[TriLUG] Server Distro on HP with SAS Drives

[Matt Flyer via TriLUG]

It's a DL360e with a B320i RAID controller (configured as a single logical
volume of 4 disks in a 1+0 RAID) that the configuration utility refers to
as /dev/sda

> what model ProLiant?
>
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Matt Flyer via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I have an HP Proliant machine with SAS drives that I would like to bring
>> online as an updated server.  After giving it a little thought, I
>> decided
>> to put CentOS on it, though I am not married to that distribution.
>>
>> I downloaded the ISO (note, the minimal ISO would not run, apparently
>> due
>> to missing drivers that are in the standard DVD version), verified the
>> SHA
>> SUM and verified the GPG signature on the sums (Thank's Mint).  The
>> system
>> would boot and the installation manager started.
>>
>> All appeared to be going well, until I realized it doesn't see any disks
>> in the machine.  As I mentioned in the subject title, the machine has
>> SAS
>> drives.  It looks like Red Hat has removed a lot of functionality or
>> even
>> the drivers for the HP Smart Array Controller and as such it doesn't see
>> any drives
>> (
>> http://vessokolev.blogspot.com/2015/03/how-to-install-centos-7-on-hp-proliant.html
>> )
>>
>> The blog I linked to has instructions for what look like extracting the
>> driver from an older Centos system, hacking the ISO image, and using it
>> to
>> install the newer version.
>>
>> My question(s) is (are): has anyone run into this and do you have a
>> better
>> solution or is there a distribution that does work with SAS drives?
>>
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