W3APONX Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Hi All, I just recently built a new Unraid system and have managed to boot into Unraid but upon installing the new 6 x 10Tb WD Reds the system would NOT recognize them nor do they come up in the ASUS Bios. Im quite good at troubleshooting but Unraid is new to me and im not sure where to begin. My system specs are as follows:- Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3900x Motherboard: ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (WiFi) Memory: G. Skill Trident Z 64GB (4x16GB) 3200MHz DDR4 Graphics Card: NVIDIA Quadro P2000 Case: Supermicro 846 w/ SAS2 Backplane PSU: 2 x SuperMicro PWS-920P-SQ Hard Drives: 2 x 1Tb Samsung 860 PRO SSD + 2 x 1Tb Samsung 970 Evo Plus M.2 (Visible in BIOS & Unraid) Internal HBA: LSI SAS 9266-8i (Shipped in IT Mode from TheServerStore) From what i can tell the LSI SAS Card is visible in Unraid under Settings/Devices as a IOMMU attached device but im not sure if its a setting in the ASUS Bios preventing me from seeing the 6 x 10Tb Hard Drives in Unraid as unassigned devices or if it could be something else like HBA card is in the wrong PCIE slot...Im LOST. Any advice would be greatly appreciated in assisting in my expensive project. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Please post the diagnostics: Tools -> Diagnostics Quote Link to comment
W3APONX Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, JorgeB said: Please post the diagnostics: Tools -> Diagnostics The pic attached shows that the LSI card is registering as IOMMU group 29 under system devices if that helps at all... w3aponxms-diagnostics-20201008-1956.zip Edited October 8, 2020 by W3APONX Added pic that may help. Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 That's a RAID controller, didn't notice in the OP, it's not recommended for Unraid, you want a HBA in IT mode, that one can still work if you create a raid0/jbod for each disk in the controller BIOS, but again, not recommended. Quote Link to comment
W3APONX Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) Oh its a RAID controller!...What model HBA would you recommend to purchase that would be helpful for future upgrades? Is Ebay the best place for this? Are there any distributors that sell HBA's that are already flashed into IT mode? Will this item be okay for my system? ... https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LSI-6Gbps-SAS-HBA-LSI-9211-8i-FW-P20-IT-Mode-ZFS-FreeNAS-unRAID-AU-seller-/143007085943 Thanks in advance... Edited October 8, 2020 by W3APONX Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 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. You can get one for example in "the art of server" shop on ebay, it's a reputable seller of IT mode HBAs. Quote Link to comment
W3APONX Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 25 minutes ago, JorgeB said: You can get one for example in "the art of server" shop on ebay, it's a reputable seller of IT mode HBAs. I took your advice and am looking at purchasing Supermicro LSI 9300-8i from the above mentioned store. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Supermicro-LSI-9300-8i-low-profile-12Gbps-SAS-HBA-P16-IT-mode-ZFS-FreeNAS-unRAID/163737344715?epid=1537578139&hash=item261f819acb:g:TowAAOSwb7ddBe9j As it says it already in IT Mode im assuming its plug and play? What would performance be like considering i may install another 6-10 x 10Tb HD's and the fact im using a SAS2 BP. My apologies for all the question...I really just want to understand this setup...Thanks! Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 33 minutes ago, W3APONX said: As it says it already in IT Mode im assuming its plug and play? Yes, and the 9300-8i is IT mode only, note that you'd need new cables though. 33 minutes ago, W3APONX said: What would performance be like considering i may install another 6-10 x 10Tb HD's and the fact im using a SAS2 BP. Performance in this case would be the same as a SAS2 PCIe 3.0 controller, like the 9207 for example, you can check some benchmarks here: Quote Link to comment
W3APONX Posted October 8, 2020 Author Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) Very informative write up...Thankyou What cables would you recommend? Edited October 18, 2020 by W3APONX Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 I usually buy Supermicro. Quote Link to comment
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