Add extra drives to Mini X+

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I think that card needs to be updated. 16.00.10.00 looks to be right but wait for someone else to comment on updating and what files are needed.

Is there a brand on this card? Looking to see if it is LSI / Broadcom or maybe an OEM, like IBM or Dell, etc. Sometimes they take different firmware, etc.

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All I see is LSI on the card.

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You mean, the drives are not recognised ?

Did you check with lsblk ?

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16.00.12.00

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I got the SAS9300-8e flashed to the newer firmware thanks to @Johnny_Fartpants for the older Truenas forum link.

Here’s where I am now:

root@pepper[~]# sas3flash -list
Avago Technologies SAS3 Flash Utility
Version 16.00.00.00 (2017.05.02)
Copyright 2008-2017 Avago Technologies. All rights reserved.

    Adapter Selected is a Avago SAS: SAS3008(C0)

    Controller Number              : 0
    Controller                     : SAS3008(C0)
    PCI Address                    : 00:02:00:00
    SAS Address                    : 500605b-0-0a32-1240
    NVDATA Version (Default)       : 0e.01.00.08
    NVDATA Version (Persistent)    : 0e.01.00.08
    Firmware Product ID            : 0x2221 (IT)
    Firmware Version               : 16.00.12.00
    NVDATA Vendor                  : LSI
    NVDATA Product ID              : SAS9300-8e
    BIOS Version                   : 08.15.00.00
    UEFI BSD Version               : 06.00.00.00
    FCODE Version                  : N/A
    Board Name                     : SAS9300-8e
    Board Assembly                 : H3-25460-02H
    Board Tracer Number            : SV51216192

    Finished Processing Commands Successfully.
    Exiting SAS3Flash.

root@pepper[~]# lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda 8:0 0 10.9T 0 disk
└─sda1 8:1 0 10.9T 0 part
sdb 8:16 0 10.9T 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 0 10.9T 0 part
sdc 8:32 0 10.9T 0 disk
└─sdc1 8:33 0 10.9T 0 part
sdd 8:48 0 10.9T 0 disk
└─sdd1 8:49 0 10.9T 0 part
sde 8:64 0 10.9T 0 disk
└─sde1 8:65 0 10.9T 0 part
nvme0n1 259:0 0 232.9G 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 260M 0 part
├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 216.6G 0 part
└─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 16G 0 part
root@pepper[~]#

The Mini X+ only has 5 3.5 drive bays and is full (raidz1 - 5 wide) and I’m trying to add a 6 disk in the new jbod enclosure but Truenas 25.10.1 - Goldeye doesn’t “see” the 6th disk yet.

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I have to ask… There were two .bin file in the firmware .zip, I only flashed the one per the instructions (sas3flash -o -f SAS9300_8e_IT.bin). Should I have flashed the second also?

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I feel like such a dumbass… The cable between the card and enclosure wasn’t plugged in correctly. Both ends are SFF8644, made sure both ends were now plugged in correctly (it will let you plug it in upside down) and it works. I did need to update the firmware anyway. Big thanks for everyone’s suggestions and input!

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Now that problem is solved. When I go to storage in the GUI it states one Unassigned Disk, with an add to pool button. When I try to add this one new disk (which is in the new enclosure) to the existing pool it’s telling me “At least 1 vdev is required to make an update to the pool”. Going through the wizard is pretty painless, so if I try to make another vdev (raidz1) it wants a least 3 drives. All I’m trying to do is add one drive to the existing pool and then expand from 5-wide to a 6-wide raidz1. I don’t think the wizard wants me to do that.

Is it possible to do this without creating a new Vdev?

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Then you have to go to storage → click on view vdev on the pool you want to add the drive to and then select “extend”

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Thanks for the help! Last year I extended my Mini R one by one twice, I just couldn’t remember. At 70 I have to say, it sucks getting old, lol.

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Now, it’s time to sit back and wait…

pool: pool1
state: ONLINE
scan: scrub repaired 0B in 15:09:13 with 0 errors on Sun Feb 1 18:09:20 2026
expand: expansion of raidz1-0 in progress since Sat Feb 28 09:33:36 2026
551G / 50.4T copied at 602M/s, 1.07% done, 1 days 00:07:21 to go
config:

    NAME                                      STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
    pool1                                     ONLINE       0     0     0
      raidz1-0                                ONLINE       0     0     0
        ebc710de-944b-4716-9d78-b786bb0bb34b  ONLINE       0     0     0
        d0e05021-b667-4b79-89f4-a656e849787d  ONLINE       0     0     0
        1d545ce7-7920-4e28-9eec-7b2644ff72d6  ONLINE       0     0     0
        c3ad2cad-514f-4a24-b2e7-8f05194ddc98  ONLINE       0     0     0
        ddfa378a-4866-47f6-a30d-ad5a7370b490  ONLINE       0     0     0
        2513a6e3-222c-4490-9962-bc82b17b346f  ONLINE       0     0     0

errors: No known data errors

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Glad you got it sorted out! :grinning_face:

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