I checked our compatibility listings for the LSI and did not see it. Have you tested with 1.18 of the Demo CD? We have version 1.21 due tomorrow or Monday so be ready to download this and update your USB module. I don’t think your doing anything wrong, I would say we don't have the drivers loaded on our Linux ver. 2.6.17. After updating to version 1.21 and if you are not able to see the drives either in Software RAID or in the Volume Manager then we will have to look into the drivers. Hardware compatibility listings are below to verify your hardware. You can try to disable any of the on board RAID controller (Promise) then see if you are able to see the drives in Setup > S/W RAID.

http://www.open-e.com/data_storage_solution/server/service_and_support.php?lang=en&subserv=prodcomp&h ardkind=HDD%20controller<br>%20(hardware%20RAID)&m anufact=Promise