last week my new sas expander intel RES3FV288 (same as Adaptec 82885T) arrived. i want to use it with my lsi 9300-4i4e.
so i connected the internal sas8643 port of the lsi hba to the Expander. and used the external 8644 hba Connection to donnert toone of My enclosures.
i intend to use the other two 8644 Ports for an other enclosure with one drive connected at the Moment. so 9 drives were connected to the hba.
so i connected everything and booted up the Server. all 9 drives showed up in the lsi boot Infos.
in Windows only five drives were found. the 4 who are directly connected to the external 8644 port on the hba and the one drive from the other external enclosure. the megaraid Manager finds all 9 drives.
so i disconnected the external enclosure with the one drive connected to the Expander. booted up again. lsi boot info showed 8 drives. Windows found 5. megaraid Manager found 8.
i tried several ports on the hba. connected the enclosures all to the expander. the most available drives Windows found were 5.
i dont know what to do. Firmware, drives and bios of the Controllers are up to date.i tried to figure out which ports i should use on the Expander to connect the hba. Intel ans Adaptec doesnt give any advice wich Port. the lsi 9300-8i is listen as compatible.
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hello,
last week my new sas expander intel RES3FV288 (same as Adaptec 82885T) arrived. i want to use it with my lsi 9300-4i4e.
so i connected the internal sas8643 port of the lsi hba to the Expander. and used the external 8644 hba Connection to donnert toone of My enclosures.
i intend to use the other two 8644 Ports for an other enclosure with one drive connected at the Moment. so 9 drives were connected to the hba.
so i connected everything and booted up the Server. all 9 drives showed up in the lsi boot Infos.
in Windows only five drives were found. the 4 who are directly connected to the external 8644 port on the hba and the one drive from the other external enclosure. the megaraid Manager finds all 9 drives.
so i disconnected the external enclosure with the one drive connected to the Expander. booted up again. lsi boot info showed 8 drives. Windows found 5. megaraid Manager found 8.
i tried several ports on the hba. connected the enclosures all to the expander. the most available drives Windows found were 5.
i dont know what to do. Firmware, drives and bios of the Controllers are up to date.i tried to figure out which ports i should use on the Expander to connect the hba. Intel ans Adaptec doesnt give any advice wich Port. the lsi 9300-8i is listen as compatible.
perhaps you Can give me any advice?
Tanks a lot.
have a Nice Weekend!
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