Hello, 

 

I  purchased this HBA card and put it into my Unraid build. The board is an Asus Z-170-Pro which support PCIe 3.0. I don't have any x4 or x8 slots but I do have x16. I have read around that the 9027-8i is supported in IT mode. I don't know what that really means or if it is even related to the 8E but apparently I have to flash the firmware.

 

My question is do I need to flash 9027-8e  to work with Unraid in JBOD? If so, how?

 

Also, I plan to buy an 8-bay GG SAS/SATA expander but I want to make sure I can just connect the SFF-8088 cables and add the drives. Is there anything else I should consider?

 

Below is the output of lspci

 

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 07)
00:01.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v5/E3-1500 v5/6th Gen Core Processor PCIe Controller (x8) (rev 07)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 31)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 31)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Q170/Q150/B150/H170/H110/Z170/CM236 Chipset SATA Controller [AHCI Mode] (rev 31)
00:1b.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #17 (rev f1)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f1)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1)
00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #8 (rev f1)
00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Z170 Chipset LPC/eSPI Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family Power Management Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family HD Audio Controller (rev 31)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation 100 Series/C230 Series Chipset Family SMBus (rev 31)
00:1f.6 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V (rev 31)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] (rev a1)
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GP106 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
02:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS2308 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 (rev 05)
04:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL6540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge [Alpine Ridge 4C 2015]
05:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL6540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge [Alpine Ridge 4C 2015]
05:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL6540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge [Alpine Ridge 4C 2015]
05:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL6540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge [Alpine Ridge 4C 2015]
05:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation DSL6540 Thunderbolt 3 Bridge [Alpine Ridge 4C 2015]
08:00.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation DSL6540 USB 3.1 Controller [Alpine Ridge]
0a:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
0b:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection

Thank you for you help!

4 hours ago, edrohler said:

Below is the output of lspci

Please post the diagnostics instead: Tools -> Diagnostics

On 9/2/2020 at 3:01 AM, JorgeB said:

Please post the diagnostics instead: Tools -> Diagnostics

Can you elaborate why you need diags instead?

Because it contains a lot of other useful info that can help diagnose the issue.

 

 

1 minute ago, JorgeB said:

Because it contains a lot of other useful info that can help diagnose the issue.

 

 

Cool. Except, my post was not related to a specific issue. It was more of a question of hardware compatibility since the existing documentation is outdated. But anyway, I think I get it. Thanks. 

9 minutes ago, edrohler said:

Except, my post was not related to a specific issue.

Syslog would confirm if the controller is in IT mode, but yes, assuming you mean the 9207 it works with Unraid in IT mode, which is the default mode for that controller -8i, -8e or -4i4e.

9 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

Syslog would confirm if the controller is in IT mode, but yes, assuming you mean the 9207 it works with Unraid in IT mode, which is the default mode for that controller -8i, -8e or -4i4e.

Excellent! That is exactly what I needed to understand. I can see that the card is in IT mode. Also, I did mean 9207. My apologies, I transposed the 20 to 02. Is it possible to change the title? I would also like to add closed to it.

24 minutes ago, edrohler said:

Is it possible to change the title? I would also like to add closed to it.

Done.