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I picked up two Dell EMC OEM Seagate Exos X16 12TB SAS drives (P/N 118000937, firmware VV08) on eBay and they're completely locked — reporting 0 bytes capacity and rejecting all commands. Hoping someone here has dealt with EMC-locked SAS drives before. Hardware: - Model: STENSKF3CLAR12T0...

Hi everyone, I have recently bought a HBA card (an LSI 9211-8i flashed to IT mode) and two SAS hard drives - 2x8TB Seagate enterprise hard drives, and I have connected them to my Linux server with a mini-SAS to SAS with SATA power cable. However, on trying to mount them, they both seem...

Hello, Has anyone used one of these SAS backplanes/chassis in their custom builds? Seems like a nice organizational feature for very cheap < 15$. 643705-001 HP SAS Hard Drive Backplan with SAS Ribbon Cable 660706-001 | eBay Might model up a 2x5.25" bay to 8x 2.5" drive chassis to use this...

The Controller: Broadcom 9500-8i card The Drives: WD Ultrastar DC HC550 18TB SAS 12GB/s 3.5" HDD WUH721818AL520 X4 I already got the wrong cable (Mini instead of Slim) and now I'm confused (probably from lack of sleep too) to 4 of my drives. I'll appreciate any help with finding the right...

Does anyone have any experience in connecting a 9500-8i to a chassis with SFF-8087 ports? I realize that the a 9500 is overkill for the application, but I've picked one up for a great price in the process of ridding myself of a 9207-8i in hopes of getting better ASPM support for power...

I am having quite a few Issues wiring up the Backplane on a Supermicro SC825, but the Considerations will probably be very similar to SC826, SC847, etc. There just isn't much space at all in front of the Fans for passing the Cables o_O. With the previous Generation of LSI Controllers (LSI...

Hi, I’m in the middle of buying parts to upgrade to a new server I got (for free)! ML350 G9 From ML 150 G6 Now I need to switch to SFF disks, which is not really a problem because most of them are 2.5-inch SSDs But I need a new drive for the OS because what I’m using right now is SAS LFF I...

Hi there! I'm searching for the following RAID-Controllers for an good Guide to flash all of them into 'IT-Mode' to get them working as HBA: - Broadcom / LSI Megaraid SAS 2208 [Thunderbold] (rev 05) - Broadcom / LSI Megaraid SAS 2008 [Falcon] (rev 03) - Broadcom / LSI Megaraid SAS 2108...

Hi I got a HP branded LSI 9205-8i allegedly it has IT/ HBA mode firmware from Ali-E. I wanted to put some SAS disks as a JBOD (Not RAID) For whatever reason this card is not showing in BIOS, and there is no splash screen with the usual 'Press Cntrl + something' I tried this card on a few...

I have 8 SAS disks, which are paired up to 4, to 2 SFF-8643 SAS cables, but the mother board has only one input for those cables, so I would need a second one. As I have 1 x8 and 2 x4 PCIe slots available I just bought my self this adapter: AMAZON LINK, but it doesn't works, because only U.2...

Just received a EMC branded Samsung PM1633a drive purchased on ebay. It was formatted in 520b so used the usual sg_format utility on windows to switch it to 4k (did it successfully with many drives before). After 3% formatted, sg_format returned an error, and both smartctl and sg_format now tell...

Hello everyone, I’m starting to exhaust available sources of information as none of us can seem to determine the issue with this HBA so far. Been on the Unraid forums, discord, Reddit, etc and so far no luck. Current system: -Dedicated server chassis with i9-12900k, 64GB DDR5 -2x SM JBOD’s...

Hi, planned Build: Case: RM21-308 (link) Backplane support for 8 port SAS / SATA drives and 12 Gb/s Mini-SAS SFF-8087 MBD-A2SDi-H-TF supermicro motherboard (review) 2 MiniSAS HD ports ( two SFF-8643 headers that each can handle 4x SATA III 6.0gbps ports) I have 3 questions before buying a...

I'm looking at multiple sellers of MZ-ILS3T80 PM1633 SAS SSDs. A few of them explicitly say 512B and others don't. Do these have any known longevity or other issues to be aware of? These are for light home use, so I'm not too worried about them being used. Things I am unsure of: Can they be...

Hi, I have recently purchased a NetApp (LSI?) Class 3650 Model 0834 Storage Array, it uses 2 x NetApp Drive Module PN 45822-00 to connect to the computer. The storage array currently (and for the near future) will be filled with 12 x 4TB Seagate EXOS Drives. After doing a lot of reading and...

So, I think I need to ask you all for some help because being an old-timer from the 2010's and now looking to enhance my storage and disk systems... I am bedazzled by the enormous amount of various options currently available... in such a variety it makes SCSI standards look like a walk in the...

This isn't really a 'guide' but more 'how I did it.' Hardware: PCPartPicker For starters, I'm working on a Quanta S210-X22RQ 2U LGA2011 (some fellow strugglers). Mine came with 2 SAS controllers, the LSI MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i 6gb/s for the front bays and LSI 2008 mezzanine 6gb/s (DA0S2GTH8B0)...

SOLD I originally bought 19 of these, but only needed 11, so if anyone wants to buy the last 8 off of me I'm putting them up for sale here. Sale is through paypal invoice unless you are local to MN (55330) and want to do cash with discount. SMART data and pictures below. I have low level...

Howdo, First of all, yes, I'm a massive sucker for punishment so remember that and bare with me I got an amazing deal on a Dell T620 recently from a scrap merchant of all places. It has a 12 bay 3.5" SAS setup that came full of 600GB SAS drives (two failed), single Xeon cpu but the 8 core...

Hi All I have three Dell R610 Servers with me and was thinking of setting up a home lab with Proxmox. These servers come with Perc 6i RAID controllers and I understand that there is no way for me to configure the drives as JBOD for Ceph Storage. I am looking at replacing the Perc 6i with SAS...