We got 2 DL160 G6 Hot-Plug-Model and had them happily working with the internal B110i SATA RAID controller running a dual disk raid 0 mirror.
We decided to switch to hardware raid and ordered 2 brand new 462834-B21 P212/256 controllers which have 1 internal as well as 1 external SAS connector (internal (SFF-8087)/1 external (Mini-SAS SFF-8088)).
After installing the controller into the external facing pci slot we disconnected the backplane SAS connector from the
motherboard (B110i) and connected it to the SFF-8087 on the P212.
We disabled SATA 1 controller in BIOS and enabled SATA 2 controller.
We tried other bios SATA1/SATA2 settings as well but the ORCA prompt from the P212 never shows up and consequently no disks are detected.
No beep sound or other error messages during boot.
"Funny" thing: we replaced the P212 with a P410 (2 port external SATA only) connected the backplane again to the motherboard B110i connector and the P410 orca did show up.
We waded through tons of posts, quickspecs and pdfs unable to find a precise description on how to "wire" the P212 in a DL160 G6.
Something must be obviously wrong. Same behavior on both servers.
Any ideas and hints?
Thanks a lot
Jim