Hi all - I'm setting up my first Unraid server and I can't get my SAS drives to show up.

 

Build specs:

Asrock Z690 Phantom Gaming 4 with BIOS 6.03

i7-12700K

9205-8i HBA card

 

In the BIOS, I currently have:

• Under BIOS > Advanced, I have
  • PCI Link Speeds set to Gen 3
  • DMI Link. Speed set to Gen 3
  • Disabled Above 4G Decoding, Clever access memory, VT-d, SR-IOV support
• CSM enabled in BIOS > Boot and have messed around with a combination of enabling "UEFI Boot only" for the PXE OpROM, Storage OpROM, and other PCI OpROM policy options under BIOS > Boot > CSM menu. Repeated this again by placing the HBA card in the second PCI x16 slot.

 

GT710 was detected in both PCI x16 slots. I also disabled fast boot but haven't found anything else to try. No matter what I've done, I haven't been able to get any drives detected under Main tab > Array Devices. I've attached the diagnostic output from Unraid. My head hurts from banging it on the desk so I would appreciate any suggestions or tips. Thanks in advance!

kellyridge-diagnostics-20220302-2125.zip

Edited March 3, 20224 yr by gnawhsy

You mention BIOS but don't actually say if the drives are seen in BIOS 

HBA is failing to initialize:

 

Mar  2 18:25:15 kellyridge kernel: mpt2sas_cm0: port enable: FAILED with timeout (timeout=300s)

 

You should upgrade the firmware since it's very old, can also try a different PCIe slot if available.

On 3/3/2022 at 2:54 AM, JorgeB said:

HBA is failing to initialize:

 

Mar  2 18:25:15 kellyridge kernel: mpt2sas_cm0: port enable: FAILED with timeout (timeout=300s)

 

You should upgrade the firmware since it's very old, can also try a different PCIe slot if available.

Thanks, @JorgeB@trurl. It was a bad HBA card. Replaced it with a new one and it's been smooth sailing so far.