I have a new ML350 G5 server that i have added an additional SC44Ge SAS HBA card for use with a DAT160 SAS drive. Problem is the card doesn't recognise the drive. I have checked the SAS HBA bios and it is set to display adapters & installed devices' but nothing shows up at boot. I'm using the split internal cable and am sure it is cabled correctly (base of the Y cable in the card and the top end with the power molex in the tape drive and power connector attached). During the boot the drive's ready light flashes and and then goes off. And it can accept tapes and eject them.

The HP SC44Ge Host Bus Adapter has been thoroughly tested and integrated into many of the HP ProLiant. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SCO UnixWare 7.1. Basic Computer Training Manual. 3 SCO.

Thanks in advance. Gus, I tried the firmware update over the weekend. Downloaded SP41589. Vampire Role Playing Games Pc there. exe unpacked it to a USB key and booted of that. Ran 'UPDATE P' and had lots of Sasflash errors moaning that my card was a '106e b1 LSI SAS Controller'.

One run of sasflash didn't give the same error but did say 'Verifying NVDATA' and nothing else. Install Drain Tile Around Basement Software. At the end the BIOS updates also failed. After saying 'BIOS Image compatible' it would come back with 'BIOS Flash: Failed' The logs are attached. The card's FW is 1.20.33.00-IR (SAS1068E-IR) and the bios is 6.14.07.00 Thanks for your help btw Carl. Ok, you are running under the minimum firmware required for this card, here's another link for firmware download (not the latest version but this is the minimum requiered): Procedure to install: Use a DOS-bootable USB key to perform the upgrade: Download the Softpaq to a directory on your hard drive. Obtain a DOS-bootable USB key.

Run the downloaded file to extract its contents to the DOS-bootable USB key. Boot the ProLiant server with the HP 8 internal Port SAS HBA with RAID using the DOS-bootable USB key. Once the server has booted and displays the command prompt, change to the USB key and run the command update p. Upon completion of flashing, the following message will be displayed: PLEASE REBOOT YOUR SYSTEM. PROGRAMMING COMPLETE!!

Remove all diskettes/USB keys and reboot the server. For additional instructions, see Update.txt (extracted from the Softpaq). Also, update driver to version 1.28.2.1: Firmware should resolve your issue, let me know the results, Gus.