LSI 9265-8i 5.1 October 8, 2012 Firmware 1881 for LSI CacheCade and non-CacheCade RAID controllers has arrived

Posted by on Mon Oct 15th, 2012 (edited on Thu May 2nd, 2013) in Storage ⋅ 6 Comments

Here’s what the MegaRAID Firmware 1881 ReadmMe says:

SCGCQ00293603 - Cachecade configurations could not be created.

Well, for a few months now, I’ve been having trouble getting CacheCade Pro 2.0 read+write caching working using my Samsung 830 SSD. My consolation prize is just read caching. This is with my LSI00290 hardware key for CacheCade 2.0, and my LSI 9265-8i RAID controller, explained at
CacheCade Pro 2.0 with FastPath, unboxing and installing the LSI00290 onto my 9265-8i RAID controller.

While that SSD isn’t on their compatibility list, I’m still a bit baffled why I can’t turn read+write caching on, like I had working for a while when I tested the OCZ Vertex 4, described at tinkertry.com/oczvertex4.

So when I read that readme above, I was optimistic this firmware update might help. You’ll hear my optimism in the video. Unfortunately, I still have my issue with caching though, so of course I’ll continue to work with LSI support on that issue, getting another SSD if need be.

Meanwhile there’s good news to be found here:

1) running MegaRAID 5.4 within a Windows 8 VM has gotten even easier
no need for the Python script workaround anymore, meaning discovery of CIMOM running on your ESXi 5.1 Hypervisor is now seen directly, removing the need for any 3rd party tweaks like the one I described recently over at:
ESXi 5.1 host with LSI 92xx RAID adapter can run a VM with fully functional MegaRAID Storage Manager UI, here’s how

2) using MegaRAID 5.4 within a Windows 8 VM allows you to update firmware to 23.9.0-0015 1881!
don’t believe me?  watch the video! 

 

Here’s those downloads for the 9265/9266 RAID adapter family:

www.lsi.com/support/Pages/Download-Results.aspx?keyword=9265

 

Here’s the individual pieces you’ll want, that you’ll see me use in the walkthru-video below:

Firmware 23.9.0-0015_SAS_FW_IMAGE_APP_3.220.05.1881.zip
Description: Support for CacheCade and non-CacheCade RAID controllers
Version: 23.9.0-0015 Size: 4.3M
Read Me

 

MegaRAID Storage Manager – Windows – 5.4 12.08.03.03_Windows_MSM.zip
Version: 12.08.03.03 Size: 45.3M
Read Me
 

 

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  • pix

    I noticed in your unicast helper video that you were having to re-set the options in MSM each time. The solution is to elevate MSM when you open it. As standard though you the launcher fails when elevated so you need to edit startupui.bat and change the first line to something like the following (depending on your install folder):

    start /D “C:Program Files (x86)MegaRAID Storage Manager” JREbinjavaw -Duser.country=US -Duser.language=en -DVENUS=true -DGUI_VERSION=12.08.03.03 -classpath .;GUI.jar;monitorgui.jar;DebugLog.jar;log4j-1.2.15.jar;jaxen-1.1.jar;jdom-1.1.jar GUI.VivaldiStartupDialog ajsgyqkj=71244

    This changes the startup folder of the command window that’s opened to the MSM folder rather than system32 which is the default elevated command window location.

    • tinkererguy

      Oh man, one of my favorite comments ever, THANK YOU!
      i can’t wait to try this when I get back home Sunday.

  • Funky D

    Paul, have you tried MSM within Server 2012? I’m using it in 2012 Essentials to manage my Perc 6i, but it’s dreadfully slow to find the ESX box and then to log in… We’re talking close-the-RDP-session-and-come-back-a-half-hour-later slow! Loaded up the latest version of MSM in my 2011 Essentials VM and had no issues, but that box will be headed for the wayside. Having some DLNA issues across subnets that I didn’t have with 2011 as well, so wondering if 2012 is doing something different on the networking end of things?

    • tinkererguy

      Wow, that’s strange, and no, I haven’t tried it on Windows 2012 yet, but would have expected it to behave like Windows 8. Sounds like some testing is in order, I’ll try to get to it as soon as time permits.

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