Posted May 30, 20241 yr I'm really puzzled and out of ideas, hopping some LSI expert here can shed some light on the issue. My LSI 9200-8e (SAS2008) controller isn't recognizing any SATA WD RED 5TB (WD50EFRX) drive. Here’s what I’ve done so far to troubleshoot: Tested other drives. I connected a few other SATA drives to the controller, and they were recognized without any issues. Same with some SAS drives. Checked power supply. I use a Molex power connector to SATA adapter to ensure there’s no +3.3V issue. Tried another controller. I switched to an LSI 9211-8i controller, and the WD RED drives were immediately recognized and functioned correctly. Reflashed IT firmware. I used sas2flash.efi -o -e 7 ... sas2flash.efi -o -f <firmware name>.bin .... sas2flash.efi -o -sasaddhi XXXXXXX Hard drive jumper pins. Tested all of them. About brands, the SAS9211-8i is a IBM M1015 and I think the SAS9200-8e is 10Gtek. sas2flash -info of the 2 cards. Quote Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2008(B2) Controller Number : 0 Controller : SAS2008(B2) PCI Address : 00:01:00:00 SAS Address : 56c92bf-0-0003-90f0 NVDATA Version (Default) : 14.01.00.07 NVDATA Version (Persistent) : 14.01.00.07 Firmware Product ID : 0x2213 (IT) Firmware Version : 20.00.07.00 NVDATA Vendor : LSI NVDATA Product ID : SAS9200-8e BIOS Version : N/A UEFI BSD Version : N/A FCODE Version : N/A Board Name : SAS9200-8e Board Assembly : N/A Board Tracer Number : N/A Finished Processing Commands Successfully. Exiting SAS2Flash. Quote Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2008(B1) Controller Number : 1 Controller : SAS2008(B1) PCI Address : 00:02:00:00 SAS Address : 500605b-0-0269-6830 NVDATA Version (Default) : 14.01.00.08 NVDATA Version (Persistent) : 14.01.00.08 Firmware Product ID : 0x2213 (IT) Firmware Version : 20.00.07.00 NVDATA Vendor : LSI NVDATA Product ID : SAS9211-8i BIOS Version : N/A UEFI BSD Version : N/A FCODE Version : N/A Board Name : SAS9211-8i Board Assembly : N/A Board Tracer Number : N/A Finished Processing Commands Successfully. Exiting SAS2Flash. Thanks. Edited May 30, 20241 yr by ABLM
May 30, 20241 yr Community Expert That's a strange one, compatibility issue would be weird since the 9211 uses the same chip, sorry but no idea.
May 31, 20241 yr Author Solution Thanks JorgeB. IMO card is faulty and it doesn't even really work with SAS drives. Got some Quote [ 243.444826] mpt2sas_cm0: log_info(0x31120303): originator(PL), code(0x12), sub_code(0x0303) [ 268.998250] mpt2sas_cm0: log_info(0x31120303): originator(PL), code(0x12), sub_code(0x0303) [ 417.675834] mpt2sas_cm0: log_info(0x31120303): originator(PL), code(0x12), sub_code(0x0303) .... Then after 20/25min. Quote [Fri May 31 21:11:13 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: SAS host is non-operational !!!! [Fri May 31 21:11:14 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: SAS host is non-operational !!!! [Fri May 31 21:11:15 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: SAS host is non-operational !!!! [Fri May 31 21:11:16 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: SAS host is non-operational !!!! [Fri May 31 21:11:17 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: SAS host is non-operational !!!! [Fri May 31 21:11:18 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: SAS host is non-operational !!!! [Fri May 31 21:11:18 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: _base_fault_reset_work: Running mpt3sas_dead_ioc thread success !!!! [Fri May 31 21:11:18 2024] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache [Fri May 31 21:11:18 2024] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronize Cache(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK [Fri May 31 21:11:18 2024] sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] Synchronizing SCSI cache [Fri May 31 21:11:18 2024] sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] Synchronize Cache(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK [Fri May 31 21:11:18 2024] sd 0:0:2:0: [sdc] Synchronizing SCSI cache [Fri May 31 21:11:18 2024] sd 0:0:2:0: [sdc] Synchronize Cache(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK [Fri May 31 21:11:18 2024] sd 0:0:3:0: [sdd] Synchronizing SCSI cache [Fri May 31 21:11:18 2024] sd 0:0:3:0: [sdd] Synchronize Cache(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK [Fri May 31 21:11:18 2024] sd 0:0:4:0: [sde] Synchronizing SCSI cache [Fri May 31 21:11:18 2024] sd 0:0:4:0: [sde] Synchronize Cache(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] sd 0:0:5:0: [sdf] Synchronizing SCSI cache [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] sd 0:0:5:0: [sdf] Synchronize Cache(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_NO_CONNECT driverbyte=DRIVER_OK [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: mpt3sas_transport_port_remove: removed: sas_addr(0x5000c500ef7dbc3d) [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: removing handle(0x0009), sas_addr(0x5000c500ef7dbc3d) [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: enclosure logical id(0x56c92bf0000390f0), slot(0) [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: mpt3sas_transport_port_remove: removed: sas_addr(0x5000c500ef7dc0e5) [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: removing handle(0x000a), sas_addr(0x5000c500ef7dc0e5) [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: enclosure logical id(0x56c92bf0000390f0), slot(4) [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: mpt3sas_transport_port_remove: removed: sas_addr(0x5000c500ef720101) [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: removing handle(0x000b), sas_addr(0x5000c500ef720101) [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: enclosure logical id(0x56c92bf0000390f0), slot(5) [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: mpt3sas_transport_port_remove: removed: sas_addr(0x5000c500f037a2f5) [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: removing handle(0x000c), sas_addr(0x5000c500f037a2f5) [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: enclosure logical id(0x56c92bf0000390f0), slot(3) [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: mpt3sas_transport_port_remove: removed: sas_addr(0x5000c500ef7dbf19) [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: removing handle(0x000d), sas_addr(0x5000c500ef7dbf19) [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: enclosure logical id(0x56c92bf0000390f0), slot(1) [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: mpt3sas_transport_port_remove: removed: sas_addr(0x5000c500f03aef29) [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: removing handle(0x000e), sas_addr(0x5000c500f03aef29) [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: enclosure logical id(0x56c92bf0000390f0), slot(2) [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: unexpected doorbell active! [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: sending diag reset !! [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: Invalid host diagnostic register value [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: System Register set: [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000000: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000004: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000008: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 0000000c: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000010: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000014: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000018: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 0000001c: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000020: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000024: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000028: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 0000002c: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000030: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000034: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000038: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 0000003c: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000040: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000044: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000048: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 0000004c: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000050: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000054: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000058: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 0000005c: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000060: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000064: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000068: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 0000006c: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000070: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000074: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000078: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 0000007c: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000080: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000084: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000088: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 0000008c: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000090: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000094: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 00000098: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 0000009c: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000a0: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000a4: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000a8: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000ac: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000b0: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000b4: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000b8: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000bc: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000c0: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000c4: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000c8: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000cc: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000d0: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000d4: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000d8: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000dc: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000e0: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000e4: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000e8: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000ec: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000f0: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000f4: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000f8: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] 000000fc: ffffffff [Fri May 31 21:11:19 2024] mpt2sas_cm0: diag reset: FAILED Air flow is fine. I tried another PCI slot, same thing. So I switched back with 9211-8i and everything works perfectly. My friend confirmed brand is 10Gtek. I don't recommend.
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