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HBA BIOS and firmware can be updated via UEFI shell as follows;

> map -r
> fs0:
fs0:\> sas2flash -list
fs0:\> sas2flash -o -e 6
fs0:\> sas2flash -o -b mptsas2.rom -f 2118it.bin
fs0:\> sas2flash -list

The LSI utilities sas2flash and sas2ircu can be installed as follows;

[root@matx01vmvh02:/vmfs/volumes/6356fd9d-2b24ee62/ISOs] esxcli software vib install --force -v /vmfs/volumes/6356fd9d-2b24ee62/ISOs/vmware-esx-sas2flash.vib

Installation Result
   Message: Operation finished successfully.
   Reboot Required: false
   VIBs Installed: LSI_bootbank_vmware-esx-sas2flash_20.00.00.00-03
   VIBs Removed:
   VIBs Skipped:
[root@matx01vmvh02:/vmfs/volumes/6356fd9d-2b24ee62/ISOs] esxcli software vib install --force -v /vmfs/volumes/6356fd9d-2b24ee62/ISOs/vmware-esx-sas2ircu.vib
Installation Result
   Message: Operation finished successfully.
   Reboot Required: false
   VIBs Installed: LSI_bootbank_vmware-esx-sas2ircu_20.00.00.00-03
   VIBs Removed:
   VIBs Skipped:

The sas2ircu utility is suppose to be used on HBAs with the IR (RAID) firmware, but will at least provide drive information from HBAs with IT (Initiator Target) firmware.

[root@matx01vmvh02:/opt/lsi/bin] ./sas2ircu list
LSI Corporation SAS2 IR Configuration Utility.
Version 20.00.00.00 (2014.09.18)
Copyright (c) 2008-2014 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved.


         Adapter      Vendor  Device                       SubSys  SubSys
 Index    Type          ID      ID    Pci Address          Ven ID  Dev ID
 -----  ------------  ------  ------  -----------------    ------  ------
   0     SAS2008     1000h    72h   00h:01h:00h:00h      1000h   3020h
SAS2IRCU: Utility Completed Successfully.
[root@matx01vmvh02:/opt/lsi/bin] ./sas2ircu 0 display
LSI Corporation SAS2 IR Configuration Utility.
Version 20.00.00.00 (2014.09.18)
Copyright (c) 2008-2014 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved.

Read configuration has been initiated for controller 0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Controller information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Controller type                         : SAS2008
  BIOS version                            : 7.39.02.00
  Firmware version                        : 20.00.07.00
  Channel description                     : 1 Serial Attached SCSI
  Initiator ID                            : 0
  Maximum physical devices                : 255
  Concurrent commands supported           : 3432
  Slot                                    : 16
  Segment                                 : 0
  Bus                                     : 1
  Device                                  : 0
  Function                                : 0
  RAID Support                            : No
------------------------------------------------------------------------
IR Volume information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Physical device information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Initiator at ID #0

Device is a Hard disk
  Enclosure #                             : 1
  Slot #                                  : 1
  SAS Address                             : 4433221-1-0200-0000
  State                                   : Ready (RDY)
  Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 238475/488397167
  Manufacturer                            : ATA
  Model Number                            : Crucial_CT250MX2
  Firmware Revision                       : MU04
  Serial No                               : 1532104211B4
  GUID                                    : 500a0751104211b4
  Protocol                                : SATA
  Drive Type                              : SATA_SSD

Device is a Hard disk
  Enclosure #                             : 1
  Slot #                                  : 2
  SAS Address                             : 4433221-1-0100-0000
  State                                   : Ready (RDY)
  Size (in MB)/(in sectors)               : 953869/1953525167
  Manufacturer                            : ATA
  Model Number                            : WDC WD10EFRX-68F
  Firmware Revision                       : 0A82
  Serial No                               : WDWCC4J2TJHLLA
  GUID                                    : 50014ee26117d5ea
  Protocol                                : SATA
  Drive Type                              : SATA_HDD
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Enclosure information
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Enclosure#                              : 1
  Logical ID                              : 500605b0:02c88570
  Numslots                                : 8
  StartSlot                               : 0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
SAS2IRCU: Command DISPLAY Completed Successfully.
SAS2IRCU: Utility Completed Successfully.