Xadras Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Hello everybody, I'm in the middle of setting up my first Unraid server. I could pick up a cheap and brand new Supermicro SC847E16 4U 36 bay case, with a good server Rack to place it in. I combined it with a Supermicro X9DRi-LN4F+, two E5 2670 v2, 128gb Samsung ddr3 ECC ram and an HP P410 SAS raid card, I will provide links to all components later. I connected the backplane thru one SAS I-Pass to I-Pass cable directly to the motherboard although there are three SAS connectors, if I understand it right the other two are for cascade configurations and as I'm not using the other backplane on the back of the case, for now, one cable should be enough but, I could be wrong. I have two more I-Pass cables although one isn't the same length and not the same nr. (Two are CBL-0281L and one is CBL-0108L). Unraid is working but I can't see my new empty Seagate 3TB drives. I have a Crucial 275gb SSD connected thru Sata and it recognizes it from the start. I've read a lot of some IT mode I would have to flash my raid card to but I never saw a guide how to. I tried many ways to connect the backplane with raid card and without but, I could forget something I don't know. Is this even necessary with a SAS port on the motherboard? What do I forget? are there some settings in the BIOS or UnRaid that I have to change for the SAS port to work properly? Stupid question nr3: do I have to prepare my HDDs for unraid If needed I can provide the diagnostics from unraid Links to all of the Parts: Case : http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/4U/847/SC847E16-R1400LPB Controller: https://www.supermicro.com/manuals/other/BPN-SAS2-846EL.pdf Motherboard : https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C600/X9DRi-LN4F_.cfm Cables: 2x http://store.supermicro.com/cable/75cm-minisas-cbl-0281l-01.html 1x https://www.amazon.com/Supermicro-IPASS-Cable-CBL-0108L-02-79576-2134/dp/B000NBE3RC CPU : 2x https://ark.intel.com/de/products/75275/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-2670-v2-25M-Cache-2_50-GHz Ram : https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-PC3L-10600R-1333MHz-Memory-M393B1 PCiE Raid Controller : https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/publicK70DH0-YH9/dp/B010AP4M8U/display?docId=emr_na-c01677092 PciE HBA Controller : https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-perc-h310-storage-controller-raid-sata-3gb-s-sas-6gb-s-pcie-2-0-x8/specs/ SSD : http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/ct275mx300ssd1 HDD's Unused : 2x https://www.cnet.com/products/seagate-barracuda-st3000dm008-hard-drive-3-tb-sata-6gb-s/specs/ I Hope somebody can help me here Thank you for your time Solution Edit: did have the wrong Raid Controller. Needed one to flash to an HBA followed this Guide and everything works Thanks for the good and fast advice (not native English speaker) ^^ Link to comment
JorgeB Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 You need to use an HBA to connect the expander (backplane), LSI recommended. Link to comment
Xadras Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 Do you have any recommendations? I guess my p410 isn't what you mean. Link to comment
JorgeB Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 I don't know if the P410 is supported, IIRC it uses a PMC chipset, but it won't hurt to try, if it doesn't get any LSI with a SAS2008/2308/3008 chipset in IT mode, e.g., 9201-8i, 9211-8i, 9207-8i, 9300-8i, etc and clones. Link to comment
Xadras Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 so something like this http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA_new/series_rr272x.htm should work with unraid, it's on the compatibility list. but should it also work with the supermicro backplane? Link to comment
JorgeB Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Those use a Marvell chipset, not recommended. Link to comment
Xadras Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 Sorry for the constant questioning. Would the dell h310 work? https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-perc-h310-storage-controller-raid-sata-3gb-s-sas-6gb-s-pcie-2-0-x8/specs/ Its labeled with lsi sas2008 and it should be relativley easy to flash, I even found a guide here in this forum. Sorry for the newb questions here... Link to comment
JorgeB Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 8 minutes ago, Xadras said: Would the dell h310 work? ? Link to comment
JonathanM Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 For some reason, my browser, Firefox 57.0.1 64 bit for linux mint does NOT like some emojii or whatever was put there. Don't know how many people it effects, but thought you may want to be aware that at least 1 person has no clue what your reply was. I know the answer, just not what you said. Link to comment
Xadras Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 he's replay was a thumbs up emoji. And thanks for the advice, i will report back after i get the parts and everything working... or not working Link to comment
Xadras Posted January 31, 2018 Author Share Posted January 31, 2018 so I ordered the Dell H310 and flashed it as described in this guide https://tylermade.net/2017/06/27/how-to-crossflash-perc-h310-to-it-mode-lsi-9211-8i-firmware-hba-for-freenas-unraid/ everything works perfectly and I had no problems with flashing it. thanks for the advice! Link to comment
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