Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Jerry Geis wrote on Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:12:07 -0500: > >> I tried to disable the on board smart array controller? That didnt seem >> to make a difference. > > Then you use a controller on card? If not, you cannot disable this one ;-) > Did you configure an array? If not: do! > Haven't been on a Proliant in years, but if this is a RAID hardware card, like Dell's PERC, you *have* to hit <ctrl-whatever>, and create the RAID; the system's access to the drives is mediated completely through the controller, and until the controller knows what they are, it can't/won't tell the system what's there. mark