[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI 148 and HP Server with SmartArray 5i controller

[Alex Smith (K4RNT)]

I guess that it's good that my DL360 G3 will be running ESXi, with
OpenIndiana in a VM. I just hope that I can get open-vm-tools to
compile properly on OI - I haven't tried to do this in a *long*
time...

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:52, ken mays <maybird1776 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> You have to setup the CPQary39120 driver beforehand. It'll fix your problem.
>
> ~ Ken Mays
>
> --- On Mon, 1/31/11, Kirill Ponazdyr <sink at codeangels.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Kirill Ponazdyr <sink at codeangels.com>
>> Subject: [OpenIndiana-discuss] OI 148 and HP Server with SmartArray 5i controller
>> To: openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org
>> Date: Monday, January 31, 2011, 10:16 AM
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to install OI build 148 on our DL585 G1
>> systems.
>>
>> They all have SmartArray 5i controller and, unfortunately,
>> that controller
>> causes kernel panic with the installer / life CD.
>>
>> Basically once you select the boot mode in the loader
>> screen, the kernel
>> tagline comes up for 1-2 seconds and then there is a quick
>> panic / reboot,
>> I cannot pause there but I saw some mentioning of "cpq" in
>> the panic
>> text...
>>
>> This is not the case when we disable the array controller,
>> then installer
>> comes up.
>>
>> How can we fix this? I know that there are some tutorials
>> how to install
>> OpenSolaris on systems with those controllers and
>> apparently they need HP
>> drivers but those tutorials rely on the installer / life
>> image started up
>> and in our case we do not even come that far...
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Kirill
>>
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