From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 2 20:13:01 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDA4C106564A for ; Sat, 2 Jul 2011 20:13:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vince@unsane.co.uk) Received: from unsane.co.uk (unsane-pt.tunnel.tserv5.lon1.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f08:110::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 238A08FC16 for ; Sat, 2 Jul 2011 20:13:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vhoffman-macbooklocal.local ([10.10.10.20]) (authenticated bits=0) by unsane.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p62KDCdC067957 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 2 Jul 2011 21:13:13 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from vince@unsane.co.uk) Message-ID: <4E0F7BCA.6020604@unsane.co.uk> Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:12:58 +0100 From: Vincent Hoffman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110616 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org References: <4E0B274F.2060903@zedat.fu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <4E0B274F.2060903@zedat.fu-berlin.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Dell PowerEdge 1950 with LSI SAS1068E/aka DeLL SAS-6 HBA: howto update firmware with FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:13:01 -0000 On 29/06/2011 14:23, O. Hartmann wrote: > 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). No idea on doing it under freebsd unfortunately but you could try a CentOS (RHEL rebuild) livecd. (http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOSLiveCD5.6) Dell semi support Centos as a redhat compatible. Vince > > 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". > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-hardware-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"