[CentOS] HP Proliant ML150 : how do I access disks ?

[Timo Schoeler]

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thus Niki Kovacs spake:
> Hi,
> 
> Up until now, I've only installed Linux either on "desktop" hardware, 
> meaning one of the desktop PCs in the LAN acted as a server machine for 
> the network, or I rented some dedicated server somewhere in a datacenter.
> 
> Last week I bought some server hardware, a used HP Proliant ML150. It's 
> the first time I am dealing with this sort of hardware. The hardware was 
> sold "as is", without any warranty.
> 
> When I open the front cache, there are six small "drawers", and the 
> bottom two of them each contain a 72 GB hard disk.
> 
> I inserted a CentOS 5.4 install CD (1 of 6), and the installer (linux 
> text) booted correctly. But when it comes to partitioning, it "sees" no 
> disk.

You most probably need a driver disk; searching for the model and 'RHEL
driver' tells me that you need a "Driver Diskette for HP ProLiant Smart
Array Controller", which you can get at hp.com.

You then need to burn it onto CD or copy it to an USB stick (don't know
that piece of driver), so you can load this driver when booting CentOS.
You'll need to boot Linux with the 'dd' option ('dd' stands for 'driver
disk') when you see grub.

> Unlike the usual desktop hardware, there seems to be a myriad of 
> configuration options, and I'm a bit lost here. So first things first. 
> How do I configure this machine so the CentOS installer can actually 
> recognize my two inserted hard disks as such : say, sda and sdb or 
> similarly ?
> 
> Any suggestions ?
> 
> Niki Kovacs

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