Tetra Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Hey there! So I just got an H240 for my server, and with all drives connected, and I can hear them spin up with the server. When booted into Unraid, I see the controller, but no drives.. Any reason? Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Proper cable? Quote Link to comment
Tetra Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 14 minutes ago, jonathanm said: Proper cable? Yes, it is the proper cable that connects to the backplane. Quote Link to comment
sota Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 H240 can be in RAID or HBA mode. You need to be in the latter. Quote Link to comment
Tetra Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 15 hours ago, sota said: H240 can be in RAID or HBA mode. You need to be in the latter. Flashing the H240 is something I need a little help on haha. can’t find much on google. Quote Link to comment
sota Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 /me points at his sig... Quote Link to comment
Tetra Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 On 2/13/2020 at 2:18 PM, sota said: /me points at his sig... My bad, didnt notice. I checked, and its in HBA mode... what the heck? Quote Link to comment
sota Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 does the BIOS software see the disks? Are you sure the controller cables are connected to the cage correctly and fully? How about more details of the setup in general. Quote Link to comment
Tetra Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 3 minutes ago, sota said: does the BIOS software see the disks? Are you sure the controller cables are connected to the cage correctly and fully? How about more details of the setup in general. HP DL380 G6 Rack Mount 64GB DDR3 2x Xeon E5500 4x 300GB SAS Drives 4x 500GB SATA Drives ^^ all connected to the backplane that came with the server ^^ Disconnected the SAS cables from the motherboard that went to the onboard RAID controller, and plugged them into the HBA in the PCIe slot. UNRAID sees the HBA, but not the drives. Getting a 1Hz Green blinking light on the HBA. Quote Link to comment
sota Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 well, assuming the disks have nothing important on them, what happens when you plug back into the onboard P410i controller? do they show up in the controller's BIOS? Quote Link to comment
Tetra Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 (edited) 33 minutes ago, sota said: well, assuming the disks have nothing important on them, what happens when you plug back into the onboard P410i controller? do they show up in the controller's BIOS? If I plug the two SAS cables back directly into the motherboard, which sends it to the P410i or whatever comes with it, It will detect the drives. But I would have to re-enable the controller, because i disabled it in the BIOS. I got this controller from the list of compatible controllers, because the controller that was pre-existing in the server has no IT or HBA mode. Is there a way to configure this controller without using Intelligent provisioning/smartstart? Edited February 16, 2020 by Tetra Quote Link to comment
sota Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 So... We've established the disks work, the backplane works, and the cables are good. I'm assuming you did the whole unplug and re-plug of cables several times to make sure they're locked in? I used spp 2016.04.0 to configure it to HBA mode. Quote Link to comment
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