How to Perform a Firmware Update for the IR-/IT-based Intel® RAID Controller/Intel® Storage Controller

How do I update the firmware for entry-level (IR-/IT-based) Intel® RAID Controllers/Intel® Storage Controllers?

To update in UEFI shell (recommended):

1. Download the latest firmware package.
2. Extract the zip file into a USB drive.
3. Reboot the system and boot to EFI shell.
4. Run *.nsh (Replace *.nsh with the name for your controller, for example, RS3UC080.nsh).

To update in operating systems, for example, Windows*:

1. Navigate to the desired OS folder under SAS3FLASH in the firmware package.
2. Copy sas3flash.exe to the folder that contains the latest firmware (*.bin).
3. Open a command prompt with Administrator privilege.
4. Run sas3flash.exe -f *.bin -b mptsas3.rom -b mpt3x64.rom (Replace *.bin with the firmware filename for your controller, for example, RS3UC080.bin).

Intel® Integrated RAID Controllers are the entry-level Intel RAID Controllers that support RAID level 0, 1, 10, and 1E.

Initiator Target (IT) controllers are the storage controllers that support passthrough mode only.

See Feature Comparison of Different Intel RAID and Storage Products for further details.