I'm trying to built a new NAS at home using the following hardware:
Mobo: AsRock H77Pro4/MVP
HDD: 6x WD Red 3TB
Controller: Supermicro USAS2-L8i (running in a PCI-E 3.0 16x slot, no other PCI-E cards present).
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Firmware Version: 16.00.01.00 IT
NVDATA Version: 10:00:00:04
OPROM Version: 7.31.00.00
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The harddrives are attached via SFF8087 breakout cables.
Now, I successfully "conquered" the UIO bracket problem and reflashed the firmware to IT mode.
However, no matter what I do, no HDD shows up in the "SAS topology" view in the controller BIOS.
I tried attaching different harddrives (Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001) and switching cable pairs - to no avail. The heartbeat LED, is blinking regularly (green) though.
So, I guess that - either there is a super trivial problem that I overlooked or the card is defective?
Please be so kind as to point me in the right direction.
Mobo: AsRock H77Pro4/MVP
HDD: 6x WD Red 3TB
Controller: Supermicro USAS2-L8i (running in a PCI-E 3.0 16x slot, no other PCI-E cards present).
---
Firmware Version: 16.00.01.00 IT
NVDATA Version: 10:00:00:04
OPROM Version: 7.31.00.00
---
The harddrives are attached via SFF8087 breakout cables.
Now, I successfully "conquered" the UIO bracket problem and reflashed the firmware to IT mode.
However, no matter what I do, no HDD shows up in the "SAS topology" view in the controller BIOS.
I tried attaching different harddrives (Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001) and switching cable pairs - to no avail. The heartbeat LED, is blinking regularly (green) though.
So, I guess that - either there is a super trivial problem that I overlooked or the card is defective?
Please be so kind as to point me in the right direction.