Is it possible to have standard SATA hard drive (AHCI interface) by configuring Cisco 12G SAS Raid bios?

[LeeJL]

Hi, 

     Could anyone here please help clarify if I can configure either BIOS of Cisco 12G SAS Raid bios to have a standard SATA hard drive access?   I am having a Cisco C220 M4 server with Cisco 12G SAS raid controller.  I physically removed all hard drives except the one in Bay 1. From the BIOS, PCH SAT Mode is set to AHCI.  

    Thanks for any suggestions in advance.

Lee

[Kirk J]

You should be able to set the raid controller drive mode to 'jbod' mode from 12Gb OptionROM utility at post time (cntrl + R)

Once it's set to jbod,,, it should get seen as ahci mode from OS perspective.

The PCH related settings will not apply to the drives /drive bays that are wired to the 12Gb Mezz controller.

If it's UCSM managed, the UCSM manager may support converting the unconfigured good drive, to jbod mode.

See https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/3rd-party/lsi/mrsas/userguide_june_2017/pub-005110_DB15-001199-08_2017-06-09_MR-614-SW-UG.pdf

Kirk...