Is there any limitations of using Dell SC8000 (A.k.a LSI 9208 16e rebranded) for more than 11 drives?
I'm using it at first along with HGST 4u60 and 10 drives and it works fine on my win server 2012 r2.
Soon after i added 1 more drive and it's detected.
But after about a year or so i added 12th drive, a brand new WD red 8tb drive,
and i couldn't get it to recognize through any means,
Explorer / disk management couldn't detect anything
I ran the sas2flash tool from SAS 9202-16e Host Bus Adapter
But i couldn't find anything related to adding new drive or drive limitations in the FAQs or the manuals.
It's strange cause i didn't have this issue when adding 11th drive.
Switching the new drive to another port in the chassis didn't help, so i suspect this is sas card issue...
I'm using it at first along with HGST 4u60 and 10 drives and it works fine on my win server 2012 r2.
Soon after i added 1 more drive and it's detected.
But after about a year or so i added 12th drive, a brand new WD red 8tb drive,
and i couldn't get it to recognize through any means,
Explorer / disk management couldn't detect anything
I ran the sas2flash tool from SAS 9202-16e Host Bus Adapter
But i couldn't find anything related to adding new drive or drive limitations in the FAQs or the manuals.
It's strange cause i didn't have this issue when adding 11th drive.
Switching the new drive to another port in the chassis didn't help, so i suspect this is sas card issue...
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