R720: GPU is disabling LSI 9200-8e HBA (IT) controller

[Brenton Spear]

Hi,

 

I have been running UNRAID on a Dell R510 for about 3 years and I upgrade to an R720 about 4 weeks ago. It has been running well.

 

My Setup:

 

Dell R720 with the following specs:

 

• UNRAID 6.10.3 Pro edition license
• Xeon E5-2670 115W CPUs
• 384GB RAM
• Onboard H710P HBA controller flashed to IT mode - Runs the 8 drives int he R720
• Dual 1100W PSU
• iDRAC
• Broadcom integrated 4 port 2x 1GB + 2x 10GB NIC
• Riser 1: (3x X8 CPU2)
• Riser 2: (1x X16 CPU2 & 1x X8 CPU1)
• Riser 3: (2x X8 CPU2) - Note it is not the GPU Kit version

 

I have the following cards in the server:

 

Riser 1: LSI 9200-8e plugged into slot 1 (X8 CPU2)

Riser 2: empty

Riser 3: empty

 

I have an MD1200 plugged into the LSI 9200-8e card above.

This is working as expected. The LSI card posts on boot and the drives in the MD1200 can be seen by UNRAID under Unassigned Devices.

 

The Problem:

 

When I plug a GTX 1080 Founders Edition GPU into Riser 2 - Slot 4 (X16 CPU2), using the Dell GPU power cable plugged into the riser and the card, the LSI 9200-8e does not post anymore and it is not seen by the server.

 

Everything else continues to work as expected, including UNRAID and the 1080 GPU.

 

I can even see the 1080 GPU under UNRAID and am able to pass it through to a VM and it works.

 

I tried moving the LSI card into slots 2 & 3 to see if it made any difference but I still get the same outcome.

 

Any ideas? Do I have a conflict with the PCIe slots? How would I resolve this?

 

Thanks.

 

 

unraid-diagnostics-20220703-0936.zip

Edited July 2, 2022 by Brenton Spear