[weblacky]

Yo,
Adding to this thread because of relevance.

I bought a LSI SAS3442X-02C from eBay (bare) for a steal.  I re-studied the info here and on Jwhat's page: https://tips.graphica.com.au/sgi-o350-chimera-notes/

I wanted to have both internal and external SATA for my Fuel and if this goes well I'll find an external 8-port version for my Tezros.

   

Now I found a few discrepancies so thought I'd share.  For the most part things are what was said:

So I used an old Dell Precision since it had PCI-X in a slot. The firmware was VERY odd/old:

   

So this is marked as an -02C...but it carries B0 firmware, which is one discrepancy I found from the posted instructions. I tried flashing with B1 Firmware, as suggested, but it refused...so I went with what was already there (B0).

So several items (used HBAFLASH.BAT):

1. I couldn't and didn't need to program the SAS address. The operation didn't take (I used the correct command) but it also wasn't lost, same SAS Address was present after firmware conversion!
    A. command to find SAS Address: sasflash -o -listsasadd

2. I did have to use the DOS version (as told) to do a full flash, but I didn't have to erase the flash region at all, the sasflash knew it needed to do a 1MB to 2MB flash operation...and did it automatically.

3. I found a newer firmware from 2011 -> 1.33.00.00-IT
   

4. Final SASFLASH description of newly flashed card:
   

4. Resultant Fuel single-user mode boot up confirmation:
   

I haven't placed any drives or anything on it yet.  I just wanted to flash it and Irix load it.  I still need to remove my Fuel board to replace a fan header so I don't want to install too much stuff.