Crossflash Dell PERC H330 to IT / HBA mode

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Hi there!

Since my Synology is 12+ years old and running on its last legs it was time to buy/build a new NAS, and why not give TueNAS a go!

I have been reading about TrueNAS for the last 2 weeks, and recently bought a used Dell Poweredge T140 (Xeon E-2124 - 16GB DDR4 RAM - PERC H330 RAID card).

And i guess you guys know where this is going :slight_smile:

While some people note that using the H330 in “HBA” mode works fine, others note that the drives don’t show up as they should and have reliability & performace issues.

Just to avoid any problems the best thing to do should be to flash it to IT/HBA mode, however everywhere I go on the internet it links this page to the solution on how to do it: https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/flash-crossflash-dell-h330-raid-card-to-hba330-12gbps-hba-it-firmware.25498/

3 guesses: that page has been taken down :frowning:

Since it is my first time flashing add-in/RAID cards i would have really liked to have a step by step guide on how to do this.

Anybody that can help me out with this / show me in the right direction?

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I am absolutely a newbie with HBA cards, but you can try and see what the output suggests:

  • sas2flash -list
  • sas3flash -list
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…is to get your hands on a proper HBA. You may even find one that is already flashed to IT firmware (ArtOfServer on eBay).
The T140 is a standard tower, isn’t it? It doesn’t use a weird size of proprietary card. Does it even need a HBA to connect the drives rather than using motherboard SATA ports?

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Thank you @Stux, this helped out a LOT!

I managed to flash the H330 raid card into an HBA330 in IT mode.
Was quite easy actually… as long as you have the proper walkthrough :slight_smile:

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I did this beforehand, and it showed as expected: a true raid card

I have flashed it, and now its shows a proper HBA in IT mode :slight_smile:

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