Help needed: Dell OEM Seagate 4TB 12gbps sas hdd

[nthu9280]

The drive appears to be recognized but I'm not able to format. Other SAS drives on the TQ backplane are 6gb and are working fine. Is this due to security setting? If so how do I reset it?

TIA




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[nthu9280]

No takers? Or is the drive a paperweight?

 

[whitey]

sg_format anyone :-D

 

[nthu9280]

@whitey - can you be more specific? Do I need any other options than what I used in the OP screen shot for sg_format?
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sg_format --format --size=512 -e -v /dev/sd<x>

Other thoughts - This drive was plugged in to 743TQ backplane and was using 8087- 4x sata cables which works fine for the other 5x 3TB 6gbps SAS drives I have in the system. Should I be using 8643- 8680 cables for these drives or SAS3 BP? This is my first foray into 12gbps.

 

[whitey]

I typically just do the following:

'sg_scan -i'
'sg_format --format --size=512 /dev/sg#' (dev's from report/output of sg_scan -i)

 

[nthu9280]

I typically just do the following:

'sg_scan -i'
'sg_format --format --size=512 /dev/sg#' (dev's from report/output of sg_scan -i)

Any other ideas, since sg_format gave the error shown in the picture.

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[vanfawx]

Your screenshot shows that the drive hasn't spun up or isn't ready. Sounds like a paperweight.

 

[whitey]

Not looking at man page but maybe try taking the -e -v switches off, never used those, assume maybe -v is verbose.

If no luck, I'm all outta ideas. I DID see something in screenie abt a reboot 'maybe' being necessary. (power cycle required)

 

[Terry Kennedy]

Your screenshot shows that the drive hasn't spun up or isn't ready. Sounds like a paperweight.

Or the SATA pin 3 problem.

 

[nthu9280]

Or the SATA pin 3 problem.

Thanks for the pointer. I recall reading something a while ago but my google & STH search failed me as I was not clear on my searches. It's "SAS power disable". I've not tried 8087 to 8482. I have a couple that came with my previous Dell H310. I'll give that a try. and report back.

 

[nthu9280]

@Terry Kennedy
Looks like it may be a bad drive. Able to see in the LSI HBA bios using 8087-8482 fan out cable but verify fails.
Guess it's the price you pay for rolling the dice

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