well connectx can be picky. all i know with latest firm and latest drivers connex4 just works.
im sure there is a combo to get the older c onnectx3 card working, but on server 2022 latest firm and latest driver it would not work. even after fully enabling sriov in firmware via command line.
make backup of original firmware---
flint -d mt4117_pciconf0 query full > flint_query.txt
flint -d mt4117_pciconf0 hw query > flint_hwinfo4117.txt
flint -d mt4099_pciconf0 ri orig_firmware4099.mlx <----------- get you your mlx file to edit. obv change name to your card
flint -d...
From Reading though you cant use drives that are 4kn. have to format them to 512e to be able to use with cachecade. not sure if you lose much doing that.
It should work. Although I'm now using a connectx4 card. Connect x3 are stuck on older winof driver stack. Not updated anymore. Connect x4 uses winof2
Personally I would find a connectx4 lx card...
https://superuser.com/questions/1576894/how-to-convert-the-western-digital-ultrastar-dc-hc530-14tb-hdd-from-512e-to-4
https://github.com/pig1800/WD4kConverter
and stop trying to do this from a vm or docker. use bare metal
dont worry about bricking your device just backup your firmware first. saved me a few times when after a flsh i couldnt get an ip even though it showed a link.
flint -d <devicename> rrom original.mlx
wanted to add to this there is official dell firmware for this card that is as new or newer than nvidia.
02.42.50.58 dated 24 Aug 2021
was even able to flash the dell card on a supermicro server. :)
https://dl.dell.com/FOLDER07319590M/1/Network_Firmware_H9RJP_WN64_02.42.50.58.EXE
so looks like jbod only likes 4k or 512 at least for lsi as well. once formatted to 520 all the drives show up as unsupported and wont pass any info to the os. hdsentinel no longer can grab any smart info. pic attached.
my guess is once u have drives formatted to 4k or 512 they will pass...
so i grabbed a few drives that were 512 bps and they are formatting fine to 520 with sg tools in windows. also drives are showing all information in hd sentinel. so acting just like an hba.
maybe a driver issue as well since ur using linux? usually the driver should change when in jbod...
seems like the controller is acting like an lsi card would with jbod mode. ill see if i can try my 3108 lsi card in jbod mode and format a 520 drive. cant promise when ill run this test.
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