Configuration:
Mobo: ASUS Z9PE-D16/2L
CPU: 2x E-2697 v2
RAM: 128GB RDIMM 1600MHz
Drives: all 18 sata ports are occupied. 8x HDDs and 10x SSDs
PCI slot 2 = EVGA 2080 Ti x16 (CPU1)
PCI slot 5 = ASUS XG-C100C (10Gb NIC) x4 (CPU2)
PIKE Slot = 2008 controller
I have installed unraid 6.8.2 on this server.
if I have the 10g nic in slot 5, I lose 4 hard drives. Not on the pike controller, or the ISAS controller. but the basic ones on the mobo. and only SATA3-6 (Sata 1 and 2 are still seen)
the NIC works.
If I move the NIC to PCI 1, it doesnt work, but the 4 drives comes back. because of the 2.5 slot GPU, I dont have any other choices. I dont really see how this can be a PCI lane issue. Im completely at a loss. does anyone have any ideas?
PCIe6 is blocked by the PIKE card. and the GPU cant run in Slot 1 because it would hit the bank of RAM.
After a few reboots the Disks came up. not sure why that happened, but that is now resolved. There still remains the question why the NIC wont work in Slot 1.
yeah… you are probably right. this board was free though. so Ill have to make due for a while.
I have a pcie riser x16 so when I get my new case, I might move the gpu to slot 1 and see if I can free up some other slots. I want to put another hba and a gtx 1070 in there for transcoding
Sadly, losing SATA ports is common. I routinely see SATA ports being sacrificed to the NVME gods, but I haven’t seen (yet) SATA ports being lost to filled PCI-E slots. Now that the system is back, there is hope (but also lurking danger). Test it without the 1070 on the riser. That’s asking for trouble, especially in a loaded system like yours. If you have a free slot, try a simple SATA card. They are cheap, I always have a few in the drawer. According to the specs, 6 out of the 8 on-mobo SATA ports are SATA2 only, they most likely hold back your SSDs.