LSI Internal PCI-Express SAS/SATA HBA, 9211-8I, 8-Port 6Gb/s Controller Card

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But any hardware, even brand-new units from a top-rated fab like Supermicro, can suddenly go bad. All we can do is try to spread the risk. I missed the steps of: "Wiping the card" using MegaRec or "sas2flash -e 6 (or 7)". But I'm not sure if I have to do that, since I'm already on IT mode. He says maybe I don't. And the 9211-8i is totally the pimp when used with FreeNAS. Due to a case switch, I now use 3 of them along with an Intel SAS expander over 2 chassis and all is totally groovey.

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This includes the actual "bootX64.efi" that worked for him. But I'm still getting the “InitShellApp: Application not started from Shell” error :( I actually was wrong about what model it was, so I probably would have messed it up. Seems like its an IBM M1015 already crossflashed... The problem was how to flash the card for your motherboards. Unlike what Linus Tech Tips suggests, it doesn’t matter which motherboard you have. What matters is that you need access to an EFI shell where you can easily run some command to change the mode and flash the card. You can reboot then, when Controller initializes press control-C to define boot device, and then go into the system bios for set boot device. These are instructions for the specific case of a normal PC having an Asus UEFI bios and SecureBoot not being used. In your specific case you might have to perform additional actions or skip others.

It seems, that some bios recognized that the card was not anymore an H200 but it is changed to the another card.

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I thought all i needed was to crossflash it and move on but reading some posts seems like I need to upgrade to P16 firmware to make Freenas happy. Couldnt find a detailed post on this. I used this guide for the most part http://www.servethehome.com/ibm-serveraid-m1015-part-4/ and havent installed Freenas as of yet. CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 7700X | GPU | ASUS TUF RTX3080 | PSU | Corsair RM850i | RAM 2x16GB X5 6000Mhz CL32 MOTHERBOARD | Asus TUF Gaming X670E-PLUS WIFI  IR: Integrated Raid. The card itself writes extra proprietary informations to the devices => such devices can therefore be read only by compatible HW.

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So I think I have all the files for the firmware upgrade, and an idea of the firmware flash command / process, Well, maybe good idea for some applications, especially with frequent reboots. NAS is rather less impacted. I also am not sure if I can even flash from Freenas, because a pool is running on 2 old drives on it, and I dont know how to unload a pool, or unload the driver. ABOUT USServeTheHome is the IT professional's guide to servers, storage, networking, and high-end workstation hardware, plus great open source projects. I am using BIOS boot in an EFI system (a personal workaround from the past), but the new non-grub FreeNas bootloader seems to have resolved my old issue, and I think now is a good time to switch.