Tri-mode Intel® RAID Controllers (RMSP3/RSP3 families) Do Not Detect More than 64 SAS/SATA Drives

Full featured Tri-mode Intel® RAID Controllers (RMSP3/RSP3 families) cannot detect more than 64 SAS/SATA drives.

The maximum number of SAS/SATA drives supported on a full featured Tri-mode Intel® RAID Controller depends on the profile setting.

You can change the profile from the UEFI HII Configuration Utility using the steps below:

1. After the Intel® RAID Controller and the drives are installed, restart the server and press F2 to open the UEFI menu. Follow these steps:
   1. Advanced
   2. PCI configuration
   3. UEFI option ROM control
2. Under the Storage Controller section, choose the Intel® RAID Controller. Then navigate the menu in the following order:
   1. Main Menu
   2. Controller Management
   3. Advanced Controller Management
   4. Manage Controller Profiles
3. Choose the desired profile, for example profile#12, to support up to 240 SAS/SATA drives for RAID.
   List of other available profiles and their supported configurations:

   Personality	Profile#	Profile Name	Drive Support	Max Physical Drives	Max Virtual Drives
   RAID	10	PD64	SAS/SATA	64	64
   RAID	11	NVMe4	NVMe*	4	64
   RAID	12	PD240	SAS/SATA	240	240
   RAID	13	PD64_NVMe4	SAS/SATA/NVMe	64	64
   JBOD	20	PD_240	SAS/SATA	240	240
   JBOD	21	PD64_NVMe8	SAS/SATA/NVMe	64	64
   JBOD	23	PD_240	SAS/SATA	240	240

   Note

   From firmware version 5.080.00-1965 (package 50.8.0-2-66) onwards, only profile options that are compatible with the current personality setting and drive type connected are visible. For example, if the Intel® RAID Controller personality is set to RAID and you have SATA drives connected, you will only see options for profile# 10 and 12.