We need to attach some fast, external storage to this R620, but I have not had much luck in finding a PCI-e eSATA or USB 3.0 card that works.
I use the exact same cards that I've used in other PowerEdge models (earlier), but in the case of the eSATA card, it causes the POST to halt when it detects hardware. I've tried multiple USB 3.0 cards, and most have a problem with not having the power connector plug into the card. Is there a way to get a standard power connector off the power supply in the R620 to plug into a USB 3.0 card? I did find a card that did not need the power connector, and it is detected and Windows Server 2008 R2 loads it fine, but so far every USB 3.0 hard drive I plug in does not work for some reason or another. Windows will throw some odd error about the drive, or a some point in writing to it, it will just go offline.
So, what does work in the R620? Is it because it's using UEFI?? I prefer eSATA over USB 3.0, if that makes a difference.
Thanks for the help.