I Installed a LSI SAS9211-8i into a Intel S1200BT Motherboard. One port is attached to an Intel RES2SV240 expander. The second port is directly attached to 2 WD 3TB red drives via a SFF8087 fanout cable.
The Expander works normally with 20 drives attached by itself or with the fanout cable on the second port of the 9211.
But the expander + the second port active causes the 2 direct attached drives to show in the bios under SLOT 55 for both. This becomes unrecognized in the OS (FreeBSD 8.2).
When the Expander is Removed the 2 direct attached drives show as slot 0+1 and work as expected. Is there any fix for this problem? I've attached pictures of the bios in both cases.
BIOS version is P14 IT. (7.27.00.00) 2012.07.02
(MY current workaround is to remove the 2 drives off the second port and use on mainboard sata connectors). So I can confirm the drives function correctly.
The Expander works normally with 20 drives attached by itself or with the fanout cable on the second port of the 9211.
But the expander + the second port active causes the 2 direct attached drives to show in the bios under SLOT 55 for both. This becomes unrecognized in the OS (FreeBSD 8.2).
When the Expander is Removed the 2 direct attached drives show as slot 0+1 and work as expected. Is there any fix for this problem? I've attached pictures of the bios in both cases.
BIOS version is P14 IT. (7.27.00.00) 2012.07.02
(MY current workaround is to remove the 2 drives off the second port and use on mainboard sata connectors). So I can confirm the drives function correctly.
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