Hi all,
I have acquired 2 LSI9305-16E's (Dell OEM) and I am having trouble getting storage arrays working with it. I have tried an older H200E with the array and it works fine, so we can rule that out. I have tried the 9305 in both Dell and HP servers (Dell R720 and R730, and HP Gen8 and Gen9) and it's detected by Windows and Ubuntu etc but the array doesn't appear. I have updated the firmware of the cards to the latest from Broadcom's website, and also did the bios while I was there. After updating the BIOS, I booted into the controller but that showed no devices attached.
The cables I am using to connect the array to the hba are SFF-8644 to SFF-8644, just one cable between the top controller in the array and the hba. I've tried different cables and made sure they are fully seated. Is this correct or do I need a diffeent cable or different configurations of cables?
Secure boot is disabled on the server I am working with. They are appearing in Ubuntu as LSI SAS3216 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-3.
The only thing that is suspect to me is the fact that the temp LED on the hba is flashing, however it's cool where the server is and the fans on the server are setup for increased cooling. I have also re-applied the thermal paste as it was old and crusty. Temps taken with a infrared thermometer on the heatsink shows 35c average.
Does anyone have any ideas why it isn't working? (apart from it saying its overheating)
I have acquired 2 LSI9305-16E's (Dell OEM) and I am having trouble getting storage arrays working with it. I have tried an older H200E with the array and it works fine, so we can rule that out. I have tried the 9305 in both Dell and HP servers (Dell R720 and R730, and HP Gen8 and Gen9) and it's detected by Windows and Ubuntu etc but the array doesn't appear. I have updated the firmware of the cards to the latest from Broadcom's website, and also did the bios while I was there. After updating the BIOS, I booted into the controller but that showed no devices attached.
The cables I am using to connect the array to the hba are SFF-8644 to SFF-8644, just one cable between the top controller in the array and the hba. I've tried different cables and made sure they are fully seated. Is this correct or do I need a diffeent cable or different configurations of cables?
Secure boot is disabled on the server I am working with. They are appearing in Ubuntu as LSI SAS3216 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-3.
The only thing that is suspect to me is the fact that the temp LED on the hba is flashing, however it's cool where the server is and the fans on the server are setup for increased cooling. I have also re-applied the thermal paste as it was old and crusty. Temps taken with a infrared thermometer on the heatsink shows 35c average.
Does anyone have any ideas why it isn't working? (apart from it saying its overheating)