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Broadcom Inc IT BIOS Package for Aero and Sea HBAs

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Supported Chip Names:
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SAS3916
SAS3816

Release Component:
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This package contains one or more images from the below list

1. IT_HBA_ARM_BIOS_PKG_E1.rom
2. IT_HBA_ARM_BIOS_PKG_E2.rom
3. IT_HBA_ARM_BIOS_PKG_E5.rom
4. IT_HBA_ARM_BIOS_PKG_E6.rom
5. IT_HBA_X64_BIOS_PKG_E1.rom
6. IT_HBA_X64_BIOS_PKG_E2.rom
7. IT_HBA_X64_BIOS_PKG_E5.rom
8. IT_HBA_X64_BIOS_PKG_E6.rom

The image name contains the platform (ARM or X64) and HBA (Device ID) it is built for.
Example: 
IT_HBA_ARM_BIOS_PKG_E6.rom : This image is to be downloaded (or flashed) only on HBA with device ID 0x00E6
                             intended to run on ARM platforms.
IT_HBA_X64_BIOS_PKG_E6.rom : This image is to be downloaded (or flashed) only on HBA with device ID 0x00E6
                             intended to run on X64 platforms.

Note    : ARM images contain only UEFI BIOS image in it, where as X64 images contain both Legacy and UEFI BIOS images.
          PCI Device ID can be obtained from EFI shell command "pci". Look for Vendor 1000 followed by device ID.

Example(Device ID 00E6) :

    00   58   00    00 ==> Mass Storage Controller - Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controller 
             Vendor 1000 Device 00E6 Prog Interface 0

Installation Instruction:
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Use storcli.efi (UEFI based) to install the Aero/Sea BIOS Package. Other flavors of storcli for other OS can also be used.

UEFI version of storcli can be downloaded from the Support & Downloads section of www.broadcom.com

The command line installation instruction to flash the Aero/Sea BIOS Package is:

storcli.efi /c<N> download bios file=<BIOS Package Image>

where <N> is the controller number (starting with zero (0)).

If you need further help, please contact the Broadcom FAE associated with your Organization.