SOLVED LSI 9211-8i cannot recognize drives

[ybz90]

Hi all,

I searched via Google and the forums, but I couldn't find any exact match for my problem. Basically, I bought a LSI 9211-8i card and had it flashed to P16 IT mode. However, when I moved my zpool (4 drives, mirrored) over to the LSI card, FreeNAS could no longer import the volume since the drives are not recognized. It seems that for some reason, any drives connected to the LSI card can't be detected.

Using sas2flash -list:

Code:

LSI Corporation SAS2 Flash Utility
Version 14.00.00.00 (2012.07.04)
Copyright (c) 2008-2012 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved

    Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2008(B1)

    Controller Number              : 0
    Controller                     : SAS2008(B1)
    PCI Address                    : 00:01:00:00
    SAS Address                    : 500605b-0-014b-f980
    NVDATA Version (Default)       : 10.00.00.06
    NVDATA Version (Persistent)    : 10.00.00.06
    Firmware Product ID            : 0x2213 (IT)
    Firmware Version               : 16.00.00.00
    NVDATA Vendor                  : LSI
    NVDATA Product ID              : SAS9211-8i
    BIOS Version                   : 07.31.00.00
    UEFI BSD Version               : N/A
    FCODE Version                  : N/A
    Board Name                     : SAS9211-8i
    Board Assembly                 : N/A
    Board Tracer Number            : N/A

    Finished Processing Commands Successfully.
    Exiting SAS2Flash.

Typing dmesg | grep mps lists the card information, but none of the attached drives.

Code:

mps0: <LSI SAS2008> port 0xe000-0xe0ff mem 0xf7d00000-0xf7d03fff,0xf7c80000-0xf7cbffff irq 16 at device 0.0 on pci1
mps0: Firmware: 16.00.00.00, Driver: 16.00.00.00-fbsd
mps0: IOCCapabilities: 1285c<ScsiTaskFull,DiagTrace,SnapBuf,EEDP,TransRetry,EventReplay,HostDisc>

I connected my pool back to the onboard SATA ports and it was able to boot and import the volume perfectly. It seems that the LSI card is working okay and can be recognized by the OS, so I'm not sure what the issue is.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT:
Listing devices with camcontrol devlist shows only my boot drive recognized.

Code:

<SAMSUNG SSD UM410 Series 2.5" 16GB VAM12D1Q>  at scbus1 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,ada0)

 

[Ericloewe]

Bad breakout cables? Broken connectors? Some random incompatibility?

Regarding the breakout cables I'm assuming you're using (if not, check the SFF-8087 cables), they're forward breakout cables, right? Reverse breakout won't work.

 

[ybz90]

Yeah, I just got them and they should be forward cables. I'll buy a new cable today and try the new one when it arrives.

 

[ybz90]

Turns out you were right. The cable I had was defective, will be sending that back for a refund. Phew, lucky it was an easy fix. Thanks for the help!