<div dir="ltr"><div>I'm still fighting this. </div><div>Under OmniOS the erase function is disabled in sas2flash for solaris. </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. </div><div>What OS environment are you running this in? </div><div> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"> <div class="gmail_quote">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: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="CS"> <div> Hi, first you have to erase P20 firmware with: sas2flsh -o -e 6 now do not reboot(!) and flash P18 with sas2flsh -f XXXXXX.bin -b mptsas2.rom Filip<div><div class="h5"> From: OmniOS-discuss [mailto:<a href="mailto:omnios-discuss-bounces@lists.omniti.com" target="_blank">omnios-discuss-bounces@lists.omniti.com</a>] On Behalf Of Schweiss, Chip Sent: Monday, December 08, 2014 08:09 AM To: Filip Marvan Cc: <a href="mailto:omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com" target="_blank">omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com</a> Subject: Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Parity error on path mpt_sas2 <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> I've got some new LSI HBAs I'm trying to downgrade from firmware version 20 to 18. </div> I'm getting errors when trying to downgrade: Attempting to flash firmware to LSI SAS SAS2308_2(D1) : Executing Operation: Flash Firmware Image Firmware Image has a Valid Checksum. Firmware Version 18.00.00.00 Firmware Image compatible with Controller. Valid NVDATA Image found. NVDATA Version 11.00.00.00 Checking for a compatible NVData image... NVDATA Device ID and Chip Revision match verified. ERROR: Cannot downgrade NVDATA version 14.00.00.06 to 11.00.110000.00. ERROR: Failed to get valid NVDATA image from File! Firmware Image Validation Failed! </div> Tried downgrading bios: Attempting to flash Boot Service to LSI SAS SAS2308_2(D1) : Validating BIOS Image... BIOS Header Signature is Valid BIOS Image has a Valid Checksum. BIOS PCI Structure Signature Valid. BIOS Image Compatible with the SAS Controller. Attempting to Flash BIOS Image... BIOS Version in flash : 07.39.00.00 BIOS Version from File : 07.35.00.00 Skipping flash since file version is not greater than existing. Flash BIOS Image Failed! </div> I've tried sas2flash from P20 and P18. Can someone fill me in on the trick to downgrade? </div> -Chip <div> <div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> 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: <div> <div> Thank you for your help Aaron! I downgraded firmware to P18 and there are no more errors today. It seems, that there is something bad with P20 firmware! You saved me a lot of time J Filip From: Aaron Curry [mailto:<a href="mailto:asc1111@gmail.com" target="_blank">asc1111@gmail.com</a>] Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 5:46 PM To: Filip Marvan Cc: Dan McDonald; <a href="mailto:omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com" target="_blank">omnios-discuss@lists.omniti.com</a> Subject: Re: [OmniOS-discuss] Parity error on path mpt_sas2 <div> <div> <div> 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? <div> </div> <div> Aaron </div> </div> <div> <div> 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: <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"> Hi Dan, thanks for reply. Yes, errors are on all 5 disks in the same RAIDZ pool. No problem on other disks in different pool but on the same SAS cable. So maybe I only had bad luck with that disks. 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