Erik M Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 (edited) Could anyone point me to a solution for an issue I am having with the LSI 9200-8e? Currently I have my Unraid server working using a 4 port SATA card SI-PEX40064 https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AZ9T3OU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 with 4 long sata cables attached and 1 attached to a motherboard SATA port. All of the cables are running through an empty slot in the back to my stack of 5 4TB drives. It all works fine. What I want to do is put an LSI 9200-8e HBA in to eliminate the nest of SATA cables and just have the 2 running from the back of the card. I managed to flash the card to the P20 firmware and confirmed that it did flash correctly, but after I hook everything up and reboot, only the parity and Drive 4 show up in Unraid. I believe I am using the proper cables as they state they are Host to SATA https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08NGGPPCY?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details Am I missing something? Oh, the motherboard specs are here https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03387773 I have the card in the 16x slot. Thanks for any input, I'm at my wits end here. Edited November 12, 2022 by Erik M Solved Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Cables are correct, or no drives would be detected, also never seen SFF8088 to SATA that are not host to SATA, only SFF8087 can be both ways, do you hear the drives spinning up? If the HBA has a BIOS installed check if they are detected there. Quote Link to comment
Erik M Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 The drives are spun up but that could be because they have a dedicated power supply. I may need to rethink that.... I did flash the bios as well. If I remember correctly, I should be able to hit CRTL-C to open that up but will need to see when I get home soon. Quote Link to comment
Erik M Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 I was able to get into the card's BIOS and it does not recognize any drives. I tried it with both cables that I have. I ordered a better quality cable but it will not arrive untill Tuesday. I will try that cable just incase it was that the cheaper cables were just that. Cheap. Quote Link to comment
Erik M Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 I received the better cable and it still will not recognize the drives. I'm going to chalk it up to a bad card as I bought it on Ebay for cheap. I ended up going with a different card IO CREST 10 Port (SY-PEX40167) and some SATA cables like these Multi SATA cable and so far it works fine. Quote Link to comment
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