Hi all.
I've several spare HDDs coming from systems upgrades in the past, as follows:
I recently bought:
Moreover I'd like to connect additional SATA HDDs using the LSI controller, by the MiniSAS-SFF8643 cables for SATA-type connections.
The PSU is a modular LC-Power 850W Gold Plus one.
In order to have enough HDD power connections I also bought several HDD-power splitters (4in1) to be connected to each PSU-SATA connector.
I've successfully installed the Truenas OS, but I noticed that the OS didn't see all the disks, so I unfortunately discovered that not all the HDDs are recognized by the SATA onboard controller and the LSI controller, more or less, as follows (some tests):
Using the Supermicro onboard controller (excepting the boot disk)
This thing's driving me crazy.
Any suggestion/ideas?
Thanks in advance for your support.
I've several spare HDDs coming from systems upgrades in the past, as follows:
- 8x 3,5" WD Red SATA 6TB HDDs
- 6x 3,5" vendor mixed SATA 2TB HDDs
- 3x 3,5" vendor mixed SATA 1,5TB HDDs
- 2x 3,5" WD SATA 1TB HDDs
- 2x 2,5" vendor mixed SATA 500GB HDDs
- 3x 2,5" vendor mixed SATA 320GB HDDs
- 1x 2,5" WD SATA 640GB HDD
- 1x 2,5" Fujitsu SATA 250GB DDD
I recently bought:
- a refurbished Supermicro X11SSL-F M/B (with the last BIOS/firmware installed)
- 32GB RAM DDR4 (not ECC, but fully working with the M/B),
- CPU Intel XEON E3-1230v6
- new LSI SAS 9300-16i HBA board (2x SAS3008 controllers) based on the last IT firmware version.
Moreover I'd like to connect additional SATA HDDs using the LSI controller, by the MiniSAS-SFF8643 cables for SATA-type connections.
The PSU is a modular LC-Power 850W Gold Plus one.
In order to have enough HDD power connections I also bought several HDD-power splitters (4in1) to be connected to each PSU-SATA connector.
I've successfully installed the Truenas OS, but I noticed that the OS didn't see all the disks, so I unfortunately discovered that not all the HDDs are recognized by the SATA onboard controller and the LSI controller, more or less, as follows (some tests):
Using the Supermicro onboard controller (excepting the boot disk)
- If I connect 4x 3,5" 2TB HDDs, I only see 3;
- If I disconect the 4th and connect 2x 2,5", I see all the 5 disks;
- If I connect 4x 3,5" 6TB HDDs, I only see 1;
- If I connect 4x 3,5" 2TB HDDs (using one SFF8643 cable), I only see 3;
- If I connect 4x 3,5" 6TB HDDs, I only see 1;
- If I connect some 3,5" 6TB HDDs using different SFF8643 cables, I max see 3 of them;
- If I connect 4x 3,5" 2TB HDDs (using one SFF8643 cable) and some 3,5" 6TB HDDs (using different SFF8643 cables), I max see 3 of 2TB and 3 of 6TB,
- remove the power splitters ==> no change
- test another 6SATA ports PCI-e controller ==> no change
This thing's driving me crazy.
Any suggestion/ideas?
Thanks in advance for your support.