Long story short: I can't see my drives, when they are put inside the hot swap bays (mini SAS connectivity).
Hardware:
X10SLL+-F (4x SATA2 + 2x SATA3 = 6x onboard SATA total)
Core i3-4170 (plenty, plenty of performance for our needs)
16 GB ECC DDR3 (planning on adding 16 GB, for a 32 GB total)
2x 9211-8i HBAs (got them today and flashed to IT-mode right away)
32 GB Patriot Warp (Vdev/Pool: dotsys - had it laying around anyway)
4x 1 TB 3.5" HDDs (Z1/Pool: old_nas - drives, from our old Qnap NAS)
Case: Norco RPC-4220 (20 bays, 5x mini SAS on backplane)
'Extra'/spare drives:
3x 320 GB 2.5" HDDs (planning: Z1/pool)
3x 120 GB 2.5" HDDs (planning: Z1/pool)
1x 500 GB 3.5" HDD (salvaged from a 2011 21.5 iMac)
1x 120 Samsung EVO 840 SSD (had it laying around)
Intention:
To use the two HBAs for four of the mini SAS ports, and four of the 6 SATA connections on the motherboard for the last mini SAS port on the backplane - hence, the reverse breakout cable. From top to bottom (rows):
[1]: SFF-8087 to 4x SATA2 on motherboard
[2]: SFF-8087 to HBA1 [0-3]
[3]: SFF-8087 to HBA1 [4-7]
[4]: SFF-8087 to HBA2 [0-3]
[5]: SFF-8087 to HBA2 [4-7]
But, when I hook it up like that, and plug the drives in, none of them are detected...
Now for the 'weird' part:
However. If I take the reverse breakout SFF-8087 to 4x SATA cable, and plug that into one of the 9211-8is, I can see those four drives connected to the HBA. It's somewhat backwards, because the cable was supposed to be a 'reverse' cable (4x SATA host/motherboard to SFF-8087 device).
These are the cables I have ordered:
1x Reverse breakout cable (1st try): http://www.ebay.com/itm/321973776634
6x SFF-8087 cables: http://www.ebay.com/itm/201284000348
1x Reverse breakout cable (2nd try, awaiting arrival): http://www.ebay.com/itm/262232512838
I'm well aware, that Norco cases aren't in high regards on these parts - but I got the case for around $45 (used), so I figured I'd give it a try. I thought I did my research on cables and whatnot but feel kinda stupid right now, for spending this much on hardware and then get sidetracked by things that should just work.
What did I do wrong?
(Besides going for Norco and not something-something-SuperMicro)
Hardware:
X10SLL+-F (4x SATA2 + 2x SATA3 = 6x onboard SATA total)
Core i3-4170 (plenty, plenty of performance for our needs)
16 GB ECC DDR3 (planning on adding 16 GB, for a 32 GB total)
2x 9211-8i HBAs (got them today and flashed to IT-mode right away)
32 GB Patriot Warp (Vdev/Pool: dotsys - had it laying around anyway)
4x 1 TB 3.5" HDDs (Z1/Pool: old_nas - drives, from our old Qnap NAS)
Case: Norco RPC-4220 (20 bays, 5x mini SAS on backplane)
'Extra'/spare drives:
3x 320 GB 2.5" HDDs (planning: Z1/pool)
3x 120 GB 2.5" HDDs (planning: Z1/pool)
1x 500 GB 3.5" HDD (salvaged from a 2011 21.5 iMac)
1x 120 Samsung EVO 840 SSD (had it laying around)
Intention:
To use the two HBAs for four of the mini SAS ports, and four of the 6 SATA connections on the motherboard for the last mini SAS port on the backplane - hence, the reverse breakout cable. From top to bottom (rows):
[1]: SFF-8087 to 4x SATA2 on motherboard
[2]: SFF-8087 to HBA1 [0-3]
[3]: SFF-8087 to HBA1 [4-7]
[4]: SFF-8087 to HBA2 [0-3]
[5]: SFF-8087 to HBA2 [4-7]
But, when I hook it up like that, and plug the drives in, none of them are detected...
Now for the 'weird' part:
However. If I take the reverse breakout SFF-8087 to 4x SATA cable, and plug that into one of the 9211-8is, I can see those four drives connected to the HBA. It's somewhat backwards, because the cable was supposed to be a 'reverse' cable (4x SATA host/motherboard to SFF-8087 device).
These are the cables I have ordered:
1x Reverse breakout cable (1st try): http://www.ebay.com/itm/321973776634
6x SFF-8087 cables: http://www.ebay.com/itm/201284000348
1x Reverse breakout cable (2nd try, awaiting arrival): http://www.ebay.com/itm/262232512838
I'm well aware, that Norco cases aren't in high regards on these parts - but I got the case for around $45 (used), so I figured I'd give it a try. I thought I did my research on cables and whatnot but feel kinda stupid right now, for spending this much on hardware and then get sidetracked by things that should just work.
What did I do wrong?
(Besides going for Norco and not something-something-SuperMicro)