John_M Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 My advice: get a Dell Perc H310 from ebay. The ones pulled from servers are very good. You'll need to cross flash it but that thread has all the information. Quote Link to comment
lachiu Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 (edited) 18 minutes ago, John_M said: My advice: get a Dell Perc H310 from ebay. The ones pulled from servers are very good. You'll need to cross flash it but that thread has all the information. I ordered one. Only 5 euros more. Will keep y'all posted. #Edit: I just took the pocket raid card and now the speed is back. Parity check will only take 1 hour. Will the card be garantied to work on let's say FreeNAS? Or is the hardware coding behind that os the same as unRAID? Edited August 20, 2018 by lachiu Quote Link to comment
lachiu Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 (edited) The card seems to be connected properly, the drivers however are not showing up even tho the SAS to 4x SATA is properly attached. I've included another diagnostics folder. server-diagnostics-20180831-2057.zip Edited August 31, 2018 by lachiu Incorrect info Quote Link to comment
John_M Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 Did you cross flash it? Quote Link to comment
lachiu Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 I didn't. I just put it in the PCIe slot. Where can I find the proper bios? Quote Link to comment
John_M Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 On 8/20/2018 at 7:57 PM, John_M said: My advice: get a Dell Perc H310 from ebay. The ones pulled from servers are very good. You'll need to cross flash it but that thread has all the information. Quote Link to comment
lachiu Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 On 8/20/2018 at 9:15 PM, lachiu said: I ordered one. Only 5 euros more. Will keep y'all posted. #Edit: I just took the pocket raid card and now the speed is back. Parity check will only take 1 hour. Will the card be garantied to work on let's say FreeNAS? Or is the hardware coding behind that os the same as unRAID? Quote Link to comment
lachiu Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 So I've been trying to update the firmware with LSI Pre-Boot USB. Somehow, my Z170A Pro from MSI won't boot using those files. I found this article that said to do "-CfgEachDskRaid0 -aAll". I did that and the drivers are now showing up. Idc about the data really, unRAID is telling me that the biggest drive is supposed to be the parity drive... While it used to be like this.. Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 How about a giving us a screenshot of this instead: 33 minutes ago, lachiu said: unRAID is telling me that the biggest drive is supposed to be the parity drive... And some diagnostics Quote Link to comment
John_M Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 I've told you, twice, that you need to flash the firmware to IT mode. The instructions are in the long thread that you've been to before. It's a very long thread but you only have to read the first few posts to find the one relevant to your card. If the DOS boot method doesn't work you can boot to a UEFI shell and use the UEFI tools instead. Quote Link to comment
lachiu Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 My man, I think I've been clear enough with my information so you could have figured that I don't know what I'm supposed to do. I can't find the name of the card on the post you've provided. That lack of you wanting to help me out is starting to frustrate me more than it should. If I was an expert I wouldn't be asking questions here, would I? Quote Link to comment
lachiu Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 12 hours ago, trurl said: How about a giving us a screenshot of this instead: And some diagnostics Scroll up for the diagnostics file, they're all 1 TB drives as you can see in the screenshot I've provided. Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 2 minutes ago, lachiu said: That lack of you wanting to help me out is starting to frustrate me more than it should. If I was an expert I wouldn't be asking questions here, would I? Please be aware that almost everyone you will interact with on this forum are unpaid volunteers, fellow unRAID users like yourself. 2 minutes ago, lachiu said: Scroll up for the diagnostics file, they're all 1 TB drives as you can see in the screenshot I've provided. I wanted a new screenshot and diagnostics so I could see the details of the changes that led to it thinking parity is too small. The diagnostics you posted earlier don't even show any hard drives. If you want help please cooperate. Quote Link to comment
lachiu Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 As I've found here, the chipset is SAS1068 and on the forum post they state that I have to flash them from Windows, even tho there is a Windows and unRAID zip? I'm not following. Quote Link to comment
lachiu Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 6 minutes ago, trurl said: Please be aware that almost everyone you will interact with on this forum are unpaid volunteers, fellow unRAID users like yourself. I wanted a new screenshot and diagnostics so I could see the details of the changes that led to it thinking parity is too small. The diagnostics you posted earlier don't even show any hard drives. If you want help please cooperate. I obviously want you guys to help me otherwise I wouldn't be here, but saying you should have bought this one (even tho I did, only wanting to play with this one and see if it worked or not since it already came in). I'll upload it in a sec. Quote Link to comment
lachiu Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 Here you go. Weird thing is, imo, all the drivers are showing up as 1 TB's. server-diagnostics-20180901-1444.zip Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 They appear to be the same size in the diagnostics too. But there is no SMART reporting for the disks. I don't have any experience with these controllers, but I think you are going to have to work out how to flash it like John_M suggested. I'll just tag @johnnie.black to see if he has anything to add to this. Quote Link to comment
lachiu Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 21 minutes ago, lachiu said: As I've found here, the chipset is SAS1068 and on the forum post they state that I have to flash them from Windows, even tho there is a Windows and unRAID zip? I'm not following. I don't mind trying but how tho? Quote Link to comment
John_M Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 12 minutes ago, lachiu said: That lack of you wanting to help me out is starting to frustrate me more than it should. You're completely wrong about that. I've tried very hard to help you and despite your comment I haven't given up yet. It was your choice to ignore my advice. The Dell H310 that I recommended is very easy to cross flash to LSI IT mode. You told me you had bought one but actually bought a MegaRAID instead. That too can be cross flashed - you just have to follow the appropriate instructions, here. Quote Link to comment
lachiu Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 I bought 2, I already ordered the MegaRaid one and then the Dell one. The MegaRaid one came in yesterday so why not try to get it working? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 25 minutes ago, trurl said: I'll just tag @johnnie.black to see if he has anything to add to this. Like @John_Mmentioned the controller needs to be flashed to IT mode, but note that it won't support >2TB disks, as to how to flash it you'll need to follow the instruction s on the other thread, or use google, flashing is not unRAID related directly, it's usually done with a DOS boot flashdrive Quote Link to comment
lachiu Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 11 minutes ago, johnnie.black said: Like @John_Mmentioned the controller needs to be flashed to IT mode, but note that it won't support >2TB disks, as to how to flash it you'll need to follow the instruction s on the other thread, or use google, flashing is not unRAID related directly, it's usually done with a DOS boot flashdrive I read the first post, thing is I can't get the MSI Z170A Pro to boot with the usb stick that got the official firmware on it. So idk what to do now. Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 1 hour ago, johnnie.black said: it's usually done with a DOS boot flashdrive 50 minutes ago, lachiu said: usb stick that got the official firmware on it. Did you set up the stick with Rufus or something similar, or just simply copy the firmware and flashing files onto it? Quote Link to comment
lachiu Posted September 1, 2018 Author Share Posted September 1, 2018 8 minutes ago, Squid said: Did you set up the stick with Rufus or something similar, or just simply copy the firmware and flashing files onto it? I use rufus for windows iso, yeah. After reading and googling a few things I came across this and installed it on the flash drive as stated. Now I've been asking a few times what to do with the thread posted by John, there are zip files for windows and unraid while the first post states that you have to do it on windows so I'm confused now. Quote Link to comment
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