Comments on: LSI SAS 9201-16i – Compatibility issues https://www.BeatificaBytes.be/lsi-sas-9201-16u-compatibility-issues/ The Joys of Computing Sun, 27 May 2018 19:33:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 By: Windozesuk https://www.BeatificaBytes.be/lsi-sas-9201-16u-compatibility-issues/#comment-107 Sun, 27 May 2018 19:33:38 +0000 /wordpress/?p=730#comment-107 Valery,
Thank you for that quick response. I was able to get it working, it had P13 firmware on it, I flashed it to P18, I didn’t go all the way to P20 as I figured I would start a bit lower first and it worked great, so I think I’ll leave it at P18 if I don’t encounter any further issues. Thanks again for the reply

]]> By: Valery Letroye https://www.BeatificaBytes.be/lsi-sas-9201-16u-compatibility-issues/#comment-106 Sun, 27 May 2018 08:46:29 +0000 /wordpress/?p=730#comment-106 In reply to Windozesuk.

Windozesuk (Love your nick :D)

I spent many hours years ago to install my cards. But since, my server is running fine and I never had to reconfigure anything. So, I have to admin I forgot a lot about the particularities of using this card.

If like me you configured the card to use HBA (JBOD/passthru), then you don’t have to configure anything else in the LSI’s Bios when adding a disk. And the only messages displayed at boot by the card is :
– the SiI SATALINK BIOS version
– “Adapter(s) disabled by User”
– “Press CTRL-C to start LSI Corp Configuration Utility”

I am adding disks from time to time in my server and never have any trouble to see them in windows (via the Windows “Disk Management” console).

NB.: in my case, I assign a letter to each disk and add them into a pool managed with StableBit software.

I may only suggest to use the card on another motherboard if there was no yellow warning sign in Windows “Device Manager” console. The LSI card should appear under “Storage Controllers”. If there is a yellow warning on it, it has possibly a conflict. But I presume you already double checked that…

V.

]]> By: Windozesuk https://www.BeatificaBytes.be/lsi-sas-9201-16u-compatibility-issues/#comment-105 Sun, 27 May 2018 03:01:55 +0000 /wordpress/?p=730#comment-105 Hello Valery,

I hope you may be able to help me as you seem to be very knowledgable on these LSI cards. I have a sas9201-16E, I installed it, running windows server 2016, and windows sees the card and installed the appropriate drivers. However, I have it connected to a JBOD (xstore AIC XJ SA13 212R), and it will not see any disk drives. I have a mix of 4TB, 5TB, and 8TB drives in it (WD and Seagate consumer grade SATA). Other SAS cards were able to see the drives on this same system. There is no BIOS prompt during boot up for this card, as it is only an HBA and not a RAID, correct? Is there anything I can try to get these drives to show up? I tried removing drives and adding one at a time, but none of them show. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you

]]> By: Valery Letroye https://www.BeatificaBytes.be/lsi-sas-9201-16u-compatibility-issues/#comment-104 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 15:27:03 +0000 /wordpress/?p=730#comment-104 Ok, so, here is a link to download the package

Simply click CTRL + S to save it locally.

]]> By: Valery Letroye https://www.BeatificaBytes.be/lsi-sas-9201-16u-compatibility-issues/#comment-103 Fri, 08 Nov 2013 15:19:36 +0000 /wordpress/?p=730#comment-103 In reply to Konstantin.

I should place the package on some file sharing website 😀
Otherwise, being off for a few days, I did suggest you to send your request to LSI’s support team and you answered:

Hi, I did it, I wrote to LSI and they sent me firmware v.8.00.000. Thanks for you replay.

I have to say that LSI’s support is really nice. I hope this version is solving your issue too 😉
Just to clarify about the package sent by LSI (for other readers), it contains both the Bios 7.15.0.0 and Firmware 8.0.0.0.

]]> By: Konstantin https://www.BeatificaBytes.be/lsi-sas-9201-16u-compatibility-issues/#comment-102 Thu, 07 Nov 2013 14:32:19 +0000 /wordpress/?p=730#comment-102 Hi Valery. I have the same problem with LSI SAS 9201-16i and Supermicro X9DR3-F motherboard. Could you send me bios version 7.15.0.0? I couldn’t google that. (

]]> By: Valery Letroye https://www.BeatificaBytes.be/lsi-sas-9201-16u-compatibility-issues/#comment-101 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:49:37 +0000 /wordpress/?p=730#comment-101 In reply to Rudi.

Hi Rudi.

I just sent you the package… Hope it will solve your issue too.

EDIT: I got your answer. Happy that it fixed the problem!

Hi Valery,
thanks a lot!
It solved my problem.

Kind regards,
Rudi

]]> By: Rudi https://www.BeatificaBytes.be/lsi-sas-9201-16u-compatibility-issues/#comment-100 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:37:30 +0000 /wordpress/?p=730#comment-100 Hello. I have a similar issue as you described with LSI card (boot problem). If you could send me a bios version 7.15.0.0 I would be very grateful.
Kind Regards,
Rudi

]]> By: Valery Letroye https://www.BeatificaBytes.be/lsi-sas-9201-16u-compatibility-issues/#comment-99 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:41:31 +0000 /wordpress/?p=730#comment-99 In reply to Jacek.

I did sent you the “package” by email earlier today and I already got your answer:

After many attempts with different versions of firmware for my controller IBM1015 I lost hope that it will work properly with my motherboard Gigabyte EX38-DS4. Fortunately, with your help, I was able to finally solve this problem (I used only mptsas2.rom file).

Happy that it helped! Don’t forget, if by any chance you visit Brussels, to bring a bottle of Å»ubrówka :p

]]> By: Jacek https://www.BeatificaBytes.be/lsi-sas-9201-16u-compatibility-issues/#comment-98 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:58:01 +0000 /wordpress/?p=730#comment-98 Hello. I have a similar issue as you described with LSI card (boot problem). If you could send me a bios version 7.15.0.0 I would be very grateful.

Thanks
Jacek

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