid<br><br> BIOS Image has a Valid Checksum.<br><br> BIOS PCI Structure Signature Valid.<br><br> BIOS Image Compatible with the SAS Controller.<br><br> Attempting to Flash BIOS Image...<br><br> 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><br> Flash BIOS Image Failed!</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US>I've tried sas2flash from P20 and P18. <br><br>Can someone fill me in on the trick to downgrade? </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US>-Chip</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span 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:</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you for your help Aaron! I downgraded firmware to P18 and there are no more errors today.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>It seems, that there is something bad with P20 firmware!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>You saved me a lot of time </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>J</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Filip</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Aaron Curry [mailto:<a href="mailto:asc1111@gmail.com" target="_blank">asc1111@gmail.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 25, 2014 5:46 PM<br><b>To:</b> Filip Marvan<br><b>Cc:</b> Dan McDonald; <a href="mailto:omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com" target="_blank">omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Parity error on path mpt_sas2</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Aaron<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi Dan,<br><br>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><span style='color:#888888'><br>Filip<br><br></span><br>_______________________________________________<br>OmniOS-discuss mailing list<br><a href="mailto:OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com" target="_blank">OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><br>_______________________________________________<br>OmniOS-discuss mailing list<br><a href="mailto:OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com" target="_blank">OmniOS-discuss@lists.omniti.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss" target="_blank">http://lists.omniti.com/mailman/listinfo/omnios-discuss</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>`