Question Adaptec 5045z raid controller

[djfunkymonkey]

Hi guys, im having problems configuring the above controller, it loads correctly
i have installed adaptec storage manager, i login but it doesn't see any drives, the controller lead has 4 connections to it and i have the drive on connection 1, the pc has also got 2 ssd and a sata drive plugged into the sata connections on pc , this is where my operating system is, i want the sas drive as backup, i have ordered 3 more sas drives with an external enclosure, to see if that works any better, can i run the pc off the sata drives and use the sas as backup, but i don't know where im going wrong, as soon as the adaptec loads , i go into the utility and try and set an array up, but it wont show or innialise the drive ???

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Version 10.0.19045 Build 19045
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DESKTOP-AIAR8DD
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Model HP Z230 Tower Workstation
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU G1X35ET#ABU
Processor Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 v3 @ 3.30GHz, 3292 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Hewlett-Packard L51 v01.52, 20/07/2015
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
BaseBoard Product 1905
BaseBoard Version Not Available
Platform Role Workstation
Secure Boot State Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume3
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.19041.3636"
User Name DESKTOP-AIAR8DD\Administrator
Time Zone GMT Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 32.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 31.8 GB
Available Physical Memory 25.7 GB
Total Virtual Memory 36.5 GB
Available Virtual Memory 29.0 GB
Page File Space 4.75 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection Off
Virtualization-based security Not enabled
Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not Modern Standby, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s) detected
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

 

[Ralston18]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Overall, unless there are specific requirements for RAID (of any sort) RAID is not necessary.

It gains little and makes things much more cumbersome and complex.

And RAID is not a backup solution.

Search through the Storage Forum for posts and comments regarding RAID.

 

[djfunkymonkey]

thanks for response, i thought you needed raid to add sas drives, i even changed my raid card due to last card not having the right connectors after advice on here, ive got 3 sas coming with enclosure, just don't understand why it wont recognize my drive, it all seams to be working, when i initially open hardrive management it see,s the raid, but wont let me initialize it, then it vanishes, is cos im trying with one derive and not more, is there any other specs you need for advice ???