I tried to prepare the server for ZFS but I noticed that none of the USB ports seem to work.
You may have encountered one of OMV's restrictions. Creating RAID arrays with USB-connected drives is not allowed. This was implemented some time ago because USB drives cause numerous problems with this setup, sometimes even causing data loss, which is unacceptable to OMV.
What I just said certainly applies to mdadm arrays, though I'm not sure if it also applies to ZFS. I've never tried creating a ZFS RAID with USB drives, and I've never seen a user on the forum who has attempted to do so. It would be a bad idea anyway.