[CentOS] HP "smart array"

2014-02-26 Thread m . roth
Not so much...and hpacucli is actively user hostile. I finally connected and woke up the box (and who, in their right minds, puts the power on button on a rackmount RAID box in the *back* of the box?), and I'm trying to create one large RAID 6. But... ctrl slot=3 show config is incredibly bizarre.

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller

2011-12-02 Thread Anton Turon
Richard, we have just installed a CentOS 5.5 on 320G6 with B110i controller. As you correctly said, the CentOs shows both devices while booting w/o dd. However, as we have found, contrary to what is said in release notes for the controller DD, you must not dd it, however, just unzip it and place

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller

2011-10-24 Thread William Hooper
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 6:04 AM, Richard Gliebe wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to install CentOS 6.0 64bit on a HP ProLiant ML110 G7 with a > HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller. [snip] > OK. Downloaded the file "hpahcisr-1.2.6-7.rhel5.x86_64.dd.gz" and do the > dd from another Linux worksta

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller

2011-10-24 Thread Mogens Kjaer
On 10/24/2011 12:52 PM, Richard Gliebe wrote: > yes, I can mount it with -o loop > > # mount -o loop /dev/sdb /mnt > # ls -l /mnt > http://www.lemo.dk ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller

2011-10-24 Thread Richard Gliebe
On 10/24/11 12:46 PM Mogens Kjaer wrote: > If you insert the stick with the .dd file in another, running Linux > machine, does it mount it? > > If I try this I get a directory with: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root362 Jan 25 2011 fix_driver_order > drwx-- 2 root root 12288 Jan 25 2011 lost+fou

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller

2011-10-24 Thread John R Pierce
On 10/24/11 3:42 AM, Richard Gliebe wrote: >> you're better off reconfiguring that for JBOD in the BIOS, and letting >> Linux see the physical disks (which it does, anywayas), and implementing >> mdraid mirroring in Linux natively. > I'm not really a friend about software mirroring ... well, your

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller

2011-10-24 Thread Mogens Kjaer
On 10/24/2011 12:39 PM, Richard Gliebe wrote: > On 10/24/11 12:36 PM Mogens Kjaer wrote: >> On 10/24/2011 12:04 PM, Richard Gliebe wrote: >>> # dd if=hpahcisr-1.2.6-7.rhel5.x86_64.dd.gz of=/dev/sdb (4Gig USB Stick) >> >> I would expect the file should be un-gzip'ed before being written to the >> US

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller

2011-10-24 Thread Richard Gliebe
On 10/24/11 12:14 PM John R Pierce wrote: > > wild guess says, that isn't really a raid controller, that its a > fake-raid, such as an Intel Matrix, where the 'raid' is done purely in > the BIOS and the Windows Driver. wild austrian guys says: there is always a way to heaven ;-) > you're better o

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller

2011-10-24 Thread Richard Gliebe
On 10/24/11 12:36 PM Mogens Kjaer wrote: > On 10/24/2011 12:04 PM, Richard Gliebe wrote: >> # dd if=hpahcisr-1.2.6-7.rhel5.x86_64.dd.gz of=/dev/sdb (4Gig USB Stick) > > I would expect the file should be un-gzip'ed before being written to the > USB stick? I have tried both. dd if=*.dd.gz and dd if

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller

2011-10-24 Thread Mogens Kjaer
On 10/24/2011 12:04 PM, Richard Gliebe wrote: > # dd if=hpahcisr-1.2.6-7.rhel5.x86_64.dd.gz of=/dev/sdb (4Gig USB Stick) > I would expect the file should be un-gzip'ed before being written to the USB stick? Mogens -- Mogens Kjaer, m...@lemo.dk http://www.lemo.dk ___

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller

2011-10-24 Thread John R Pierce
On 10/24/11 3:04 AM, Richard Gliebe wrote: > I'm trying to install CentOS 6.0 64bit on a HP ProLiant ML110 G7 with a > HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller. > > One logical drive (RAID 1+0) on the RAID Controller is already build. > > CentOS Installation can't find the logical Drive, but it sh

[CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller

2011-10-24 Thread Richard Gliebe
Hello, I'm trying to install CentOS 6.0 64bit on a HP ProLiant ML110 G7 with a HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller. One logical drive (RAID 1+0) on the RAID Controller is already build. CentOS Installation can't find the logical Drive, but it shows me the zwo physical drives (sda+sdb). A

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver

2011-07-07 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
John Doe wrote: > From: Kaushal Shriyan > >> Thanks for the explanation. Please help me understand why do Hardware >> Vendors provide onboard storage raid controller chipset on the >> motherboard (fakeraid if its a software raid.). Is it a marketing >> term for selling servers. Since it does not

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver

2011-07-07 Thread John Doe
From: Kaushal Shriyan > Thanks for the explanation. Please help me understand why do Hardware > Vendors provide onboard storage raid controller chipset on the > motherboard (fakeraid if its a software raid.).  Is it a marketing > term for selling servers. Since it does not add value at all strict

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver

2011-07-06 Thread John R Pierce
On 07/06/11 11:10 AM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > Please help me understand why do Hardware > Vendors provide onboard storage raid controller chipset on the > motherboard (fakeraid if its a software raid.). Is it a marketing > term for selling servers. They do it because it is nearly free, and yes,

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver

2011-07-06 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > Hi Simon, > > Thanks for the explanation. Please help me understand why do Hardware > Vendors provide onboard storage raid controller chipset on the > motherboard (fakeraid if its a software raid.).  Is it a marketing > term for selling serv

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver

2011-07-06 Thread Kaushal Shriyan
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Simon Matter wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 4:27 AM, Joseph L. Casale >> wrote: Please help me understand. >>> >>> If the device requires an additional driver, unless its packaged as a dd >>> for use at >>> install, how can you install and then add a driver?

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver

2011-07-06 Thread Simon Matter
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 4:27 AM, Joseph L. Casale > wrote: >>>Please help me understand. >> >> If the device requires an additional driver, unless its packaged as a dd >> for use at >> install, how can you install and then add a driver? >> >> Disable RAID mode, set it to AHCI, then Anaconda will

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver

2011-07-05 Thread Kaushal Shriyan
On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 4:27 AM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >>Please help me understand. > > If the device requires an additional driver, unless its packaged as a dd for > use at > install, how can you install and then add a driver? > > Disable RAID mode, set it to AHCI, then Anaconda will see all th

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver

2011-07-05 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>Please help me understand. If the device requires an additional driver, unless its packaged as a dd for use at install, how can you install and then add a driver? Disable RAID mode, set it to AHCI, then Anaconda will see all the individual discs at which point during install you can choose to

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver

2011-07-05 Thread Kaushal Shriyan
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:14 PM, John Doe wrote: > From: Kaushal Shriyan > >> I am trying to install CentOS 5.6 on HP DL 180 G6 which has HP Smart >> Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver. I have 4 * 500 GB SATA HDD >> and configured RAID 1+0 using System BIOS, the BIOS detects usable >> disk sp

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver

2011-07-05 Thread John Doe
From: Kaushal Shriyan > I am trying to install CentOS 5.6 on HP DL 180 G6 which has HP Smart > Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver. I have 4 * 500 GB SATA HDD > and configured RAID 1+0 using System BIOS, the BIOS detects usable > disk space as 940GB disk space, when i start installing the OS,

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver

2011-07-05 Thread m . roth
Joseph L. Casale wrote: >>I am trying to install CentOS 5.6 on HP DL 180 G6 which has HP Smart >>Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver. I have 4 * 500 GB SATA HDD >>and configured RAID 1+0 using System BIOS, the BIOS detects usable >>disk space as 940GB disk space, when i start installing the OS,

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver

2011-07-05 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>I am trying to install CentOS 5.6 on HP DL 180 G6 which has HP Smart >Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver. I have 4 * 500 GB SATA HDD >and configured RAID 1+0 using System BIOS, the BIOS detects usable >disk space as 940GB disk space, when i start installing the OS, it >does not detect HP Smar

Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver

2011-07-05 Thread m . roth
Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to install CentOS 5.6 on HP DL 180 G6 which has HP Smart > Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver. I have 4 * 500 GB SATA HDD > and configured RAID 1+0 using System BIOS, the BIOS detects usable > disk space as 940GB disk space, when i start installing t

[CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver

2011-07-05 Thread Kaushal Shriyan
Hi I am trying to install CentOS 5.6 on HP DL 180 G6 which has HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver. I have 4 * 500 GB SATA HDD and configured RAID 1+0 using System BIOS, the BIOS detects usable disk space as 940GB disk space, when i start installing the OS, it does not detect HP Smart