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  1. bearhntr28

    IBM 7977 (x3500) and RAID with 4TB HDDs

    This has all been resolved. It was my SFF-8087 cables. I had inadvertently gotten SINGLE LANE cables. When I replaced them with 4-LANE (30-pin) cables. The backplanes were seen by the ServeRAID card and I am getting 6GBs out of the drives. It appears that I have a bad backplane in the...
  2. bearhntr28

    IBM 7977 (x3500) and RAID with 4TB HDDs

    Does anyone else not have any suggestions? I would really like to get this server setup as a NAS - and "IF" I have to return these 4TB HDDS - I need to do so before the return period expires. Thank You, *BH*
  3. bearhntr28

    IBM 7977 (x3500) and RAID with 4TB HDDs

    Goombawaho, Thank you for your reply, but not sure how that card is going to work with the 2 SATA/SAS backplanes which are in the x3500. Those are needed to get the HDDs into the machine. There does not appear to be separate SATA or SAS connectors for each drive, only on SAS cable from each...
  4. bearhntr28

    IBM 7977 (x3500) and RAID with 4TB HDDs

    I have acquired a retired 7977-AC1 server from retirement at my job. The HDDs and RAM were removed. I have purchased RAM and bought (4) 4TB HDDs with the intention of turning the server into a NAS for my home. There is an 8k RAID controller and battery (which appear to be working). I have...

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