Fujitsu D3307 / praid cp400i / LSI SAS3008 FLASHING FOR IT MODE

the main video - https://youtu.be/EsgtoUuAeRU

downloaded megacli from broadcom site
MegaCLI 5.5 P2 from 2014
https://www.broadcom.com/support/download-search?pg=&pf=&pn=&pa=&po=&dk=MegaCli&pl=
under "Management Software and Tools" section


SBR file for IT mode - SBR stands for Serial Boot Record. This is a super important file that resides in the flash of your HBA/RAID card, and it uses this to boot the card. Without a proper compatible one, your card won't boot one iota.
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/the-complete-lsi-avago-broadcom-sbr-download-megathread.33607/


MegaRec (must be version 01.02-020 Aug 04, 2015)
https://artofserver.com/downloads/lsi/utilities/dos/MegaRec.exe
https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/swd/detail?swItemId=MTX-e66fc5b245bb48b59341da62f6


megarec.exe -adplist


sas3flsh
https://artofserver.com/downloads/lsi/utilities/dos/sas3flsh.exe


ROMS
9300_8i_Package_P16_IR_IT_FW_BIOS_for_MSDOS_Windows - 11/13/2019
https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/host-bus-adapters/sas-9300-8i



boot dos
rufus or easy2boot

boot efi shell
https://www.congatec.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/Application_Notes/AN31_Creating_a_UEFI_Stick.pdf



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Planning to IT mode Fujitsu D3307.

There is a handholding video that should make it easy,
but since the files used are not actually provided
and doing it first time... there is still feeling of uncertainty

Anyway lets lay out the plan.

Get the required files

* MegaCLI - to save SAS address and serial before doing anything
  from the official site in "Management Software and Tools" section
  latest version MegaCLI 5.5 P2 from 2014
  [https://www.broadcom.com/support/download-search?pg=&pf=&pn=&pa=&po=&dk=MegaCli&pl=]
* MegaRec, according to the video it must be version 01.02-020 Aug 04, 2015
  while not directly linked in the video,
  in others videos on that channel there are download links for tools
  https://artofserver.com/downloads/
  https://artofserver.com/downloads/lsi/utilities/dos/MegaRec.exe
  when running `megarec.exe -adplist` it shows the card and it is the recommended version
* SBR file for IT mode
  SBR stands for Serial Boot Record.
  This is a super important file that resides in the flash of HBA/RAID card,
  and it uses this to boot the card
  googled and found big thread with these, D3307/3008
  https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/the-complete-lsi-avago-broadcom-sbr-download-megathread.33607/
* firmware, bios rom, uefi rom, sas3flsh
  from the broadcom site when searching for "sas 9300 8i"
  firmware section  Installer_P16_for_MSDOS_and_Windows - 11/13/2019
  all in one zip
  https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/host-bus-adapters/sas-9300-8i
* get freedos usb boot
  either rufus or easy2boot, both offer relatively easy way to create usb with dos
* get efi shell usb boot in case of trouble
  https://www.congatec.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/Application_Notes/AN31_Creating_a_UEFI_Stick.pdf


Ok, got all this then googling for additional guides to have more than the video

lead to servethehome forum and entire thread on it with required files pre-prepared and said to work
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/the-versatile-sas3008-chipset-my-vendor-crossflashing-adventures.28297/post-312363
https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/the-versatile-sas3008-chipset-my-vendor-crossflashing-adventures.28297/post-292212


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Fujitsu D3307

- extract serial and SAS address in to a text file
  megacli.exe -adpallinfo -a0
  megacli.exe -adpallinfo -a0 > card.txt

- check that megareck sees the card
  megarec3.exe -adplist

- save the original sbr of the card
  megarec3.exe -readsbr 0 CP400i.sbr

- save the original spd of the card, likely will fail
  megarec3.exe -readspd 0 CP400i.spd

- write IT mode sbr to the card
  megarec3.exe -writesbr 0 sleyksbr.bin

- clear the flash, erase the firmware
  megarec3.exe -cleanflash 0

- reboot the system, so that it starts in IT mode
  make sure you cleared the flash and flashed new sbr

- start efi shell
  flash firmware
  sas3flsh.exe -c 0 -o -f 9300it.bin

- flash bios rom, uefi rom
  sas3flsh.exe -c 0 -o -b mptsas3.rom -b x64sas3.rom

- check the info
  sas3flsh.exe -list

- write sas address and serial to the card
  sas3flsh.exe -c 0 -o -tracer $serialnumber -sasadd $sasaddress

- check the info
  sas3flsh.exe -list