Cannot access hard drives and I don't know how to fix it

[TheLegalBeagle]

Just the other day I got an old server for free (2013 Dell power edge) and I wanted a NAS drive instead of the 2 hard drives in my computer for storage. I got someone to help me set up the IP and connection to the switch and got my computer to talk to it (it was able to ping it and connect to it via the web interface). When I try to access the drives in file explorer (I think that is what I am supposed to use) it connects and then says "The mapped network drive could not be connected because the following error has occurred: A device attached to the system is not functioning". I have run extensive tests on everything in the system from CPU to hard drives that I want to use. Is there a different way to access the files or is there something I'm missing?

 

[Chris Moore]

2013 Dell power edge

We need a lot more information here before there is any way we can help. Do you know anything about your FreeNAS configuration?
Here are some examples of the type of information we need to see:

https://www.ixsystems.com/community/threads/forum-guidelines.45124

 

[TheLegalBeagle]

I don't know the motherboard kind or anything but it seems to be a dell made dual socket Intel Xeon motherboard. The CPU's are dual Intel Xeon e5405s, 4gb DDR2. Boot drives are dual 80gb 7200 RPM HDD in raid 1, the storage meant for the NAS is 3 1tb WD enterprise HDD also 7200 RPM in raid 0. The boot drives are SATA 3 Gb/s and the 1tb drives are SAS All drives are controlled via PCIe u.2 raid controller. The network card is the built-in Broadcom gigabit ethernet.

 

[Chris Moore]

Do you have data on this system already?

 

[TheLegalBeagle]

No, all drives except boot are empty..

 

[danb35]

4gb DDR2

This system really isn't a good choice for FreeNAS. It only has half the minimum amount of RAM, and the front-side bus means that performance will be simply awful. Suggest you repurpose it to something more appropriate, like being a space heater.

 

[Chris Moore]

PCIe u.2 raid controller

This sounds like a hardware RAID card, which you should not use with FreeNAS. I think that you will need to read the hardware recommendations and build something different. Perhaps, if you build it yourself, you will understand how it is supposed to work better. Here are links to some useful guides:

Slideshow explaining VDev, zpool, ZIL and L2ARC
https://forums.freenas.org/index.ph...ning-vdev-zpool-zil-and-l2arc-for-noobs.7775/

Terminology and Abbreviations Primer
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/terminology-and-abbreviations-primer.28174/

Why not to use RAID-5 or RAIDz1
https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-raid-5-stops-working-in-2009/

FreeNAS® Quick Hardware Guide
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/freenas®-quick-hardware-guide.7/

Hardware Recommendations Guide Rev. 1e) 2017-05-06
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/hardware-recommendations-guide.12/

Hardware Recommendations by @cyberjock - from 26 Aug 2014 - and still valid
https://forums.freenas.org/threads/hardware-recommendations-read-this-first.23069/

Proper Power Supply Sizing Guidance
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/proper-power-supply-sizing-guidance.38811/

Then...

Building, Burn-In, and Testing your FreeNAS system
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/building-burn-in-and-testing-your-freenas-system.38/

Github repository for FreeNAS scripts, including disk burnin
https://forums.freenas.org/index.ph...for-freenas-scripts-including-disk-burnin.28/

solnet-array-test (for drive / array speed) non destructive test
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/solnet-array-test.1/

Useful Commands
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/useful-commands.30314/#post-195192

Hard Drive Troubleshooting Guide (All Versions of FreeNAS)
https://forums.freenas.org/index.ph...bleshooting-guide-all-versions-of-freenas.17/

CAM status: ATA Status Errors - thread
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/cam-status-ata-status-error.16833/

Moving FreeNAS to new Hardware by @Ericloewe:
https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?resources/moving-freenas-to-new-hardware.89/

Finally...

Uncle Fester's Basic FreeNAS Configuration Guide
https://www.familybrown.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=fester:intro