[TriLUG] Server Distro on HP with SAS Drives

Wed Feb 24 16:38:15 EST 2016

Normally you, interrupt the menu with linux dd, which then allows you to load a device driver. 

A quick google shows this forum entry. I’m sure you can find more HP specific resources as well.

 https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6930 <https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6930>

Matt P.

> On Feb 24, 2016, at 4:23 PM, Matt Flyer via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> 
> I think you're correct.  This is actually quite frustrating because when
> we bought the machine I chose it based upon the compatibility lists
> looking specifically for a fairly decent machine to run as a Linux server,
> but I'm just now getting around to it.
> 
> It looks like disabling the RAID controller is one option.  Supposedly
> there is another option to use the HPVSA driver from HP, which is
> downloadable.  I'm not quit sure how it would get installed during the
> system setup yet.
> 
>> pretty sure,  the issue is soft raid from HP with closed-source code
>> the detail is https://access.redhat.com/articles/118133
>> 
>> you need to change your configuration
>> once you configured as:
>> 
>> For systems with the B320i SAS controller:
>> 1. Boot the server into System Options
>> 2. Navigate to HP Smart Array B320i Raid Configuration
>> 3. Change to DISABLED
>> 
>> you drive will detect as jbod drive not sof Raid drive
>> 
>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Don Jerman via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> It's a software RAID controller (c.f. winRAID) for which HP has a
>>> proprietary driver.  You have to get it from HP or disable software RAID
>>> on
>>> the controller in setup (press the key).  Presumably disabling the
>>> software
>>> RAID will allow you to see the drives as JBOD and configure with linux
>>> tools.  I'd expect the driver to work with CentOS but ymmv.  Not
>>> surprising
>>> that CentOS doesn't include the non-free driver.
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Matt Flyer via TriLUG
>>> <trilug at trilug.org>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 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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