The problem: NONE of the drives power up.
I am very new to FreeNAS.
Our company recently bought a Norco DS-24H -- it's a SAS enclosure (24 bay) that comes with an Areca 8028-24 SAS Expander. Inside another box is the LSI 9300-8e SAS HBA.
When I turn on the enclosure, the SAS Expander powers up, and FreeNAS reports the device being created to handle the JBOD-- likewise, if I pull the cable, FreeNAS reports the peripheral has been destroyed.
The Drives: Seagate 6TB Enterprise 12GB/s SAS drives.
I could see perhaps one of the "cards" that the drives mount to being bad, and so perhaps that row of drives might not power up-- but NONE of them power up.
The power board inside the machine shows okay.
Does anyone have any ideas?
I feel like I have searched every possible combination of "no spin up" "no spin-up" "areca 8028" "norco no drive power", etc etc etc.
What I have tried:
1) Removing all but one drive.
2) Swapping the one drive for another drive, and another and another.
3) Reset configuration on the expander to default.
4) Reset configuration on the HBA to default.
5) Reseat all power cables.
I can provide photos of the enclosure if desired. The construction seems pretty straightforward.
I am very new to FreeNAS.
Our company recently bought a Norco DS-24H -- it's a SAS enclosure (24 bay) that comes with an Areca 8028-24 SAS Expander. Inside another box is the LSI 9300-8e SAS HBA.
When I turn on the enclosure, the SAS Expander powers up, and FreeNAS reports the device being created to handle the JBOD-- likewise, if I pull the cable, FreeNAS reports the peripheral has been destroyed.
The Drives: Seagate 6TB Enterprise 12GB/s SAS drives.
I could see perhaps one of the "cards" that the drives mount to being bad, and so perhaps that row of drives might not power up-- but NONE of them power up.
The power board inside the machine shows okay.
Does anyone have any ideas?
I feel like I have searched every possible combination of "no spin up" "no spin-up" "areca 8028" "norco no drive power", etc etc etc.
What I have tried:
1) Removing all but one drive.
2) Swapping the one drive for another drive, and another and another.
3) Reset configuration on the expander to default.
4) Reset configuration on the HBA to default.
5) Reseat all power cables.
I can provide photos of the enclosure if desired. The construction seems pretty straightforward.