Proliant ML310 Embedded SATA Controller Problems

[Scott Cushing]

We bought two of these servers with SCSI drives. We decided to use the drives in one machine and buy SATA drives and use the embedded SATA RAID on the other using RAID1.

I removed the SCSI controller and changed the BIOS to use the embedded SATA controller. I go into the SATA array setup and it doesn't detect my drives.

I bought the proprietary SATA fan cable. These are new drives and I tried it in both servers with the same results.

Please help. Thanks.

[sandeep_raman]

Hello Scott,

Could you post the links to both the server models if you bought it from a reseller/distributor?

Something like this,i would want to check,
http://www.cdw.ca/shop/products/specs.aspx?EDC=1017870

SRH

[Gus Kwong]

Hi Scott,

The cable to connect the drives is different from the normal cable, and I suspect they don't come with the SCSI models.

Can you confirm the cable has the part number 389653-B21, please? If not, then it would be unlikely to work.

Gus



ps: please kindly assign points accordingly

[Scott Cushing]

Here is the link from the reseller we purchased it from: http://www.pcconnection.com/ProductDetail?Sku=6703428

[Scott Cushing]

We did indeed purchase the SATA fan cable, part number 389653-B21. Here's the link to that: http://www.pcconnection.com/Search?Id=20&Term=389653-B21&Offset=0&DefSort=Y&om=search

One thing I should clarify is that the new SATA drives that I purchased were not from HP. I picked them up at a local retailer. The only thing that I could think of is that these servers only work with proprietary HP hard drives. I truly hope that this isn't the case but it seems like the most likely reason.

Thanks again for all help given.

[sandeep_raman]

No match found for the first link.

SRH

[Scott Cushing]

They must have run out of stock or something. Here is a similar one. The only thing different is the processor speed. http://www.pcconnection.com/Search?Term=394320-001&Offset=0&DefSort=Y&om=search

[sandeep_raman]

As per the link,it seems to be a Scsi model.

http://www.pcconnection.com/ProductDetail?Sku=6195700

Please confirm.

SRH

[Scott Cushing]

Yes it is the SCSI model. As I stated in the opening post, we removed the SCSI controller card and are trying to use the embedded SATA RAID controller.

[sandeep_raman]

Afaik,only the controller replacement is'nt sufficient.
I think the drive cage and a backplane if it exists should be changed.

SRH