IBm x3650 with EXP3000

[jmec]

I purchased this combo recently and after obtaining the trays and cables, I installed 12 WD 5000AVVS hard drives (all new) into the trays. I installed minimum Centos to get the system up and running. WHen I access the array via the <ctrl> A function, it reports 3 drives. (2) SAS drives (in the 3650) which has the OS on it, then in enclosure 1 slot 9 it is showing 1 500 gig hard drive, but nothing in the other 11 slots. I have moved drives around and where ever that physical drive is, it is seen by serveRAID-8k (latest version, updated this morning). Am I missing something obvious here? I have had serveRAID rescan numerous times, and it only finds that one hard drive.

Joe The Newbie

 

[rclarke250]

Did you initialize the drives? Also is that setup even supported? Every exp3000 I see is connected with an HBA, a second raid card, usually a LSI MegaRAID 5014,5015 or something similar.

 

[scsiraid]

Any chance you put the drives in the trays 'backwards'? It will still fit in the box but not connect to the backplane.

 

[jmec]

Thanks for the input, and yes scsiraid, you hit the nail on the head. I needed an additional card. Sadly, I was not able to locate one reasonable enough so I traded that machine in on some HP's

 

[goombawaho]

It's admirable that you were trying to cobble something together to save money, but sometimes that turns into a big old mess and you wish you never went down that road. Been there.

It's never easy to say though until you try.