Dell r510 not booting

[Hjelmseth]

So I’ve got a second hand r510 12bay and the first problem was that it had a h700 raid card, then e purchased a pre-flashed h200 and started installing truenas scale on the ssd in the internal slot, but when I’m trying too boot the system says it’s unavailable

Any idea on what’s wrong?

 

[sretalla]

Your boot drive is best connected to an MoBo SATA port. Is that how you connected it?

 

[Ericloewe]

started installing truenas scale on the ssd in the internal slot

Internal slot?

 

[Hjelmseth]

So the internal slot is connected to the backplane, aka the h200

 

[Ericloewe]

I'm still not sure what this internal slot is, but in any case just use the on-board SATA ports.

 

[Hjelmseth]

I'm still not sure what this internal slot is, but in any case just use the on-board SATA ports.

I’ve now tried using the onboard sata data ports and still no luck

 

[Ericloewe]

So what's the exact error and what steps have you taken so far?

 

[Hjelmseth]

This is what I get in UEFI boot manager, I had the same message displayed when connected to the HBA

 

[Ericloewe]

And what options do you have in the system firmware setup menu?

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

So I’ve got a second hand r510 12bay and the first problem was that it had a h700 raid card, then e purchased a pre-flashed h200 and started installing truenas scale on the ssd in the internal slot, but when I’m trying too boot the system says it’s unavailable

Any idea on what’s wrong?

Are the data cables for the HDD plugged in the correct way?

Without knowing what hardware you're using and how far you are in the install process it's pretty hard to figure out where the problem is.

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[HoneyBadger]

So I’ve got a second hand r510 12bay and the first problem was that it had a h700 raid card, then e purchased a pre-flashed h200 and started installing truenas scale on the ssd in the internal slot, but when I’m trying too boot the system says it’s unavailable

Any idea on what’s wrong?

Hello @Hjelmseth

It's likely that your "pre-flashed H200" does not include either the legacy or UEFI option ROM necessary for booting. It should be possible to flash this "on top of" the existing firmware without changes though. You can find some instructions in this resource guide:

Detailed newcomers' guide to crossflashing LSI 9211/9300/9305/9311/9400/94xx HBA and variants

There's hundreds of threads on crossflashing variants of LSI 9211/9300/9305/9311/94xx cards here, on ServeTheHome, and on blogs. But they don't always discuss the subtleties of doing it on an EFI board for users who may never have used EFI...

www.truenas.com

Instructions and details should be under the heading (Ctrl+F) of FLASHABLE SOFTWARES ("BOOT ROM/BIOS" AND "FIRMWARE")

If this is a 12+2 bay R510, the onboard SATA ports are also disabled in the Dell BIOS/firmware by design. I can't find any mention of BIOS modifications or ways to re-enable them.

 

[Hjelmseth]

Hello @Hjelmseth

It's likely that your "pre-flashed H200" does not include either the legacy or UEFI option ROM necessary for booting. It should be possible to flash this "on top of" the existing firmware without changes though. You can find some instructions in this resource guide:

Detailed newcomers' guide to crossflashing LSI 9211/9300/9305/9311/9400/94xx HBA and variants

There's hundreds of threads on crossflashing variants of LSI 9211/9300/9305/9311/94xx cards here, on ServeTheHome, and on blogs. But they don't always discuss the subtleties of doing it on an EFI board for users who may never have used EFI...

www.truenas.com

Instructions and details should be under the heading (Ctrl+F) of FLASHABLE SOFTWARES ("BOOT ROM/BIOS" AND "FIRMWARE")

If this is a 12+2 bay R510, the onboard SATA ports are also disabled in the Dell BIOS/firmware by design. I can't find any mention of BIOS modifications or ways to re-enable them.

i will check this out, was able to boot the server from a usb