Hi All,
I am building a freenas server and this is only my second time doing this (first time was successful). I ran into this weird problem that I cannot find my SAS drives after installing the system.
System: Supermicro H8DGU-F, dual opteron, 256gb ram, 1TB ssd connected on SATA 0.
Backplane: 2x Backplane:
*BPN-SAS2-846EL1 24-port 4U SAS2 6Gbps single-expander backplane
*BPN-SAS2-826EL1 12-port 2U SAS2 6Gbps single-expander backplane
I got a 9211 card and flashed it to IT mode, current FW revision: 20.00.07.00-IT
When boot starts, 9211 card can recognizing all the hard drives and I can see them from BIOS boot menu as [SAS:#0300 ID31 LUN]...
Initially, I cannot boot from USB drive, then I found that if I set "BOOT ORDER" on the 9211 (AVAGO TECH) to anything other than 0, then I can boot from USB.
When I boot from a freenas USB drive, I can only see the SSD drive. Then I installed freenas on the SSD, after rebooting, no SAS drive is recognized.
When I set the 9211 card, "BOOT ORDER" to 0, then I can boot from the hard drive installed on the 9211 card, however, I cannot boot from USB anymore, therefore no way for me to install the freenas.
I have also tried to connect the SSD drive directly to the 9211 card, so all hard drives are on that card. Then I set "BOOT ORDER" to 0. Now, the 9211 card can recognize both SSD and all the other hard drive, but still cannot boot from USB.
How can I install the system using USB drive? What is the reason that when boot from USB drive, SAS drives are not recognized?
Any help is highly appreciated!
I am building a freenas server and this is only my second time doing this (first time was successful). I ran into this weird problem that I cannot find my SAS drives after installing the system.
System: Supermicro H8DGU-F, dual opteron, 256gb ram, 1TB ssd connected on SATA 0.
Backplane: 2x Backplane:
*BPN-SAS2-846EL1 24-port 4U SAS2 6Gbps single-expander backplane
*BPN-SAS2-826EL1 12-port 2U SAS2 6Gbps single-expander backplane
I got a 9211 card and flashed it to IT mode, current FW revision: 20.00.07.00-IT
When boot starts, 9211 card can recognizing all the hard drives and I can see them from BIOS boot menu as [SAS:#0300 ID31 LUN]...
Initially, I cannot boot from USB drive, then I found that if I set "BOOT ORDER" on the 9211 (AVAGO TECH) to anything other than 0, then I can boot from USB.
When I boot from a freenas USB drive, I can only see the SSD drive. Then I installed freenas on the SSD, after rebooting, no SAS drive is recognized.
When I set the 9211 card, "BOOT ORDER" to 0, then I can boot from the hard drive installed on the 9211 card, however, I cannot boot from USB anymore, therefore no way for me to install the freenas.
I have also tried to connect the SSD drive directly to the 9211 card, so all hard drives are on that card. Then I set "BOOT ORDER" to 0. Now, the 9211 card can recognize both SSD and all the other hard drive, but still cannot boot from USB.
How can I install the system using USB drive? What is the reason that when boot from USB drive, SAS drives are not recognized?
Any help is highly appreciated!