Prerequisites:
- Dell Perc Flashing Tools (FreeDOS and Debian live images already prepared) – Download it from here
- RAID Controoler H710 Mini B0 or D1
- SR-IOV Global Enable and I/OAT DMA Engine disabled from BIOS
Lets begin with the following steps:
- Boot with FreeDOS imageand run command info. Output should be something like the following:
Product Name : PERC H710 Mini
ChipRevision : B0
SAS Address : your_sas_address- Run following command to wipe flash on the card and also get rid of all Dell firmware. Now follow all prompts requested. When all steps are done reboot server,
B0CROSS- Boot with the Linux ISO from the ZIP (credentials are user/live)
- Execute the following commands in Linux terminal:
sudo su -
B0-H710 # or D1-H710 based on your hardware- Reboot server then in rebooted server execute commands in terminal:
sudo su -
setsas 123456b123456789- If you need to boot from disks connected to this adapter execute command:
flashboot /root/Bootloaders/mptsas2.rom- If you want to UEFI boot execute command:
flashboot /root/Bootloaders/x64sas2.rom- For some reasons if revert is needed execute command:
B0REVERT
or the following based on your hardware
D1REVERTThanks to Fohdeesha for cool docs provided.
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