- How to use the dell perc h200 config utility install#
- How to use the dell perc h200 config utility update#
- How to use the dell perc h200 config utility software#
- How to use the dell perc h200 config utility plus#
- How to use the dell perc h200 config utility zip#
Now you can check the RAID status with this command: ~]# sas2ircu 0 DISPLAY
How to use the dell perc h200 config utility install#
This tool on Centos 7 is provided by nux.ro you can download and install it with these commands: ~]# wget You need for the Fusion-MPT SAS-2 cards a tool called sas2ircu. That’s it! If the flash gone ok you can reboot the system and enjoy the new firmware for disks > 2TB Step 4 – RAID tools and smartctl (optional)įor this RAID card you cannot use MegaRAID tools. NVDATA Device ID and Chip Revision match verified.īIOS Image Compatible with the SAS Controller. sas2flash -o -f H200A.FW -b mptsas2.romĮxecuting Operation: Flash Firmware Imageįirmware Image compatible with Controller. We flash the firmware (-f paramenter and the boot rom – b parameter): firmware-upgrade]#. Run now the following command for start the firmware flash. In my case the output is alredy after a firmware flash but before do the flash note down the following data: NVDATA, Firmware Version and BIOS Version. All rights reservedĪdapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2008(B2)Ġ SAS2008(B2) 07.15.08.00 07.00.00.19 07.11.10.00 00:03:00:00įinished Processing Commands Successfully.Īs you can see the tool detect our card as number 0, let’s print out the detail of this card firmware-upgrade]#. sas2flash -listallĬopyright (c) 2008-2011 LSI Corporation. Now we are ready to flash the RAID card, go inside the firmware-upgrade folder and run this command in order to list all available LSI RAID controller on the system firmware-upgrade]#. Now copy the sas2flash tool for i686 and 圆4 systems to our firmware-upgrade folder ~]# cp ~/Installer_P12_for_Linux/sas2flash_linux_i686_x86-64_rel/sas2flash ~/firmware-upgrade/ Step 3 – Flash the firmware
How to use the dell perc h200 config utility zip#
I have downloaded the sas2flash utility for linux from this link let’s download and extract the content from the zip ~]# wget Since we are gonna flash the original Dell firmware we can flash directly from Linux OS (Centos 7 in my case) without creating a bootable MSDOS USB Stick. ~]# cp -rf ~/SAS/payload/* ~/firmware-upgrade/įor flash the firmware LSI provide a tool called sas2flash. We don’t need all those files but only the content of the payload folder, so create a new folder and copy the files ~]# mkdir -p ~/firmware-upgrade/ 1 root root 181848 libstorelib.soĭrwxr-xr-t. 1 root root 101425 duppmdatacollector.bin The extracted content it will look like this: ~]# ll SAS So we need to extract the content from the file, in order to do it, run the following command: ~]# bash SAS-RAID_Firmware_NX9T4_LN32_07.03.05.00_A08.BIN -extract SAS
How to use the dell perc h200 config utility update#
This Update Package is not compatible with your system configuration Since we are running on HP hardware and not on Dell hardware if you run the binary you will receive the following error: Go on the Dell website and downlod the Linux version of the firmware for the PERC H200 (). Since Dell provide an official firmware we are gonna use it. (LSI9211-IT or LSI9211-IR here an explaination about the two modes) On the web there are lot of tutorial for convert this card from Dell brand to original LSI firmware. The PERC H200 card that I’ve bought come with a very old firmware version (2010 I think it’s the first release) and it doesn’t support HDD major than 2 TB, only the recent firmware will support them. Now let’s stop talking and let’s start with the facts.
How to use the dell perc h200 config utility plus#
Plus it works (only in BIOS mode) and fit perfectly on the Microserver (only the connector for the discs is not easy to fit).īy taking a look on various forums (in particular this on ) they suggest the LSI 92XX series. So in the end I have chosen a Dell PERC H200 RAID card (it’s an LSI 9240-8i PCI SAS/SATA) because it’s a good and also cheapest RAID on the market. On the Microserver there are only two core (It’s an AMD Opteron X3216 APU) so the server will became busy only for handle read/write operations.
How to use the dell perc h200 config utility software#
I have also discarded Linux software RAID for performance issue, sometimes it use a lot of I/O.
Plus I have tested it and it didn’t recognized a failure on one of the HDD and the Marvell Utility on Linux is a crap so I have discarded it. I have decided to use an additional RAID card because for the Marvell SATA controller RAID I have see a lot of discussion about weird issues (ex: RAID no more recognized after a poweroff and power on).
Since I need a reliable system I have decided to implement a RAID 1 (2x 3TB HDD) and use an external 3TB for backups. In my house I have an HP Microserver Gen 10, I use it as NAS and hypervisor for a few virtual machines.