[OpenIndiana-discuss] Dell R510 SAS2 Backplane with SAS2008 (PERC H200)

[Andy Lubel]

So yeah an expander aka backplane in play here. What next?  I really don't want to abandon the effort to hopefully use the best distribution available for our needs. 

On Nov 18, 2011, at 16:22, "Jason J. W. Williams" <jasonjwwilliams at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you've only got 2 ports on the LSI card for 12 drives, then an expander
> has to be in play.
> 
> -J
> 
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Andy Lubel <alubel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I'm betting there is an expander, it looks fancy and some enclosure device
>> shows up in the lsi firmware as well as cfgadm output..  Its also dual
>> ported (and I have tried unplugging one cable with no different behavior).
>> I may or may not be able to test these drives in another system.. let me
>> try some shuffling and I will report my findings.  I knew this R510 was
>> going to be a challenge, but I didn't think for the backplane..
>> 
>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Jason J. W. Williams <
>> jasonjwwilliams at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Andy Lubel <alubel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> IT firmware didn't work, same issue.  I am really leaning towards some
>>> sort
>>>> of enclosure problem (backplane) - any ideas how to troubleshoot that?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Do the 2TB 2.5" drives work in other systems? Have you tried other drives
>>> you might have lying around to narrow it down to just the 2TB drives? Are
>>> there SAS expanders in the backplane?
>>> 
>>> -J
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