Anyone using a ASUS WS C246 PRO LGA1151 + Genuine LSI 6Gbps SAS HBA LSI 9201-8i?


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Just wondering if anyone has this board and if they have been successful to get it to recognize a SAS HBA LIS 9201-8i or something similar?
 

I have a couple of them that I purchased from the 'artofserver' on ebay which come already flashed with IT Mode p20.

 

If I put the cards in my gaming PC I see the SAS HBA info screen pop up after post and then it loads my OS so the cards do seem to work with my evga motherboard.

But no matter what options I seem to try in the BIOS I can't seem to get it to pick it up. Only thing I see is green LEDs.
 

I have even tried removing all nvme/sata/usb drives and just having the PCI card installed and I don't see anything after post. I'm just wondering if anyone else has happened to have any luck or similar trouble with this board?


My setup which is working fine at the moment using the onboard SATA/m.2. My plan was to expand with the PCI cards. 

 

WS C246 PRO (updated to the most current BIOS)

i3-8100 using iGPU

32GB DDR4

2x 1TB NVME M.2

8x 14TB WD Shucked (onboard sata)

The cards: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Genuine-LSI-6Gbps-SAS-HBA-LSI-9201-8i-9211-8i-P20-IT-Mode-ZFS-FreeNAS-unRAID/162958581156?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

The MB: https://www.asus.com/ca-en/Commercial-Servers-Workstations/WS-C246-PRO/

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