MP 1,1-5,1 SAS drives on Mac Pro 2008

[rickosx]

Hello,
Is there a way to make the Mac Pro 2008 recognise SAS discs without a raid controller? Raid option is not necessary. Just want to use them separately as storage.

 

[robbieduncan]

I don't have a Mac Pro but I don't remember them having a SAS controller. iirc you can use SATA drives in place of SAS but not the other way round so you need a SAS controller. Whether it does RAID or not doesn't matter: you need some sort of SAS HBA

 

[rickosx]

I don't have a Mac Pro but I don't remember them having a SAS controller. iirc you can use SATA drives in place of SAS but not the other way round so you need a SAS controller. Whether it does RAID or not doesn't matter: you need some sort of SAS HBA

Thank you Robbieduncan. the thing is that I obtained 4x 4TB enterprise SAS drives and installed them in my Mac Pro 2008 but they don't appear and the discs are not even spinning. After a google search I found that I need an Apple raid card to use them as a RAID, but I don't need the raid option, I only want to use them as storage separately.
From what I read in the apple support page, the motherboard does support SAS drives. I also found this script thingy that supposedly helps.

Promise VTrak: RAID Controllers and SAS-connected Expansion Chassis - Direct Attached configuration script

This article contains a script used to configure Promise RAID Controllers and SAS-connected Expansion Chassis for Direct Attached Storage.

support.apple.com

But I have absolute no idea how that works.

 

[KeesMacPro]

Maybe take a look here:

SAS drives in mac pro 5,1

I have optained a number of HPE SAS 4TB drives MB4000FCWK. Removed the HPE cage and installed one in a free drive sled of my mac pro. It fits perfectly. If i start the mac the drive not spin up and is not seen in disk utility. Any ideas why ?

forums.macrumors.com

 

[robbieduncan]

Thank you Robbieduncan. the thing is that I obtained 4x 4TB enterprise SAS drives and installed them in my Mac Pro 2008 but they don't appear and the discs are not even spinning. After a google search I found that I need an Apple raid card to use them as a RAID, but I don't need the raid option, I only want to use them as storage separately.
From what I read in the apple support page, the motherboard does support SAS drives. I also found this script thingy that supposedly helps.

Promise VTrak: RAID Controllers and SAS-connected Expansion Chassis - Direct Attached configuration script

This article contains a script used to configure Promise RAID Controllers and SAS-connected Expansion Chassis for Direct Attached Storage.

support.apple.com

But I have absolute no idea how that works.

I'm pretty sure that's only for Promise VTrak cards