omartian Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) Hi guys- Just purchased the pro version of unraid after trying it out for a month. Initial Build: Fractal design R5 Ryzen 5 2600 Aorus b450 pro wifi EVGA 750w supernova g+ 16 gb of ram PCI to sata III 8 port sata adapter icy dock that converts my 2x 5.25 inch bays to 3x 3.5 inch bays SSD Samsung evo 860 x 2 (cache drives) 12 tb drives x 2 WD whites for parity 8 tb drives x 3 WD reds for data (all in icy dock, data from pci/sata adapter) With this build, I would be able to supply data from the 6 sata ports on the mobo and 8 sata ports on pci card for total of 14 drives. This setup was working flawlessly for a month so i purchased the pro key 2 weeks ago and yesterday i wanted to move my 3x WD 10tb white drives from my old synology nas over to my build. Initially, it recognized only 1 out of 3 of the new 10 tb white drives in bios and on unraid (see pic). I tried the 3.3v tape on the other 2 drives and those are now seen on bios (see pic) but not in unraid. Also, weirdly enough, I am now not seeing the 3 8tb data drives in the icy dock in unraid when all 10 drives are plugged in (still visible in bios). When I unplug the 3x 10tb white drives from the server, everything reverts back to normal and i can start the array without issue. It is functional, but would like to add more drives in the future (i want to add these 3x 10tb whites, and will have 3 open bays left). I'm hoping there is an easy fix for this. Any and all help is much appreciated. Edited January 14, 2020 by omartian pics Quote Link to comment
testdasi Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 As always: Tools -> Diagnostics -> attach zip file Preferably with the 3 drives plugged in, detected in BIOS but not in Unraid. Quote Link to comment
omartian Posted January 14, 2020 Author Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) Oh sorry. Will attach when I get home tonight. Edited January 14, 2020 by omartian Notify cations Quote Link to comment
omartian Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 11 hours ago, testdasi said: As always: Tools -> Diagnostics -> attach zip file Preferably with the 3 drives plugged in, detected in BIOS but not in Unraid. Here is the diagnostics after all 12 drives are powered and connected. They are all seen in bios, but if i connect them all, my 3x8tb wd drives in the icy dock are not visible/mountable, and only one of the 3x10tb wd drives is listed as mountable and able to be added to the array. nasgard-diagnostics-20200114-1921.zip Quote Link to comment
Vr2Io Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Disk controller problem Jan 14 19:13:32 Nasgard kernel: ahci 0000:08:00.0: AHCI controller unavailable! Jan 14 19:14:05 Nasgard kernel: ahci 0000:09:00.0: AHCI controller unavailable! Jan 14 19:14:17 Nasgard kernel: ahci 0000:07:00.0: AHCI controller unavailable! Jan 14 19:14:18 Nasgard kernel: ahci 0000:0a:00.0: AHCI controller unavailable! Quote Link to comment
omartian Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) so it's my pci sata adapter? I picked up this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N39YSZD/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I need an additional 8 sata ports since my mobo only allows for 6. Is there one that you guys recommend? Edited January 15, 2020 by omartian error Quote Link to comment
omartian Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 it's really strange. I'll reboot the system and different disks become available in unraid. Currently, all of my original disks are visible and 3 other disks are seen in unassigned devices. Here is the current diagnostics with all disks visible. nasgard-diagnostics-20200114-2332.zip Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 4 hours ago, omartian said: Is there one that you guys recommend? Any LSI with a SAS2008/2308/3008/3408 chipset in IT mode, e.g., 9201-8i, 9211-8i, 9207-8i, 9300-8i, 9400-8i, etc and clones, like the Dell H200/H310 and IBM M1015, these latter ones need to be crossflashed. Quote Link to comment
rl2664 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Is there one that you guys recommend?Search eBay for it-mode and you find a lot pre flashed LSI controllers 1 Quote Link to comment
omartian Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, johnnie.black said: Any LSI with a SAS2008/2308/3008/3408 chipset in IT mode, e.g., 9201-8i, 9211-8i, 9207-8i, 9300-8i, 9400-8i, etc and clones, like the Dell H200/H310 and IBM M1015, these latter ones need to be crossflashed. Alright cool. Put in an order for 9207-8i. Hope that works. I know unraid spins only the drives it needs, but will cooking be an issue with this thing in my fractal r5 case? Edited January 15, 2020 by omartian Duplicate Quote Link to comment
rl2664 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Alright cool. Put in an order for 9207-8i. Hope that works. I know unraid spins only the drives it needs, but will cooking be an issue with this thing in my fractal r5 case? Alright cool. Put in an order for 9207-8i. Hope that works. I know unraid spins only the drives it needs, but will cooking be an issue with this thing in my fractal r5 case? If the HBA runs to hot, you can screw a small 40x10mm fan on the heatsink to keep the card cool. Quote Link to comment
testdasi Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, omartian said: Alright cool. Put in an order for 9207-8i. Hope that works. I know unraid spins only the drives it needs, but will cooking be an issue with this thing in my fractal r5 case? Hmmm... cooking is never advised in a PC case. 🤣 Edited January 15, 2020 by testdasi Quote Link to comment
Squid Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 minute ago, testdasi said: Hmmm... cooking is never advised in a PC case. 🤣 You obviously don't remember then the original power supplies for the C64. Transformer that ran hot to begin with the CBM decided to completely enclose in an enclosure that had no vents and fill up the case with epoxy 🤔 Quote Link to comment
testdasi Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Squid said: You obviously don't remember then the original power supplies for the C64. Transformer that ran hot to begin with the CBM decided to completely enclose in an enclosure that had no vents and fill up the case with epoxy 🤔 Yum! Epoxy chowder! 😂 Quote Link to comment
Toobie Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 On 1/15/2020 at 8:55 AM, johnnie.black said: Any LSI with a SAS2008/2308/3008/3408 chipset in IT mode, e.g., 9201-8i, 9211-8i, 9207-8i, 9300-8i, 9400-8i, etc and clones, like the Dell H200/H310 and IBM M1015, these latter ones need to be crossflashed. What exactly do you mean with crossflashed? Is it not possible to buy one of these cards to use it plug&play in a server? Quote Link to comment
itimpi Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 minute ago, Toobie said: What exactly do you mean with crossflashed? It depend on whether the controller has RAID or IT mode firmware loaded into it (the cards can have either). Unraid wants IT mode so if you get a card with the RAiD firmware then it can be cross-flashed to the IT firmware. If you get one that already has IT firmware it is plug&play. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 19 minutes ago, Toobie said: Is it not possible to buy one of these cards to use it plug&play in a server? Some models are plug'n play since they are IT mode only, e.g. 9207-8i, 9300-8i Quote Link to comment
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