olimortimer
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Hi,
I have a HP Micrsoserver Gen 8, and looking to install FreeNAS. I purchased an SSD (RAID0) to run FreeNAS on slot 5, with 4 x 1TB drives (RAID0) in slots 1-4. However, I've recently purchased 4 x HGST 6TB drives, but I'm having trouble seeing them through the controller and FreeNAS, however they do show up in Ubuntu.
I've swapped the 1TB drives for the 6TB drives, but I could not see the 6TB drives through the FreeNAS GUI. I booted into the HP Smart Storage Administrator (F10 during BOOT) for the B120i controller, but couldn't see the 6TB drives either. I tried installing FreeNAS again, but the install couldn't see the 6TB drives.
Originally I had the 1TB drives in slots 1-4, and the B120i saw them fine. I have also tested the 1TB drives during the FreeNAS install, and it seems them ok as well.
I've now disabled the embedded RAID controller, and using the AHCI option instead (slot 5 won't be bootable, but someone recommend I run FreeNAS off a USB instead of the SSD) but still the 6TB drives aren't recognised by FreeNAS.
If I boot Ubuntu on a USB, that sees the 6TB drives during install fine, so I know the drives are ok.
I can't work out where the issue lies, so I'm a bit stumped. Any help would be appreciated.
I have a HP Micrsoserver Gen 8, and looking to install FreeNAS. I purchased an SSD (RAID0) to run FreeNAS on slot 5, with 4 x 1TB drives (RAID0) in slots 1-4. However, I've recently purchased 4 x HGST 6TB drives, but I'm having trouble seeing them through the controller and FreeNAS, however they do show up in Ubuntu.
I've swapped the 1TB drives for the 6TB drives, but I could not see the 6TB drives through the FreeNAS GUI. I booted into the HP Smart Storage Administrator (F10 during BOOT) for the B120i controller, but couldn't see the 6TB drives either. I tried installing FreeNAS again, but the install couldn't see the 6TB drives.
Originally I had the 1TB drives in slots 1-4, and the B120i saw them fine. I have also tested the 1TB drives during the FreeNAS install, and it seems them ok as well.
I've now disabled the embedded RAID controller, and using the AHCI option instead (slot 5 won't be bootable, but someone recommend I run FreeNAS off a USB instead of the SSD) but still the 6TB drives aren't recognised by FreeNAS.
If I boot Ubuntu on a USB, that sees the 6TB drives during install fine, so I know the drives are ok.
I can't work out where the issue lies, so I'm a bit stumped. Any help would be appreciated.