Server not recognizing SSD

[broyuken]

Hey all,

I have a server that I purchased from here

NETWORK SERVER 1U Supermicro 2x Xeon 8 Cores 256GB ECC RAM 4x 1GBE IPMI RAIL | eBay

Supermicro 1U 4 Bay 3.5 Single Node. PCI-Expansions slots: 1 PCI-E Slot (Riser not included). Each Qty is for 1x Supermicro ServerFully Tested Server. Prior use in Data Center, we have rebuilt this server and retested the server.

www.ebay.com

It is a SuperMicro 230900-1U-X9DRI-LN4F+1.1-4BLTQ-1PS

The BIOS shows up as Supermicro x9DRi-LN4+/X9DR3-LN4+

I recently picked up a Samsung 870 EVO 4TB SSD to pop in it for my esxi server, however the server does not seem to be able to see it. I looked all over in the BIOS but I'm not sure what I need to change to get it to show up. I know the SATA connectors are good, because I put a spinning disk drive in there and it works, and I know the SSD is good because I put it in my desktop and it works. The firmware on the server is 3.4 which I believe is the most recent.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks in advance!
-Brian

 

[i386]

Anyone have any ideas?

Did you try other sata ports on the mainboard?
Do you have a raid controller/hba around you could use for testing the samsung?

 

[broyuken]

So I popped the top off the server and took a look and figured it out. Turns out, the ssd needs to actually be plugged into the sata ports in the server. Who knew? I was just using a normal ssd tray and the ports did not match up to where the servers are. I grabbed one of these and that should line the ports up nicely so it works. I kinda slid the drive in for testing into the ports without a tray and it shows up in the bios now.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F3QFKNS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[T_Minus]

So I popped the top off the server and took a look and figured it out. Turns out, the ssd needs to actually be plugged into the sata ports in the server. Who knew? I was just using a normal ssd tray and the ports did not match up to where the servers are. I grabbed one of these and that should line the ports up nicely so it works. I kinda slid the drive in for testing into the ports without a tray and it shows up in the bios now.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00F3QFKNS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Supermicro makes SSD trays to position the drive correctly in their servers, they don't have anything electronics on them.