ToXIc Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 hi community i recently got an Areca ARC-1284ML-24. Ive set it in JBOD mode but unRaid still isnt seeing the drives.. i can see them in the BIOS and also in the cards GUI. not sure whats going on... i'm using new un precleared drives and a new install of unraid (free ver for now) here are the settings of the cards any help will be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment
c3 Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 You'll need arcmsr added to the kernel. Quote Link to comment
ToXIc Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 You'll need arcmsr added to the kernel. By doing this? http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/Building_a_custom_kernel Or is there an easier way/tutorial? Quote Link to comment
ToXIc Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 guys i've been googleing and reading and reading but not sure how to add arcmsr to the kernel any help/links will be greatly appreciated.. Quote Link to comment
BRiT Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 guys i've been googleing and reading and reading but not sure how to add arcmsr to the kernel any help/links will be greatly appreciated.. Send a PM to LimeTech with a link to this thread and ask them if they can add this to the next build. Quote Link to comment
ToXIc Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 guys i've been googleing and reading and reading but not sure how to add arcmsr to the kernel any help/links will be greatly appreciated.. Send a PM to LimeTech with a link to this thread and ask them if they can add this to the next build. i email LimeTech's support email. i guess i can pm them also. Quote Link to comment
limetech Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 That driver is already present in the unRaid linux kernel: CONFIG_SCSI_ARCMSR: x x x x This driver supports all of ARECA's SATA/SAS RAID controller cards. x x This is an ARECA-maintained driver by Erich Chen. x x If you have any problems, please mail to: <[email protected]>. x x Areca supports Linux RAID config tools. x x Please link <http://www.areca.com.tw> x x x x To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the x x module will be called arcmsr (modprobe arcmsr). x x x x Symbol: SCSI_ARCMSR [=m] x x Type : tristate x x Prompt: ARECA (ARC11xx/12xx/13xx/16xx) SATA/SAS RAID Host Adapter x x Location: x x -> Device Drivers x x -> SCSI device support x x -> SCSI low-level drivers (SCSI_LOWLEVEL [=y]) x x Defined at drivers/scsi/Kconfig:553 x x Depends on: SCSI_LOWLEVEL [=y] && PCI [=y] && SCSI [=y] x x x x Try typing this command and see if the drives get recognized: modprobe arcmcr Quote Link to comment
ToXIc Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 getting FATAL: Module arcmcr not found and the beta gives me modprobe: FATAL: Module arcmcr not found Quote Link to comment
limetech Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 What unRaid OS Version? I'm looking at 6-beta6 Quote Link to comment
ToXIc Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 ive tried unRAIDServer-6.0-beta6-x86_64.zip and unRAIDServer-5.0.5-i386.zip Quote Link to comment
BRiT Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Maybe there's a typo, so try this: modprobe arcmsr Quote Link to comment
ToXIc Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 typed that in and it just went to the next line.. is there something is should have done in between? all i've done so far is let the server boot from the usb, then checked the webUI to see it unRaid can see the drives. Quote Link to comment
BRiT Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 After you entered the modprobe line, try refreshing the webgui and see if any of the drives on that card now show up. I'm not certain if there's something else you might need to do in the webgui, such as selecting "stop array", then "start array" to get it to rescan the device inventory. Do not reboot the server after entering the modprobe line, otherwise you'll have to redo the same modprobe line after the next reboot. Quote Link to comment
ToXIc Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 deleted cookies but the card doesnt show up. it doesnt have a start/stop option i guess cause there are no drives to be assigned. also here's a list of the PCI devices, it does see the controller 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Haswell DRAM Controller (rev 06) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Haswell PCI Express x16 Controller (rev 06) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06) 00:03.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Haswell HD Audio Controller (rev 06) 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Lynx Point USB xHCI Host Controller (rev 05) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Lynx Point MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) 00:16.3 Serial controller: Intel Corporation Lynx Point KT Controller (rev 04) 00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection I217-LM (rev 05) 00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Lynx Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Lynx Point High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Lynx Point PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev d5) 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Lynx Point PCI Express Root Port #4 (rev d5) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Lynx Point PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev d5) 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Lynx Point PCI Express Root Port #6 (rev d5) 00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Lynx Point PCI Express Root Port #7 (rev d5) 00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Lynx Point PCI Express Root Port #8 (rev d5) 00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Lynx Point USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Lynx Point LPC Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Lynx Point 6-port SATA Controller 1 [AHCI mode] (rev 05) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Lynx Point SMBus Controller (rev 05) 00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Lynx Point Thermal Management Controller (rev 05) 01:00.0 RAID bus controller: Areca Technology Corp. Device 1214 (rev b3) 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation I210 Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03) 04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82572EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 06) 05:00.0 PCI bridge: Tundra Semiconductor Corp. Device 8113 (rev 01) 06:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) [iOHCI-Lynx] 07:00.0 USB controller: Renesas Technology Corp. uPD720202 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 02) 08:00.0 SATA controller: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller (rev 01) Quote Link to comment
limetech Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Looking at the product spec: http://www.arecadirect.com/arpc20tosara2.html It seems to make distinction between "JBOD mode" and "Single Disk" mode. You might look for "single disk" mode setting in the bios. Type this sequence: modprobe arcmsr cp /var/log/syslog /boot/syslog.txt Now you should see the file 'syslog.txt' in your 'flash' network share. Attache that to your next post. Quote Link to comment
ToXIc Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 syslog.txt attached as requested did not find a single disk mode.. i'll keep looking tho but now gotta run into work. syslog.txt Quote Link to comment
ToXIc Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 the log show anything? Quote Link to comment
ToXIc Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 hey all so i've been going trough the cards webUI over and over trying to see if i missed something.. somethings i noticed.. in JBOD mode it saids the disks are in PassThroughDisk there is a section "Create Pass-through Disk" in JBOD mode in Raid mode did you find anything in the log? Quote Link to comment
ToXIc Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 anything else i can check/do? Quote Link to comment
limetech Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 anything else i can check/do? Sorry, truth is I'm under the gun to get 6.0-beta7 out and I won't be able to look at this immediately. Please send me an email so that I can flag it for followup. [email protected] Quote Link to comment
ToXIc Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 will do thanks.. but do you think this may be something to put into 6.0-beta7? Quote Link to comment
ToXIc Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 i just went over all the card's settings over and over, tried to create passtrough in raid but still nothing. went back to JBOD mode and tried some settings but still nothing. one thing to note is that drives are brand new do i have to do anything to them before unraid can see them? Quote Link to comment
sureguy Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 No, unRAID handles blank disks just fine. Quote Link to comment
ToXIc Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Ok thanks. Been seeing post about preclearing disks and wondered if that was why it wasn't showing up. Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Ok thanks. Been seeing post about preclearing disks and wondered if that was why it wasn't showing up. unRAID can't preclear a drive that it can't see. If you do get it to see them then you should definitely preclear them. Quote Link to comment
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