I tried setting the card to both RAID or HBA mode only using the 2x SATA and 2x SAS plugged into the single SFF-8643 supplied cable. I also removed the above-mentioned drives and inserted 2x WD SATA 2TB. Set the card to either RAID or HBA and had the same results. I do not want to use the card as RAID and JBOD at the same time.
My plan was to use it in HBA only so that I could assign specific VM's exclusively to the drive of my choice.
How exactly would I know which cable I was sent? I searched the web and have come across vendors describing the SFF-8643 as both reverse and / or forward.
I tried several operating systems as well (Windows server, Windows 10) I installed TrueNAS Scale and it did see the drives but gave me errors. I installed maxView Storage Manager in Windows 10 and it did see both controller and drives but the drives were not accessible. I have always been unable to create arrays in Adaptec array utility at bootup Ctrl-A. See pics below for error message.
