My dual port SAS3 drives also didn't show up as two drives until I added the second SIM cabling. So idk. Wish there was more info on dual port drives and multipath but the info is very sparse.
This is specifically what I am following.well that is to be expected - usually you'd have one (or two+ for more bandwith) cable from one SIM to one HBA which is one side of the multipath device, and the same for the second side with the second SIM
Whether it works the way you want should be visible by performance values - my SAS3 drives went up form 1200 to 1600 iirc.
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| JB4242 DISKS Modules Status |
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Disk[00] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea40
Disk[01] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea41
Disk[02] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea42
Disk[03] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea43
Disk[04] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea44
Disk[05] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea45
Disk[06] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea46
Disk[07] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea47
Disk[08] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea48
Disk[09] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea49
Disk[10] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea4a
Disk[11] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea4b
Disk[12] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea4c
Disk[13] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea4d
Disk[14] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea4e
Disk[15] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea4f
Disk[16] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea50
Disk[17] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea51
Disk[18] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea52
Disk[19] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea53
Disk[20] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea54
Disk[21] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea55
Disk[22] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea56
Disk[23] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x500163600247ea57
Disk[24] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x5000cca08c01db21
Disk[25] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x5000cca08c01db4d
Disk[26] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x5000cca08c0027dd
Disk[27] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x5000cca08c01db01
Disk[28] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x5000cca08c01db6d
Disk[29] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x5000cca08c0194ed
Disk[30] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x5000cca08c01d985
Disk[31] status: [Present][Enabled] SAS_ADDR : 0x5000cca08c01d209
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| JB4242 CPLD Module Status |
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CPLD Revision : [0x0D]
Self Power Policy: [0x02]
Peer Power Policy: [0x02]
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| JB4242 State Status |
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FRU_Error_status : 0x0000000000000008
Self State : [ READY ]
Peer State : [ READY ]
Self Board Revision ID : [0x02]
Peer Board Revision ID : [0x02]
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Rear Port SAS Address:
SIM0 :
PORT[00] : 500605b00d403658 500605b00d403658 500605b00d403658 500605b00d403658
PORT[01] : 500605b00d403651 500605b00d403651 500605b00d403651 500605b00d403651
PORT[02] : 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
PORT[03] : 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
SIM1 :
PORT[00] : 500605b00d403659 500605b00d403659 500605b00d403659 500605b00d403659
PORT[01] : 500605b00d403650 500605b00d403650 500605b00d403650 500605b00d403650
PORT[02] : 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
PORT[03] : 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
Expanders SAS Address:
SIM[00] EXPANDER[00] : 500163600247ea40
SIM[01] EXPANDER[01] : 5001636001bd6300
JB4242 SIM0 >port
SIM0 :
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|Port |00|01|02|03|04|05|06|07|08|09|10|11|12|13|14|15|
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|Type | SAS#0 | SAS#1 | SAS#2 | SAS#3 |
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|RDY | V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| | | | | | | | |
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|SAS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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|SATA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 1.5G| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 3.0G| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 6.0G| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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|12.0G| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| | | | | | | | |
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Port SAS address:
00:500605b00d403658 01:500605b00d403658 02:500605b00d403658 03:500605b00d403658
04:500605b00d403651 05:500605b00d403651 06:500605b00d403651 07:500605b00d403651
08:0000000000000000 09:0000000000000000 10:0000000000000000 11:0000000000000000
12:0000000000000000 13:0000000000000000 14:0000000000000000 15:0000000000000000
SIM1 :
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|Port |00|01|02|03|04|05|06|07|08|09|10|11|12|13|14|15|
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|Type | SAS#0 | SAS#1 | SAS#2 | SAS#3 |
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|RDY | V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| | | | | | | | |
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|SAS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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|SATA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 1.5G| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 3.0G| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 6.0G| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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|12.0G| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| | | | | | | | |
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Port SAS address:
00:500605b00d403659 01:500605b00d403659 02:500605b00d403659 03:500605b00d403659
04:500605b00d403650 05:500605b00d403650 06:500605b00d403650 07:500605b00d403650
08:0000000000000000 09:0000000000000000 10:0000000000000000 11:0000000000000000
12:0000000000000000 13:0000000000000000 14:0000000000000000 15:0000000000000000
JB4242 SIM0 >disks
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|Disk |00|01|02|03|04|05|06|07|08|09|10|11|12|13|14|15|16|17|18|19|20|21|22|23|
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|PSNT | V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V|
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|RDY | V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V|
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|SAS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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|SATA | V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V|
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| 1.5G| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 3.0G| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 6.0G| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V|
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|12.0G| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Disk SAS address:
00:500163600247ea40 01:500163600247ea41 02:500163600247ea42 03:500163600247ea43
04:500163600247ea44 05:500163600247ea45 06:500163600247ea46 07:500163600247ea47
08:500163600247ea48 09:500163600247ea49 10:500163600247ea4a 11:500163600247ea4b
12:500163600247ea4c 13:500163600247ea4d 14:500163600247ea4e 15:500163600247ea4f
16:500163600247ea50 17:500163600247ea51 18:500163600247ea52 19:500163600247ea53
20:500163600247ea54 21:500163600247ea55 22:500163600247ea56 23:500163600247ea57
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|SSD |00|01|02|03|04|05|06|07|
-------------------------------
|PSNT | V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V|
-------------------------------
|RDY | V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V|
-------------------------------
|SAS | V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V|
-------------------------------
|SATA | | | | | | | | |
-------------------------------
| 1.5G| | | | | | | | |
-------------------------------
| 3.0G| | | | | | | | |
-------------------------------
| 6.0G| | | | | | | | |
-------------------------------
|12.0G| V| V| V| V| V| V| V| V|
-------------------------------
SSD SAS address:
00:5000cca08c01db21 01:5000cca08c01db4d 02:5000cca08c0027dd 03:5000cca08c01db01
04:5000cca08c01db6d 05:5000cca08c0194ed 06:5000cca08c01d985 07:5000cca08c01d209
I am going to be adding a second host but as I said, that is just for failover. I did not get the impression that one needed to have two controllers in a single host in order to make use of dual port SAS drives but maybe I just misunderstood what I've been reading.You have no chance to add a second HBA, do you?
Thats the normal setup (afaik), 2 cables to 2 HBAs from each of the two IOMs to one or two hosts
The 9300 was only a dual port controller. So obviously it only had one SAS "controller" on it.I assume thats different from the 9300 where things worked fine?
Yea this is what I'm thinking as well. I'm going to try just port 1 and 3 going to SIM0 first and see how my SATA devices get presented.another link that might be useful.
I think you may want to test with and possibly run production alternating your -16e connections to your sims.
port 1 -> sim0
port 2 -> sim1
port 3 -> sim0
port 4 -> sim1
Indeed I've used that site many times. Did you find a detailed spec doc on the internal components there?I assume you found QuantaVault JB4242 ?