sas2

  1. CarlB

    SOLVED Did I just max out my HBA? 23 drives will boot, 24 will not.

    Server: SuperMicro CSE-846 24 Bay SAS2 BP Server w/ X9DRi-F/2x 6 Core E5-2620 HBA: HP H220 6Gbps SAS PCI-E 3.0 HBA LSI 9205-8i P20 IT Mode https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-H220-6Gbps-SAS-PCI-E-3-0-HBA-LSI-9205-8i-P20-IT-Mode-From-US-Ship/192639052923 MPT2BIOS-7.25.05.00 Up until this point I've run...
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    • hba initializing sas2 stuck
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  2. Chris Moore

    Informational videos, mostly about SAS hardware

    These are some interesting YouTube videos that explain a good bit about SAS (and other things) in an easy to consume format: Dell H310 mini card with LSI IT mode firmware https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Xi5NZRlXM&feature=youtu.be How to fix: "Invalid PCIe card found in the Internal Storage...
  3. Chris Moore

    Find a drive on a SAS backplane

    I am creating this resource for myself and others that have systems with SAS backplanes that their drives are attached to. @danb35 has created a script for monitoring drives that fault and automatically turning on the locate LED, but some people, like me, might not want a script running and...
  4. pollytheparrot

    Supermicro Backplane Woes

    So I have an SC846 box running Freenas. I have the SAS2 backplane. On it is a RAIDZ2+0 pool configuration of two 10 drive RAIDZ2 vdevs that are 4TB Reds. I'm looking to replace one of the vdevs with 8TB reds, and rather than run in a degraded state (pulling the drive to replace), I wish to...
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