Gnix Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 (edited) Hello everyone, Couldnt find any answers that helped browsing the internet so here goes: Trying to get some drives to run on my new unraid server through a LSI SAS 9201-8i card in IT mode with updated firmware through this guide. The drives are working, all are visible when I just use a SATA cable to connect them to the motherboard directly. I have used 2 different breakout cables to check for a single faulty one, but neither will show the drives. I've added the diagnostics zip hoping someone can help me out. If anyone requires additional information please let me know and I will send it asap. Thanks in advance. - Danny tower-diagnostics-20230405-2043.zip Edited April 7, 2023 by Gnix Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 The obvious question is are you sure you have the right sort of breakout cables? Forward and Reverse breakout cables look identical but only the correct type would work. Quote Link to comment
Gnix Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 I am unsure to be honest, thought there was only 1 type. I have the inter-tech 88885237 cables, tech sheet added below. Drawing_88885237.pdf Quote Link to comment
Vr2Io Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Gnix said: I am unsure to be honest, thought there was only 1 type. I have the inter-tech 88885237 cables, tech sheet added below. Drawing_88885237.pdf 175.92 kB · 2 downloads At bottom right coner, it state CROSSOVER and SATA plug state HOST, so it is reverse cable. Actually you need a forward cable. Edited April 5, 2023 by Vr2Io Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 This is the type of cable you are looking for: https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Matters-Internal-SFF-8087-Breakout/dp/B012BPLYJC/ref=sr_1_3?crid=19STQPX4X0V3H&keywords=sff-8087%2Bto%2Bsata%2Bforward%2Bbreakout&qid=1680732769&sprefix=forward%2Bbreak%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-3&th=1 Notice the HOST and TARGET designations in the last picture. Now look at the drawing of your cable for those same designations. Also try to get one with a .5M cable and you will probably have less excess cable to deal with. Quote Link to comment
Gnix Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 Thanks for all of the answers. Getting a different set of cables fixed the issue Quote Link to comment
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