[oi-dev] HP Microserver Gen8 HP Dynamic Smart Array B120i RAID Controller support

[Volker A. Brandt]

Hi Klaus!


> I own an HP Microserver Gen8 and want to run OI onto it. The
> Installation went smooth, but I can't get the Raid Controller running.
>
> I had read, that omnios (?) has driver (packages) for this controller.

Not sure about that but I do know that illumos-based systems have issues
with the RAID controller in the Microserver G7 and G8 versions.  Do you
have the license file for full RAID funcionality?

I would suggest to switch the SATA controller to AHCI mode and use ZFS
for RAID.  Note that one of the many design peculiarities of the G8 is
that disk slots #0 and #1 are 6GBit SATA, but #2 and #3 are only 3GBit.

We only run SmartOS on G8 here, and it works fine in AHCI mode.


Regards -- Volker
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