m1015 in IT mode. No disks detected

[nnylund]

Hi!

I bought this card: http://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-ServeRa...e-RAID-Controller-LSI-SAS9220-8i/192161107657

Flashed it successfully to IT mode as soon as I got it and waited for the cables to arrive.

Bought these: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/152310367051

Now when I have received the cables I hooked it up but I don't see any drives.
Could it be the cables? They should be forward breakout cables according to the desc.

Any help appreciated!

Thanks,
Nicklas

 

[m0nkey_]

Please post system specifications as per the rules.

Also paste output of camcontrol devlist using the [ code ] tags.

 

[nnylund]

Sorry!

MB: Supermicro X9SCM-F
CPU: Intel Xeon e3-1220
RAM: 16GB
Disks: WD Red 3TB

Code:

root@nas:~ # camcontrol devlist
<SanDisk Ultra 1.00>			   at scbus8 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,da0)

 

[nnylund]

Code:

root@nas:~ # lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)

00:01.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)

00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 05)

00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b5)

00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev a5)

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation C204 Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 05)

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller (rev 05)

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)

02:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS2008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-2 [Falcon] (rev 02)

04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82574L Gigabit Network Connection

05:03.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. MGA G200eW WPCM450 (rev 0a)

Code:

root@nas:~ # sas2flash -listall

LSI Corporation SAS2 Flash Utility

Version 16.00.00.00 (2013.03.01) 

Copyright (c) 2008-2013 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved 


Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2008(B1)   


Num   Ctlr			FW Ver		NVDATA		x86-BIOS		 PCI Addr

----------------------------------------------------------------------------


0  SAS2008(B1)	 20.00.07.00	14.01.00.08	  No Image	  00:02:00:00


Finished Processing Commands Successfully.

Exiting SAS2Flash.

Code:

root@nas:~ # sas2flash -c 0 -list

LSI Corporation SAS2 Flash Utility

Version 16.00.00.00 (2013.03.01) 

Copyright (c) 2008-2013 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved 


Adapter Selected is a LSI SAS: SAS2008(B1)   


Controller Number			  : 0

Controller					 : SAS2008(B1)   

PCI Address					: 00:02:00:00

SAS Address					: 500605b-0-0000-0001

NVDATA Version (Default)	   : 14.01.00.08

NVDATA Version (Persistent)	: 14.01.00.08

Firmware Product ID			: 0x2213 (IT)

Firmware Version			   : 20.00.07.00

NVDATA Vendor				  : LSI

NVDATA Product ID			  : SAS9211-8i

BIOS Version				   : N/A

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.

 

[nnylund]

Code:

root@nas:~ # sas2ircu 0 DISPLAY

LSI Corporation SAS2 IR Configuration Utility.

Version 20.00.00.00 (2014.09.18) 

Copyright (c) 2008-2014 LSI Corporation. All rights reserved. 


Read configuration has been initiated for controller 0

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Controller information

------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Controller type						 : SAS2008

  BIOS version							: 0.00.00.00

  Firmware version						: 20.00.07.00

  Channel description					 : 1 Serial Attached SCSI

  Initiator ID							: 0

  Maximum physical devices				: 255

  Concurrent commands supported		   : 3432

  Slot									: Unknown

  Segment								 : 0

  Bus									 : 2

  Device								  : 0

  Function								: 0

  RAID Support							: No

------------------------------------------------------------------------

IR Volume information

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Physical device information

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Enclosure information

------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Enclosure#							  : 1

  Logical ID							  : 500605b0:00000001

  Numslots								: 8

  StartSlot							   : 0

------------------------------------------------------------------------

SAS2IRCU: Command DISPLAY Completed Successfully.

SAS2IRCU: Utility Completed Successfully.

 

[scrappy]

I've read that most M1015 cards being sold as new from Chinese eBay sellers are fakes. That's not to say they wouldn't normally work similarly to a legit card, but quality control is probably lacking.

 

[Stux]

Its probably the cables though. They could be reverse-breakout, even though they say they aren't. Or they could just be fake cables.

Reverse breakout cables unfortunately are visually the same, and it'd be an honest mistake to send the wrong type.

I bought 4 minisas cables of ebay. NONE of them worked. In the end I actually opened them up, and they weren't even wired with the right number of conductors! Not even wrong, just a scam.

Anyway. its probably the cable. There's no real way to test that I know of, except suggesting you purchase another one from a reputable store/site, rather than ebay and if they work, there ya go.

If not, then perhaps you have a fake M1015?

 

[nnylund]

Yes, I know many of the m1015 cards are fake but I took a chance.

I hope it is the cables. Do you know a reputable site that sell good cables (reasonably priced)

 

[nnylund]

I have now measured the cables and they are definitely reverse and not forward cables.

Pin 5,6 on the sata side is all connected to the B side of the SFF-8087

http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/1/5/2/0/1/6/5/webimg/471299477_o.jpg?nc=417
https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1jOymKXXXXXaAXpXXq6xXFXXXl/110500026/HTB1jOymKXXXXXaAXpXXq6xXFXXXl.jpg

 

[nnylund]

Better pinout sheet: http://www.molex.com/pdm_docs/sd/795763011_sd.pdf
Reverse is Molex pin out 1 and forward is Molex pin out 2