23-05-2021

Ml30 Gen9 Dynamic Raid Controller Driver

Sep 18, 2017 - Ok. Check the compatibility of the RAID-controller can be as suggested here: Probably you can use them but I am not into all that driver stuff. We run several HPE ProLiant DL360 G9 with RAID Controller P440ar/2.

'Smart Array' is the name used by Hewlett-Packard's line of enterprise-grade RAID controllers.

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Ml30 Gen9 Dynamic Raid Controller Driver
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Ml30 Gen9 Dynamic Raid Controller Driver Download

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Issue: Some of the HP Gen8 and Gen9 systems are shipping with either a Smart Array B320i, B140i, B120i, B110i, or other Bxxxi controller that requires a closed source driver to make RAID functionality available to the OS.

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  • Contact HPE for assistance in using these controllers.
  • These Smart Array controllers have RAID capability enabled by default.
  • Drivers for these controllers are available on www.hpe.com in the form of a driver update disk.
    • Link to HPE driver for B410i/RHEL6, for example 'HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i SATA RAID Controller Driver for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6'
    • If using the HP proprietary driver in order to use RAID functionality, please note the following additional information:
      • HP Advisory 'Notice: HP ProLiant Servers: HP Dynamic Smart Array B120i and B320i Controllers - Driver Support and Configuration'
      • HP Advisory 'Advisory: Linux - HP ProLiant Servers Configured to Use the HP Dynamic Smart Array B120i or B320i Controller May Kernel Panic During Linux Installation if IOMMU Is Enabled', if that isn't followed, then the system can reboot unexpectedly.
      • HP Advisory 'Notice: HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller - Proprietary HP Device Driver Is Required for HP Dynamic Smart Array B140i Controller Configured in HP Servers'
  • To install RHEL and RHELOSP without the closed source driver and without the RAID capabilities of the B320i and B120i, the settings for these controllers must be changed to disable RAID capability.

Environment:

  • RHEL5u7+
  • RHEL6u1+
  • RHEL7
  • RHELOSP 3.0
  • RHELOSP 4.0
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10
  • HP Smart Array controller:
    • HP Smart Array B320i RAID
    • HP Smart Array B140i RAID
    • HP Smart Array B120i RAID
    • HP Smart Array B110i RAID
  • HP server
    • SL140s Gen8
    • DL320e Gen8
    • DL360e Gen8
    • DL380e Gen8
    • BL420c Gen8
    • ML350e Gen 8
    • ML310e Gen 8
    • SL4540 Gen 8
    • BL460c Gen9

Resolution: Systems with these controllers will ship from HP with the Software RAID mode enabled by default.

  • These model Smart Array cards when using RAID capability require a closed source driver that is not shipped or supported by Red Hat.
  • Contact vendor HPE for latest driver including setup and configuration steps.
  • In order to install RHEL or RHELOSP on these systems without the closed source driver and RAID support, the Software RAID mode must either be disabled (B320i controller) or switched to SATA AHCI support mode (B120i SATA controller).

  • In order to switch modes from RAID to non-RAID (ahci) on this controller follow the steps below (contact vendor to further information or for other controller models):

    • For systems with the B320i SAS controller:

    • For systems with the B120i SATA controller:

  • Please note that the use of the HP drivers to enable RAID support on these controllers falls under Red Hat's third-party modules policy.

  • To load the 3rd party driver for Bxxxi Smart Array models so that RAID functionality is supported, see vendor for specific instructions.

    • for example: 'HP ProLiant Servers - How to Load Driver Disk and Install RHEL on ProLiant Servers with Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller'.
    • a general outline of the instructions follows:
      • Obtain the appropriate driver from the hardware vendor for you model Bxxxi controller.
      • Load the third-party provided RAID drivers onto USB stick drive, or floppy disk.
      • Disable ahci within the server's BIOS for the Smart Array card (that is, enable RAID mode for the card).
        1. Connect the driver disk, whether its a USB or CD, to the system first.
        2. Insert the RHEL installation DVD and start the OS installation.
        3. Once got the initial installation option press 'Esc' key.
        4. Over here run the command 'linux dd blacklist=ahci'
        5. Now OS will detect different disks attached to the system. You have to select one by one until the driver disk is selected.
        6. After proper detection of driver disk the drivers should get installed and then you can move further with normal installation.

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