Hi!
I have my FreeNAS(HP N54L with 16gb of ram) setup with 6x3TB hard drives and it has been fantastic. I did a clean freeness install last week and it had no problem finding all my data again. I am currently running FreeNAS-9.10.2 (a476f16). I know adding a drive via USB is not recommended and USB 3 even more so, but short of upgrading all 6 of my current disks one by one(Expensive) or creating a new system I think it is my best option. The NAS is solely used for Storing Movies/TV shows in a home.
I am trying to add an external USB(8TB WD RED) drive to my system. I've spent a few hours on google and I think FreeNAS recognises my USB 3.1 PCIe card correctly(After enabling the USB 3 tunable) but when I plug in the drive I can't see it anywhere. There is nothing in dmesg at all when the drive is plugged in/out.
Here is some info from FreeNAS.
PCIe Card: http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=643&area=en
External enclosure: http://www.vantecusa.com/en/product/view_detail/668
When the drive is plugged into a USB 2.0 port on the motherboard I see the additional line:
When the drive is plugged into a USB 2.0 port on the motherboard I see the additional line:
Any ideas? Thanks so much!
I have my FreeNAS(HP N54L with 16gb of ram) setup with 6x3TB hard drives and it has been fantastic. I did a clean freeness install last week and it had no problem finding all my data again. I am currently running FreeNAS-9.10.2 (a476f16). I know adding a drive via USB is not recommended and USB 3 even more so, but short of upgrading all 6 of my current disks one by one(Expensive) or creating a new system I think it is my best option. The NAS is solely used for Storing Movies/TV shows in a home.
I am trying to add an external USB(8TB WD RED) drive to my system. I've spent a few hours on google and I think FreeNAS recognises my USB 3.1 PCIe card correctly(After enabling the USB 3 tunable) but when I plug in the drive I can't see it anywhere. There is nothing in dmesg at all when the drive is plugged in/out.
Here is some info from FreeNAS.
PCIe Card: http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=643&area=en
External enclosure: http://www.vantecusa.com/en/product/view_detail/668
usbconfig
ugen6.1: <EHCI root HUB ATI> at usbus6, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen5.1: <OHCI root HUB ATI> at usbus5, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen4.1: <EHCI root HUB ATI> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen3.1: <OHCI root HUB ATI> at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen2.1: <EHCI root HUB ATI> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen1.1: <OHCI root HUB ATI> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen0.1: <XHCI root HUB 0x1b21> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=SUPER (5.0Gbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen4.2: <Extreme SanDisk> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (200mA)
When the drive is plugged into a USB 2.0 port on the motherboard I see the additional line:
usbconfig
ugen2.2: <USB3.1 Device Generic> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (0mA)
pciconf -l -v
xhci0@pci0:2:0:0: class=0x0c0330 card=0x12421b21 chip=0x12421b21 rev=0x00 hdr=0x00
vendor = 'ASMedia Technology Inc.'
device = 'ASM1142 USB 3.1 Host Controller'
class = serial bus
subclass = USB
camcontrol devlist
ugen6.1: <EHCI root HUB ATI> at usbus6, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen5.1: <OHCI root HUB ATI> at usbus5, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen4.1: <EHCI root HUB ATI> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen3.1: <OHCI root HUB ATI> at usbus3, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen2.1: <EHCI root HUB ATI> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen1.1: <OHCI root HUB ATI> at usbus1, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=FULL (12Mbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen0.1: <XHCI root HUB 0x1b21> at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=SUPER (5.0Gbps) pwr=SAVE (0mA)
ugen4.2: <Extreme SanDisk> at usbus4, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (200mA)
When the drive is plugged into a USB 2.0 port on the motherboard I see the additional line:
camcontrol devlist
ugen2.2: <USB3.1 Device Generic> at usbus2, cfg=0 md=HOST spd=HIGH (480Mbps) pwr=ON (0mA)
Any ideas? Thanks so much!