Definitely. Thanks.

So tried the latest beta and unfortunately i still cant see any drives.

 

did the following commands and attached the syslog

syslog.txt

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]

 

tomm i just send you an email with the latest drivers from Areca

Have you tried updating the Bios on the card?  I wonder if an out of date bios could be the issue..

i believe its from 4/2014

@limetech tried the latest 6.0-beta9 and unfortunately cant see any drives..

 

did you get my email with the latest drivers from Areca?

 

i ran:

 

modprobe arcmsr

cp /var/log/syslog /boot/syslog.txt

 

and attached the syslog

syslog.txt

I'm still using unRaid 5 with my Areca 1170 and my syslog shows the following line:

 

Sep 14 15:59:38 Storage1 kernel: scsi1 : Areca SATA Host Adapter RAID Controller( RAID6 capable)

 

Does your card show up in a Windows OS?

i haven't tried to load it into a windows environment.. however i can see it in the BIOS and also Web interface.. 

I don't do a lot of Linux troubleshooting.  I learn as needed.

 

It seems unRaid doesn't detect the card.

 

I tried 'modprobe arcmsr' and get the same response you do.

 

The lsmod command should list arcmsr and modinfo arcmsr does confirm it's the correct driver for our cards.

on post 13 it shows that it see the card... right? or am i mistaken

 

What command did you use to generate that list?

 

What's the response from lsmod?

i haven't tried the lsmod command..

 

i'll run it this evening and let you know

What command did you use to generate that list?

 

What's the response from lsmod?

 

i got the list from the webui  - tools -> PCI Devices

 

heres what i got from lsmod

 

I realized that, after, on my server without Dynamix installed.  Dynamix does not provide that screen/info.

 

So it seems unRAID is not initializing your card properly.

 

In your "Advanced Configuration" screen you have an option called "BIOS Selection".  Have you tried any other options here?  My card does not have that option.

sorry for the late reply.. there are 4 options.. i'll list them when i get home..

 

so every other setting mostly match yours?

 

The 4 BIOS options are

Legacy INT13

UEFI

EFI

Disabled

 

i've tried all 4 options got nothing..

 

 

also here are the 3 JBOD/RAID config options

RAID

JBOD Cached IO

JBOD Direct IO

I've attached a screenshot for comparison.  My drives are configured as "RAID Set" (Raid0 single drive) automatically when I plug them in.

 

I have a much older controller with older firmware but I just purchased a ARC-1280ML so I'll see how that works in a new server I'm building.

I've attached a screenshot for comparison.  My drives are configured as "RAID Set" (Raid0 single drive) automatically when I plug them in.

 

I have a much older controller with older firmware but I just purchased a ARC-1280ML so I'll see how that works in a new server I'm building.

 

how it going? any luck with the ARC-1280ML?

just slapped a drive into the rig and loaded up windows to test. after installing the drivers for the card it found the drives in Raid and JBOD modes and was able to format etc.

 

@limetech do i have to load the unRaid drivers (link below) or is it already installed in the unRaid OS??

 

http://www.areca.com.tw/support/s_unRAID/unRAID.htm

 

 

I've attached a screenshot for comparison.  My drives are configured as "RAID Set" (Raid0 single drive) automatically when I plug them in.

 

I have a much older controller with older firmware but I just purchased a ARC-1280ML so I'll see how that works in a new server I'm building.

 

ok found the "RAID Set" had to do it assign the drives manually to a Raid set but dont see anything close to the 2nd half of your screenshot. To create a raid set the card have to be in Raid mode, the option is greyed out in JBOD mode..

 

 

still didnt show drives in unRaid so i looked at the section to create a volume set but that only showed Raid0 nothing like JBOD

 

 

 

got it working!!! OMG after 6 months!! yes!!! will provide more info in the AM.. hitting the sack!

 

 

info Up here

 

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=37552.msg347261#msg347261

 

 

thanks to all that helped.