Dell R620 install with PERC H710 Mini Raid controller

[vicrod74]

Hello,

 

I was wondering if anyone out there has been able to get the hard drives recognized with a Dell R620?  I have a PERC H710 Mini Raid controller and I have flashed it to HBA IT Mode but DSM does not recognize disk array?  Do I have to actually set the disk to some kind of Raid?

[rojoone2]

I have a 620 with an H710 mini in IT mode working with Peters Suh's MSHELL. I built a RS4021 and had the power supply issue at first, but it has been solved.

What loader are you using? Are your BIOS settings correct?

Edited June 8, 2023 by rojoone2

[painkiller895]

9 hours ago, rojoone2 said:

I have a 620 with an H710 mini in IT mode working with Peters Suh's MSHELL. I built a RS4021 and had the power supply issue at first, but it has been solved.

What loader are you using? Are your BIOS settings correct?

Is it the latest built ?  I can't get a H710 or H310 mini to work on a R320 and it's flashed to IT mode.   What Bios setting are you using ?   I can only get it working with arpl-i18n-23.5.8 DSM 3622 the RS4021 will not see the H710 or H310 using MSHELL .    Would like to use MSHELL...

What do you think Peter if you read this ???

 

Edited June 8, 2023 by painkiller895

[vicrod74]

On 6/8/2023 at 8:02 AM, rojoone2 said:

I have a 620 with an H710 mini in IT mode working with Peters Suh's MSHELL. I built a RS4021 and had the power supply issue at first, but it has been solved.

What loader are you using? Are your BIOS settings correct?

I'm using TinyCore RedPill 0.9.4.8 - Another issue I face is the network cards, they stop working after Launch DSM.   It pings for like a minute then it stops. 

 

In LSI HBA IT Mode the drives are also not in the correct order in the Bios, i'm guessing i can fix that later.  My biggest issue is getting the LSI HBA Raid controller to be recognized by DSM.   I'm using DS3622+ build. 

Edited June 9, 2023 by vicrod74

[rojoone2]

I did build the DS3622+ first with TCRP and it ran great.

For the NIC I used : ./rploader.sh ext dsds3622xsp-7.1.0-42661 add https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pocopico/rp-ext/master/tg3/rpext-index.json

One of these for the PERC card (cant remember which):

./rploader.sh ext dsds3622xsp-7.1.0-42661 add https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pocopico/rp-ext/master/aacraid/rpext-index.json

./rploader.sh ext dsds3622xsp-7.1.0-42661 add https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pocopico/rp-ext/master/megaraid_sas/rpext-index.json

 

Peters MSHELL works great for the RS4021 though. I didn't try it with the DS3622+ but it should be the same since they are both in the broadwellnk platform.

 

Edited June 9, 2023 by rojoone2

[vicrod74]

Thank you rojoone2 - I will try 7.1.0 instead and build from there.

 

Let's see how it goes. 🙂

[vicrod74]

Ok I added the extension for the NIC card and that worked for me, however the extensions for the raid controller did not work.  I added both of the extensions.

My controller card is the H710 mini on LSI / HBA IT mode if this helps.  

[BootStrap]

Thanks for sharing. Given the guidance on not hijacking others's questions, will post a new one.

Edited July 28, 2023 by BootStrap

[painkiller895]

 

On 6/10/2023 at 7:56 AM, vicrod74 said:

Ok I added the extension for the NIC card and that worked for me, however the extensions for the raid controller did not work.  I added both of the extensions.

My controller card is the H710 mini on LSI / HBA IT mode if this helps.  

Read that post and use Peters loader , that should work for you. Try that Thanks  I rebuilt the RS4021xs+ in M Shell loader I put it in DDSML to see if it would work and YES it's working ! sas is back!  added a 10gb nic card and server is up and running.  dont add the extensions with this loader, it will add it as it see's whats needed...

Edited July 28, 2023 by painkiller895

[vicrod74]

Nice! I'll work on my server when I have time. Let me know how it goes for you. 🙂

 

[vicrod74]

Hello,

Just a quick bump on the thread here.  I had time to do some hacking today and I was able to use ARLP i18n (23.10.0.4) on the Dell R620.

All drives and network card auto detected and I was able to load DSM 7.2.1 69057 update 1 with no issue.

 

I'm using 3622xsp+ profile but for some reason the drives are not in the proper sequence.  Any tips to fix the mapping in ARLP?

 

Edited October 22, 2023 by vicrod74

[vicrod74]

Never mind, I figured it out 😂 - What a rush!!! lol

 

Just go into the BIOS and disable internal SATA /IDE because it's not needed anymore.  I only left the HBA card on then... BOOM!!

All in the right sequence after reboot! No need for manual mapping 😉

 

 

Dell R620 Server with SAS HBA controller in IT mode is now finished.

 

SAS Screenshot: