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" <jasonjwwilli...@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 <alu...@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 < >> jasonjwwilli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Andy Lubel <alu...@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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >>> OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org >>> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >> OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org >> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
