I think I may possible have bad SAS drives. They spin up on boot, but when I try to format them to 512 using the instructions from the youtube video (JDM_WAAAT) I receive the error below.
First my setup:
- Supermicro X8SIL-F, Version 1.1
- Intel® Xeon® CPU X3450 @ 2.67GHz
- 16 GiB DDR3 Single-bit ECC
- LSI SAS9201-8i
- (5) Hitachi 3TB 7.2K SAS 3.5 **H7230AS60SUN3.0T
- Corsair CX450
- SFF-8087 to 4 SFF-8482
Error:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo sg_format --format --size=512 --fmtpinfo=0 /dev/sdb -v
HITACHI H7230AS60SUN3.0T A310 peripheral_type: disk [0x0]
PROTECT=1
<< supports protection information>>
Unit serial number: (edited)
LU name: 5000cca03e4aafb0
mode sense (10) cdb: 5a 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 fc 00
Mode Sense (block descriptor) data, prior to changes:
Mode sense number of blocks maxed out, set longlba
mode sense (10) cdb: 5a 10 01 00 00 00 00 00 fc 00
Mode Sense (block descriptor) data, prior to changes:
<<< longlba flag set (64 bit lba) >>>
Number of blocks=5860533168 [0x15d50a3b0]
Block size=512 [0x200]
A FORMAT UNIT will commence in 15 seconds
ALL data on /dev/sdb will be DESTROYED
Press control-C to abort
A FORMAT UNIT will commence in 10 seconds
ALL data on /dev/sdb will be DESTROYED
Press control-C to abort
A FORMAT UNIT will commence in 5 seconds
ALL data on /dev/sdb will be DESTROYED
Press control-C to abort
format unit cdb: 04 18 00 00 00 00
format unit:
Descriptor format, current; Sense key: Not Ready
Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, initializing command required
Descriptor type: Information: >> descriptor too short
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Descriptor type: Command specific: 0x0000000000000000
Descriptor type: Sense key specific: Progress indication: 0.00%
Descriptor type: Field replaceable unit code: 0x3
Descriptor type: Block commands: Incorrect Length Indicator (ILI) clear
Descriptor type: Vendor specific [0x80]
f5Format unit command: Not ready sense key
FORMAT UNIT failed
Things I’ve Tried:
root@Tower:~# sg_start /dev/sdb
start stop unit:
Descriptor format, current; Sense key: Hardware Error
Additional sense: Internal target failure
Descriptor type: Information: Valid=0 (-> vendor specific) 0x0000000000000000
Descriptor type: Command specific: 0x0000000000000000
Descriptor type: Sense key specific: Actual retry count: 0
Descriptor type: Field replaceable unit code: 0x6
Descriptor type: Block commands: Incorrect Length Indicator (ILI) clear
Descriptor type: Vendor specific [0x80]
f4 06
Descriptor type: Vendor specific [0x8Medium or hardware error
START STOP UNIT command failed
sg_start failed: Medium or hardware error
root@Tower:~# sg_turs -v /dev/sdb
test unit ready cdb: 00 00 00 00 00 00
test unit ready:
Descriptor format, current; Sense key: Not Ready
Additional sense: Logical unit not ready, initializing command required
Descriptor type: Information: Valid=0 (-> vendor specific) 0x0000000000000000
Descriptor type: Command specific: 0x0000000000000000
Descriptor type: Sense key specific: Progress indication: 0.00%
Descriptor type: Field replaceable unit code: 0x3
Descriptor type: Block commands: Incorrect Length Indicator (ILI) clear
Descriptor type: Vendor specific [0x80]
f5 03
Descripdevice not ready
This happened with each drive. I bought all 5 drives from a lot on ebay. I’m very new to SAS and servers in general. I’ve searched online, but I have not found anything (probably because I’m unsure what to search for). Any tips on testing the drives or if I may be missing something would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
