Hi everyone, forgive me if I've missed something silly but I'm unable to access the 4 cold swap bays on my unmodified N54L HP MicroServer.
I googled for supported HDDs and found a page on Fandom listing tested drives and their model numbers.
I ordered 5*3TB Hitachi drives (HDS5C3030ALA630) and hooked the 5th drive up in place of the optical drive connected to the vacant onboard motherboard SATA socket.
My boot drive is a 40GB SSD situated below the 5th HDD and running from a SATA to USB converter and plugged into the USB header on the motherboard.
TrueNAS Core installed from USB onto SSD, SSD boots but TrueNAS Control panel only sees the SSD and the 5th HDD.
The 4 HDDs in the cold swap bays are powering on and spinning up, I powered off and removed them and could feel warmth.
I've unplugged and replugged the mini SAS lead but cannot seem to detect those 4 drives?
Am I missing something here? Do I have a possibly faulty SAS lead? Is my motherboard defective? What steps can I take to further diagnose this issue?
All helpful thoughts and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank-you in advance!
I googled for supported HDDs and found a page on Fandom listing tested drives and their model numbers.
I ordered 5*3TB Hitachi drives (HDS5C3030ALA630) and hooked the 5th drive up in place of the optical drive connected to the vacant onboard motherboard SATA socket.
My boot drive is a 40GB SSD situated below the 5th HDD and running from a SATA to USB converter and plugged into the USB header on the motherboard.
TrueNAS Core installed from USB onto SSD, SSD boots but TrueNAS Control panel only sees the SSD and the 5th HDD.
The 4 HDDs in the cold swap bays are powering on and spinning up, I powered off and removed them and could feel warmth.
I've unplugged and replugged the mini SAS lead but cannot seem to detect those 4 drives?
Am I missing something here? Do I have a possibly faulty SAS lead? Is my motherboard defective? What steps can I take to further diagnose this issue?
All helpful thoughts and suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank-you in advance!