From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 29 13:23:29 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 183CC1065673 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:23:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de) Received: from outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de [130.133.4.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA0A48FC12 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:23:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de ([130.133.4.69]) by outpost1.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.69) with esmtp (envelope-from ) id <1Qbujn-00033E-U0>; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:23:27 +0200 Received: from telesto.geoinf.fu-berlin.de ([130.133.86.198]) by inpost2.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Exim 4.69) with esmtpsa (envelope-from ) id <1Qbujn-00061P-S5>; Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:23:27 +0200 Message-ID: <4E0B274F.2060903@zedat.fu-berlin.de> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:23:27 +0200 From: "O. Hartmann" Organization: Freie =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Universit=E4t_Berlin?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110627 Thunderbird/3.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-IP: 130.133.86.198 Cc: Subject: Dell PowerEdge 1950 with LSI SAS1068E/aka DeLL SAS-6 HBA: howto update firmware with FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:23:29 -0000 We run a Dell PowerEdge 1950 Server which is equipted with a LSI Logic LSISAS1068E SAS HBA, branded as a Dell SAS-6 HBA (MPT). The firmware is dated to 2007 and is not capable of handling hard disks larger than 2 TB. We got now a 3 TB SATA harddrive (WD WD30EZRX) which doesn't get recognized properly and is traeted as a 2TB disk. I found at Dell's website a proper firmware for this type of SAS controller, but I wasn't able to flash a new firmware (firmware found at http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&deviceid=13856&libid=46&releaseid=R197383&vercnt=3&formatcnt=0&SystemID=PWE_1950&servicetag=&os=WNET&osl=en&catid=-1&dateid=-1&typeid=-1&formatid=-1&impid=-1&checkFormat=true). This fails. The windows alternative is not applicable, how should it ... A FreeDOS solution - like LSI Logic offers - is obviously not in sight at Dell, the offer a RedHat only solution. I tried with a FedoraLive CD (Fedora15, 64Bit), but the process fails either with a non-found builVer.sh-error or, when using a emergency-Linux CD like Knoppix 6.4.4 (famous in Germany), it's missing some utilities (rpm, stty or whatsoever). So, I'm floating like a dead man in the water, having a full old 2 TB harddrive, an exchange 3TB harddrive which is recognized as 2 TB harddrive and no chance to update the controller's firmware. Is anybody out here with a solution under FreeBSD? The box is running FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE with a most recent buildworld. Thanks in advance, Oliver P.S. Please CC me, I'm not subscribing list "questions".