Hi all, my first post. I'm very much a noob with the diy server build so go easy on me.
I've acquired the above supermicro motherboard and it has a mini pci-e w/msata support connector on board.
I purchased a mini pcie to 2-port SATA card to plug into the motherboard's mini pcie port.
I want to configure it all as follows:
- 2 identical crucial SSD's connected to the two SATA ports on the mini pcie card. These would have truenas core installed as raidz1.
- 5 HDD's connected to the onboard SATA3 ports. These would be for my data pool, etc...
it's all a very simple setup for a first timer and should be easy to do..
My problem is, i'm attempting to perform a fresh install of truenas core but can't install it to the 2 ssd's because the bios doesn't seem to recognize the mini pcie-to-2 port sata card.
i've flashed the motherboard with the latest supermicro bios for that board. I've got pretty much everything set to defaults (other than lengthening the POST time).
there shouldn't be any drivers necessary for this mini pcie card, as advertised on amazon. Other's have had great success with it.
thanks in advance!
I've acquired the above supermicro motherboard and it has a mini pci-e w/msata support connector on board.
I purchased a mini pcie to 2-port SATA card to plug into the motherboard's mini pcie port.
I want to configure it all as follows:
- 2 identical crucial SSD's connected to the two SATA ports on the mini pcie card. These would have truenas core installed as raidz1.
- 5 HDD's connected to the onboard SATA3 ports. These would be for my data pool, etc...
it's all a very simple setup for a first timer and should be easy to do..
My problem is, i'm attempting to perform a fresh install of truenas core but can't install it to the 2 ssd's because the bios doesn't seem to recognize the mini pcie-to-2 port sata card.
i've flashed the motherboard with the latest supermicro bios for that board. I've got pretty much everything set to defaults (other than lengthening the POST time).
there shouldn't be any drivers necessary for this mini pcie card, as advertised on amazon. Other's have had great success with it.
thanks in advance!