Lost In Configuration - Adaptec 71605

[ibphantom]

I thought I read everything I needed before buying this Adaptec 71605 and an additional 16TB Exos drive.

I've filled all the sata ports on my B550 VISION D-P MB and thought this would be the next step to adding storage.

Problem is, I see the light on the card and I can hear/feel the drive spin up, but I don't get any new drive information.

 

I don't even know what to look for anymore as I've started getting desperate downloading old storage manager applications. I can't get the card to work on my windows machine either.

 

Shamelessly... where do I need to start?

[ChatNoir]

3 hours ago, ibphantom said:

where do I need to start?

You could attach your Diagnostics to your next post to see if the card is detected by Unraid.

[ibphantom]

42 minutes ago, ChatNoir said:

You could attach your Diagnostics to your next post to see if the card is detected by Unraid.

You're right, I'll remember to get that right on my initial post at some point.

Thank you.

 

Going through lcscsi.txt and lspci.txt, I don't see anything related to adaptec.

What do we look for here?

unraid-diagnostics-20220820-0247.zip

[JorgeB]

1 hour ago, ibphantom said:

I don't see anything related to adaptec.

Yep, nothing, try a different PCIe slot or use the controller in another PC if available to see if it's being detected there.

[ibphantom]

Alright, new day, new card. @JorgeB

Today I have a Broadcom / LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240-8i, which you can see in LSPCI.

The drive still isn't showing up however. Any tips? I'm completely new to RAID cards, so maybe switching to IT mode went wrong? How can I assure that?

Any other suggestions?

unraid-diagnostics-20220821-1410.zip

Edited August 21, 2022 by ibphantom

[JonathanM]

4 hours ago, ibphantom said:

maybe switching to IT mode went wrong?

Did you flash it to 9211, or was it supposed to be flashed already?

 

[ibphantom]

2 hours ago, JonathanM said:

Did you flash it to 9211, or was it supposed to be flashed already?

 

It was supposed to be pre-flashed

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QJCQ76S?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

 

I'm guessing next step is to follow this guide and make sure it actually has proper firmware?

I do also see people saying they have problems with the first slot, so I may try moving that.

 

[JonathanM]

31 minutes ago, ibphantom said:

It was supposed to be pre-flashed

Did you read the reviews on that page? A large number of them complain about it not being properly flashed.

[JorgeB]

53:00.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: Broadcom / LSI MegaRAID SAS 2008 [Falcon] [1000:0073] (rev 03)
    Subsystem: Broadcom / LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240-8i [1000:9240]
    Kernel driver in use: megaraid_sas
    Kernel modules: megaraid_sas

 

Controller is not flashet to IT mode, it will work like that if you create individual jbod/raid0 volumes for all disks, but it's not recommended, you should flash it to IT mode.

[ibphantom]

19 hours ago, JonathanM said:

Did you read the reviews on that page? A large number of them complain about it not being properly flashed.

 

13 hours ago, JorgeB said:

53:00.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: Broadcom / LSI MegaRAID SAS 2008 [Falcon] [1000:0073] (rev 03)
    Subsystem: Broadcom / LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240-8i [1000:9240]
    Kernel driver in use: megaraid_sas
    Kernel modules: megaraid_sas

 

Controller is not flashet to IT mode, it will work like that if you create individual jbod/raid0 volumes for all disks, but it's not recommended, you should flash it to IT mode.

 

Pretty sure I just bricked my card.

 

The firmware was out of date. I followed instructions to a T deleting old firmware using FreeDOS, then loading up new firmware with sas2flash, I assured it was using the proper firmware,... But after shutting down and moving systems, it no longer boots with any system.

 

At this point, I don't feel comfortable with sas cards. They are supposed to be more reliable than just a pcie to sata, right?

 

I'm thinking of just going with this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09K4WKHKK/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?smid=A30D00PBBJUKCM&psc=1

 

Any downside to the ASM1166? This one should just drop in and work, right? No speed difference?

 

I have two potentially dead cards if anyone wants them.

[JonathanM]

4 minutes ago, ibphantom said:

I have two potentially dead cards if anyone wants them.

If you are serious, I wouldn't mind seeing if I could get any response out of them. Message me if you want to arrange something.