Thank you for your indepth knowledge of LSI. Sir, I've been following you aggressively because I'm learning a lot about LSI from you. Haile Okbe, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Thank You. I often wonder why those big companies have such elaborate download sites, when they also could throw everything on some disk, set vsftpd and just get it done. Like Dell used to host iso's with firmware upgrades, but not anymore.
Good day there I have been watching your videos not for a few months and have learned a lot there is just one thing I would like to put out there. When changing your HBA card have your stuff backed up or5 move it cuz I went to install the 9211-8i in my dell server and everything went all right till i booted up my unraid and my drives were there but they wanted to format all my drives don't know if it was just what happen to me but i have to put my raid card back in and move all my stuff as I don't have it backed up YET so just putting it out there be changed your HSA move or back u[- thanks for all the videos my friends.
Thanks for your comments. That's actually really great advice! Always backup your data if it is important to you because any kind of change can result in accidental data loss. Thanks for watching!
Be aware that the firmware and driver quality of Broadcom HBAs took an extreme nosedive with the models that got released after Broadcom took over from AVAGO which in turn took over from LSI (beginning with the HBA 9400 line-up). It has become a sad joke.
@@ArtofServer One “funny” example: Broadcom has actually released Windows drivers with expired signatures for the PCIe Switch HBA P411W-32P (try to install the drivers from the Win 11 subfolder) and no one cares. That model crashes every system when trying to use the S3 Suspend-to-RAM function (on paper supported by Broadcom HBAs), the same had happened with the HBA 9500-16i but this was finally fixed with the recent P28 firmware update. But basic stuff like SMART Monitoring is still broken, regular tools or SSD manufacturer software can’t detect drives handled by the HBA 9500-16i since it changes and abstracts the drives similar to RAID Adapters in the past, basically defeating the whole point of a deliberately simple HBA.
Really appreciate the content that you create and knowable you are on what you do. Inspire honestly to sit in front of the server and start to mess with them around to bring them to live and updated. Happens that following this video don't have the idea how to find the link for the updated of the drivers of this cards// Dell PowerEdge H700 6GB SAS RAID Controller 1GB CN-0XXFVX-13740-1C2-04KA-A05 / Chip (LSI SAS2108) /NO ENCR / 1145/ EAN45025 to flashed into IT Mode, probable EASY for you that already have figure it out. If you can send just the drivers link i will take it from there. Thanks in advance. Best Regards. Keep up the work.
@@leonardotoschi585 Saw the video but still doesnt explain the numbering of the cards.... 9207 vs a 9300, etc... Thats an example... not talking features but the model number scheme....
@@neccros007 The 2nd is the sas revision (9207 is sas 2 9300 is sas 3) 3rd if it is 0 it is surely an HBA the other are raid cards. The lsast is the number of the card.
@@leonardotoschi585 Once again, I made up numbers because I dont know the part numbers off hand... I know there are SAS3 and SAS2 but when you have 2 SAS 2 cards like a 9207 or a 9203 (made up numbers for illustration purposes), what do the numbers mean between them??? Like all the 92xx numbers, etc.... Hope this is clear now...
By any chance do you have a video on how to update a lsi 9300 16i card just purchased one on AliExpress I haven’t received it but I would want it to be as up to date as I can be.
I don't have such a video, but basically you run the firmware update per the usual instructions, but you need to do it twice since that card has 2 controller chips.
Hi, thank you for all helpful videos. I get a question about hp z840, I have the rdimm 2133Mhz memory but why it only showing 1866mhz, what can I do to max the speed, I have 2 cpu xeon v3 , thank you
I dont have a Z840. Saying that, check the DIMM config of your machine. many machines will down clock when all the slots are full or the config is not balanced. Quick vid on which slots to put your DIMMS in ruclips.net/video/Z_wf9sDUrTo/видео.html Service manual h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04823811.pdf You can also double check the specs of your CPU. As not all supported CPUs do 2133 speeds. E5-2640v3, xx30, xx23, xx20, xx09 and xx03 are 1866 parts. After that, Presuming you have been through the BIOS for memory settings. Its cleaning slots and CPU pads. Good luck. I hope you don't have a bad stick that messing everything up for you.
@Yandarval I'll doubt check, yes mine is e5-2640v3 that's why it's only 1866mhz memory. Thank you so much for detail, any recommendations cpu for me to upgrade to get that full 2133mhz speed, I want to upgrade that without breaking my bank. Thank you
The memory speed is going to depend on several factors, including type of RAM (RDIMM, LRDIMM), and DPC (DIMM per channel). The maximum speed is usually accomplished in 1DPC configurations. If you go with 2DPC or 3DPC, it will usually reduce the RAM speed. So, my guess is that you probably have a 2DPC or 3DPC configuration.
I just got the 9300-8i card. When I go to the Broadcom website, the BIOS and firmware versions on there is older than than the BIOS and firmware versions that shipped with the card. Kind of weird.
Would it be possible to ask for some assistance over on eBay? I have a lsi 9240-8i that has had its original (shipped with a SM opteron server) firmware wiped but i am now having some trouble getting into the u/efi shell to install the 9211-it firmware and i was wondering if you can assist me?
@@ArtofServer I'll join your server and ask there. I know I could make a reddit/sth post but I feel like you would have more experience than most people there since you do this for living and/or a side hustle.
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Thank you for your indepth knowledge of LSI. Sir, I've been following you aggressively because I'm learning a lot about LSI from you.
Haile Okbe, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Great to hear!
Thank You. I often wonder why those big companies have such elaborate download sites, when they also could throw everything on some disk, set vsftpd and just get it done. Like Dell used to host iso's with firmware upgrades, but not anymore.
Yeah, I used to use those Dell downloads too. There's always change, some good, some not so good.
Good day there I have been watching your videos not for a few months and have learned a lot there is just one thing I would like to put out there. When changing your HBA card have your stuff backed up or5 move it cuz I went to install the 9211-8i in my dell server and everything went all right till i booted up my unraid and my drives were there but they wanted to format all my drives don't know if it was just what happen to me but i have to put my raid card back in and move all my stuff as I don't have it backed up YET so just putting it out there be changed your HSA move or back u[- thanks for all the videos my friends.
Thanks for your comments. That's actually really great advice! Always backup your data if it is important to you because any kind of change can result in accidental data loss. Thanks for watching!
You are awesome man!!!
Thanks!!! Hope this helped! :-)
I really wish you would do a video on how to update your LSI firmware!
I've done a lot of videos on flashing firmware for various LSI cards and onboard LSI controllers. They are all over my channel.
H200?@@ArtofServer
You have to do one for stupid people like me@@ArtofServer
It might be a 9201
I found a page on how to do it. It was actually not that hard after some research.@@ArtofServer
Thank You for the info.
You bet!
Thanks, great video!
Glad you liked it!
Be aware that the firmware and driver quality of Broadcom HBAs took an extreme nosedive with the models that got released after Broadcom took over from AVAGO which in turn took over from LSI (beginning with the HBA 9400 line-up). It has become a sad joke.
That's good to know. Avago acquired LSI in 2014, and then acquired Broadcom in 2015 and changed it's name to Broadcom.
@@ArtofServer One “funny” example: Broadcom has actually released Windows drivers with expired signatures for the PCIe Switch HBA P411W-32P (try to install the drivers from the Win 11 subfolder) and no one cares. That model crashes every system when trying to use the S3 Suspend-to-RAM function (on paper supported by Broadcom HBAs), the same had happened with the HBA 9500-16i but this was finally fixed with the recent P28 firmware update. But basic stuff like SMART Monitoring is still broken, regular tools or SSD manufacturer software can’t detect drives handled by the HBA 9500-16i since it changes and abstracts the drives similar to RAID Adapters in the past, basically defeating the whole point of a deliberately simple HBA.
@@abavariannormiepleb9470Thanks! Good to know. I was about to buy a HBA-9500-8i
Really appreciate the content that you create and knowable you are on what you do. Inspire honestly to sit in front of the server and start to mess with them around to bring them to live and updated. Happens that following this video don't have the idea how to find the link for the updated of the drivers of this cards// Dell PowerEdge H700 6GB SAS RAID Controller 1GB CN-0XXFVX-13740-1C2-04KA-A05 /
Chip (LSI SAS2108) /NO ENCR / 1145/ EAN45025
to flashed into IT Mode, probable EASY for you that already have figure it out. If you can send just the drivers link i will take it from there. Thanks in advance. Best Regards. Keep up the work.
For the H700, I would recommend getting the latest Dell firmware from dell.com instead.
I already did that
I'd like to request a video on how to enable ASPM on HBA adapters for Linux.
Great suggestion! Noted.
@@ArtofServer thanks!
Do you have a video that breaks down the differences in HBA model numbers? Like 9300 vs 9305 or 9207 vs 9210 (May not be real numbers, just examples)
Yes search "hba comparison 2020 art of server"
Checkout this video: ruclips.net/video/hTbKzQZk21w/видео.html
@@leonardotoschi585 Saw the video but still doesnt explain the numbering of the cards.... 9207 vs a 9300, etc... Thats an example... not talking features but the model number scheme....
@@neccros007 The 2nd is the sas revision (9207 is sas 2 9300 is sas 3) 3rd if it is 0 it is surely an HBA the other are raid cards. The lsast is the number of the card.
@@leonardotoschi585 Once again, I made up numbers because I dont know the part numbers off hand... I know there are SAS3 and SAS2 but when you have 2 SAS 2 cards like a 9207 or a 9203 (made up numbers for illustration purposes), what do the numbers mean between them??? Like all the 92xx numbers, etc.... Hope this is clear now...
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support! :-)
Next do Mellenox ConnectX-3 drivers. :) But, seriously.
It should be automatic in most Linux based OSes. Are you having driver issues for your ConnectX-3 card in a different OS?
Hello, can you please advice most compact hba for 8 drives? Couldnt find any
checkout this video: ruclips.net/video/hTbKzQZk21w/видео.html
By any chance do you have a video on how to update a lsi 9300 16i card just purchased one on AliExpress I haven’t received it but I would want it to be as up to date as I can be.
I don't have such a video, but basically you run the firmware update per the usual instructions, but you need to do it twice since that card has 2 controller chips.
@@ArtofServer oh ok so just update it twice ok ima look on how to do it
@@ArtofServerya I have literally no luck on finding this firmware for my card sadly
Couldnt you just use the flag fwall and update both at once?
Hi, thank you for all helpful videos. I get a question about hp z840, I have the rdimm 2133Mhz memory but why it only showing 1866mhz, what can I do to max the speed, I have 2 cpu xeon v3 , thank you
I dont have a Z840. Saying that, check the DIMM config of your machine. many machines will down clock when all the slots are full or the config is not balanced. Quick vid on which slots to put your DIMMS in ruclips.net/video/Z_wf9sDUrTo/видео.html Service manual h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c04823811.pdf You can also double check the specs of your CPU. As not all supported CPUs do 2133 speeds. E5-2640v3, xx30, xx23, xx20, xx09 and xx03 are 1866 parts. After that, Presuming you have been through the BIOS for memory settings. Its cleaning slots and CPU pads. Good luck. I hope you don't have a bad stick that messing everything up for you.
@Yandarval I'll doubt check, yes mine is e5-2640v3 that's why it's only 1866mhz memory. Thank you so much for detail, any recommendations cpu for me to upgrade to get that full 2133mhz speed, I want to upgrade that without breaking my bank. Thank you
The memory speed is going to depend on several factors, including type of RAM (RDIMM, LRDIMM), and DPC (DIMM per channel). The maximum speed is usually accomplished in 1DPC configurations. If you go with 2DPC or 3DPC, it will usually reduce the RAM speed. So, my guess is that you probably have a 2DPC or 3DPC configuration.
thank you so much.
I just got the 9300-8i card.
When I go to the Broadcom website, the BIOS and firmware versions on there is older than than the BIOS and firmware versions that shipped with the card.
Kind of weird.
Really, what versions do you have?
Would it be possible to ask for some assistance over on eBay? I have a lsi 9240-8i that has had its original (shipped with a SM opteron server) firmware wiped but i am now having some trouble getting into the u/efi shell to install the 9211-it firmware and i was wondering if you can assist me?
eBay is not a good messaging system for troubleshooting. Probably better to try my discord or some online tech forum like STH.
@@ArtofServer I'll join your server and ask there. I know I could make a reddit/sth post but I feel like you would have more experience than most people there since you do this for living and/or a side hustle.
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support!