Installing the ServeRAID M1015

[LONNIE137]

I got a ServeRAID M1015 board, me not knowing very little about this freenas, i would like to know how do i connect these 6 3tb drives up to it, confuseed, and what else do i need to get in order for this to work. The board i have is supplied IMB201 board only has 4 sata connections

 

[gpsguy]

You'll need breakout cables that connect to your M1015 board.

 

[Nindustries]

And be sure to flash it to IT mode.

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[LONNIE137]

You'll need breakout cables that connect to your M1015 board.

Thanks Guys

 

[Dmitry]

Hi,
Will ServeRAID M1015 work in RAID5?

 

[survive]

Hi LONNIE137 & Dmitry,

No, the M1015 is a fairly dumb RAID card, but that's what makes it so appealing to use with FreeNAS for zfs. In fact the flash to "IT" mode makes it even dumber because it removes all the RAID functionality the card has. If you are planning to use zfs, the flash is something you will certainly want to do. You can find a great guide to flashing it here:

http://www.servethehome.com/ibm-serveraid-m1015-part-4/

My suggestion, assuming the rest of your rig meets the suggested system requirements, is to take the six 3TB drives and configure them in a raidz2 pool so you have 2 drives worth of parity\redundancy.

-Will