A quick HBA Flash Utility Review from the experts please

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Hi all, Im new to all of this so I am reading away at various posts on things that can cause issues. One of them is the HBA hardware used. I have read this, this, this, this, and this.

My reading led me to use the sas2flash -list command to dump the firmware information. I read that LSI is preferrable and I was relieved to see my hardware is LSI. Having said that, I read about cross-flashing which is a bit of a blind spot for my knowledge.

Can anyone see any issues with the following flash dump?

LSI Corporation SAS2 Flash Utility
Version 20.00.00.00 (2014.09.18) 
Copyright (c) 2008-2014 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved 

        Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2008(B2)   

        Controller Number              : 0
        Controller                     : SAS2008(B2)   
        PCI Address                    : 00:03:00:00
        SAS Address                    : 56c92bf-0-0004-0a68
        NVDATA Version (Default)       : 14.01.00.08
        NVDATA Version (Persistent)    : 14.01.00.08
        Firmware Product ID            : 0x2213 (IT)
        Firmware Version               : 20.00.07.00
        NVDATA Vendor                  : LSI
        NVDATA Product ID              : SAS9211-8i
        BIOS Version                   : 07.39.02.00
        UEFI BSD Version               : N/A
        FCODE Version                  : N/A
        Board Name                     : SAS9211-8i
        Board Assembly                 : N/A
        Board Tracer Number            : N/A

        Finished Processing Commands Successfully.
        Exiting SAS2Flash.
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That looks like you’re running the most current IT-mode firmware. Looks good to me.

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What a relief. Thanks mate. For those interested, I got the HBA fairly cheap here.