Profik Posted May 10, 2016 #1 Posted May 10, 2016 (edited) Hi. all! I've installed XPEnology on chassis SC846E2-R900B with X8DT3-F motherboard. In the shell mode i've saw all intalled disk: SISology-01> fdisk -l | grep '^Disk' Disk /dev/sdb: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sda: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdc: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdd: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdg: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sde: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdf: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdh: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdi: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdk: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdj: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdl: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdm: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdn: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdo: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdp: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdq: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdr: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sds: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdt: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdu: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdv: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdw: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdx: 2000.3 GB, 2000398934016 bytes Disk /dev/sdy: 8002 MB, 8002732032 bytes I've also modify /etc.defaults/synoinfo.conf file and correct maxdisks="24" line. But only 12 HDD is available in WEB GUI What wrong? Help please ... Edited May 10, 2016 by Guest
abced Posted May 10, 2016 #2 Posted May 10, 2016 You also need to edit internalportcfg and esataportcfg and possibly usbportcfg, so everything matches.
Profik Posted May 10, 2016 Author #3 Posted May 10, 2016 Thank you! SOLVED! maxdisks="24" esataportcfg="0x0" << no E-SATA Ports internalportcfg="0xffffff" << 24 Internal Drive Ports
AllGamer Posted May 10, 2016 #4 Posted May 10, 2016 (edited) Thank you! SOLVED! maxdisks="24" esataportcfg="0x0" << no E-SATA Ports internalportcfg="0xffffff" << 24 Internal Drive Ports How do you make the calculation for the internalportcfg="0xffffff" ? is that a HEX number? because if that's the case it should have been internalportcfg="0x18" no? I'm about to do something similar with 16 SATA HDD, in an old PC case, I was trying to figure out how to edit that. Edited May 10, 2016 by Guest
abced Posted May 10, 2016 #5 Posted May 10, 2016 I use this converter: http://www.binaryhexconverter.com/hex-t ... -converter
AllGamer Posted May 10, 2016 #6 Posted May 10, 2016 I use this converter: http://www.binaryhexconverter.com/hex-t ... -converter Thanks I'll check that out.
NeoID Posted May 11, 2016 #7 Posted May 11, 2016 I made a video tutorial on that. Hopefully it will help other people:
AllGamer Posted May 11, 2016 #8 Posted May 11, 2016 I made a video tutorial on that. Hopefully it will help other people: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! that is a good refresher. The first time I read about the binary editing i was still not quite clear, as it was a google translation from the french sub forum. Now it's very clear.
humor4fun Posted May 12, 2016 #9 Posted May 12, 2016 That's a great video. You explained what to do, did it in a logical way, and more importantly why you have to do that. *edit I'm interested in what else you have in your 24bay Supermicro build. How did you multiplex the SATA (SAS?) drives onto the motherboard? the Mobo you list only has 6xSATA 3Gb ports, but you've installed 24 drives!
AllGamer Posted May 13, 2016 #10 Posted May 13, 2016 That's a great video. You explained what to do, did it in a logical way, and more importantly why you have to do that. *edit I'm interested in what else you have in your 24bay Supermicro build. How did you multiplex the SATA (SAS?) drives onto the motherboard? the Mobo you list only has 6xSATA 3Gb ports, but you've installed 24 drives! There's another topic here this guy is building a 24 bay box viewtopic.php?f=2&t=15038 using a Norco server case, I'm actually now somewhat eager to pick up one of those and try it myself, but I don't like the idea of the trays. Currently I'm using the hot swap cages from ICY DOCKs, i prefer those since they are tool less and tray less, just insert / eject the drive, no need to screws or brackets. Regarding the SATA / SAS calculations, I'm pretty sure all SATA ports detected by XPEnology will be considered as together, regardless if: 8 ports was from a LSI 9211-8i + 4 ports from Promise SATA300 TX4 + 6 ports on board motherboard SATA + 2 ports more on board motherboard SATA + 8 more ports from LSI 9240-8i Total = 28 SATA / SAS ports see what I mean? The only time this calculation gets skewed is when you have eSATA ports, and a lot of USB ports, that's when you use the calculation method shown in NeoID video. Most motherboards have approximately 6 to 8 USB ports, if you plan to use them all, else you can as shown in NeoID video disable most of them, and only keep 1 or 2 active for the XPEnology to boot from the USB drive.
5u4573 Posted January 28, 2017 #11 Posted January 28, 2017 Hi, can this method also be applied to xpenology DSM6 or to a real synology with DSM6? Enviado desde mi SM-G900M mediante Tapatalk
wolfwood Posted February 3, 2017 #12 Posted February 3, 2017 Works with me. Had 3 controllers with 8 disks each to test the max. Had to use this trick to have it working and it did. Atleast up until patch 8 of latest DSM. Patch 9 I still have avoided at the moment
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