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 Post subject: 3PAR 8000e SATA Disk Creates Amber Light
PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 2:11 pm 

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Hello,

I have an 8000e which I am setting up for use.

When I put in a SAS HDD, the system is fine, green light, everything sees the disk

When I put in a SATA SSD, the light is amber, and I don't get any recognition

My understanding is that this unit should handle SATA, SAS, HDD and SSD. Is that correct?

Does anyone have any guidance on why the SATA SSD is not recognized? I was hoping to make the entire unit SATA and SSD, is this not possible?


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 Post subject: Re: 3PAR 8000e SATA Disk Creates Amber Light
PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 6:18 pm 

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No 3PAR system uses SATA drives. You need SAS for the drives to connect to both nodes.

Also you need 3PAR drives, with 3PAR FW formatted at 520 byte sector size.

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 Post subject: Re: 3PAR 8000e SATA Disk Creates Amber Light
PostPosted: Thu Apr 27, 2023 7:13 pm 

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MammaGutt wrote:
No 3PAR system uses SATA drives. You need SAS for the drives to connect to both nodes.

Also you need 3PAR drives, with 3PAR FW formatted at 520 byte sector size.


The seller told me it could take either. That sucks.

I have a Toshiba SAS drive in and its working fine so far, is it a 3par drive or a different characteristic?


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 Post subject: Re: 3PAR 8000e SATA Disk Creates Amber Light
PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 12:37 am 

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fl4 wrote:
MammaGutt wrote:
No 3PAR system uses SATA drives. You need SAS for the drives to connect to both nodes.

Also you need 3PAR drives, with 3PAR FW formatted at 520 byte sector size.


The seller told me it could take either. That sucks.

I have a Toshiba SAS drive in and its working fine so far, is it a 3par drive or a different characteristic?


showpd -i will show product name and firmware version. If it starts with 3P, it hold a 3PAR firmware.

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 Post subject: Re: 3PAR 8000e SATA Disk Creates Amber Light
PostPosted: Sun Jun 25, 2023 5:02 pm 

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Looks like you have only JBOD, not actual 3PAR system. You can use this disk shelf as DAS (Direct Attached Storage) and connect it to some server with SAS HBA/RAID card. This Xyratex platform by default handle only SAS drives, but you can buy SATA to SAS interposer and use SATA drives in it. This one fits into 3PAR HDD caddies https://www.ebay.com/itm/202851114164 . But there can be compatibility issue with your HBA/RAID card - need to test various part numbers.


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