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Also - my system is a replication target with almost no unique data, so I could afford to be pretty sporty with my upgrade.

One is a INTEL RS2WC080 RAID SAS SATA 8PT WS PCIE CARD which is the same as a IBM M1015 (rebranded LSI 9211), I had flashed it to P16 previously.

The other one I just bought is a real LSI 9211-i8, which came with P18 according the FreeNAS GUI warning.

QUESTION 3: Is there a way to figure out the XXXX number of step 4 without opening the box Because the box is in a very inconvenient (yet very secure and well cooled) location.

Id really enjoy NOT having to go get it;) I think I remember from my previous flashing that the sas2flash.efi -listall part will give me this number.

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Your controller number is zero, which makes sense, as its the first and only controller.

The complicated set of commands you give in your earlier post looks like dragging a card across from MFI mode.

That shouldnt be necessary with an actual 9211, which should already be in IR (I believe) mode.

I cant remember if theres a special set of steps to go from IR to IT mode, offhand, but yes, its supposed to be a lot easier because youre not trying to coerce the hardware into things it wasnt meant to do.

Doubtless there are other ways to tell, but I dont remember them offhand.

To upgrade all the compatible controllers on the system: Code: sudo sas2flash -fwall 2118it.bin To get a copy of the current firmware: (I guess as a backup in case the upgrade goes badly) Code: sudo sas2flash ufirmware current-firmware.bin To test if you have the P20 firmware (because reading the output of the -list command is hard or something): Code: sudo sas2flash o testfw 20.00.04.00 Version based on this post.

But the way I understand this will allow me to flash my IR one.

It should work for the one in IT mode, although you wouldnt be able to clear the BIOS.

Clearing the BIOS isnt mandatory, but itll speed up the boot process as you wont be scanning your data disks for drives with boot code.

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If you try the online version on the IR-mode card, I would make sure that youve got whatever you need for the offline update ready to go, just in case.

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