[CentOS] Install Centos 6 x86_64 on Dell PowerEdge 2970 and aSSD (hardware probing issues)

[Jason Pyeron]

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> From: centos-bounces at centos.org 
> [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Rainer Duffner
> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2014 16:54
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> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Install Centos 6 x86_64 on Dell 
> PowerEdge 2970 and aSSD (hardware probing issues)
> 
> 
> Am 31.08.2014 um 21:52 schrieb Jason Pyeron <jpyeron at pdinc.us>:
> 
> > I have a fleet of 2970s and we are upgrading the hardrives 
> on the motherboard SATA ports (A/B not the PERC backplane) 
> when a "detecting hardware" is performed the system crashes, 
> reboots and gives an E1422 error code (useless video: 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhyMeUHJar4).
> > 
> > We narrowed it down to a motherboard BIOS issue, if we 
> remove the SSD or add noprobe to the kernel the installer 
> does not crash. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Is that actually a supported configuration (in the Dell-sense)?.
> 

Yes. They support internal SATA drives, we are changing from spinning drives to SSD. I am working with Dell to get a BIOS patch, but I wont hold my breath.

> Which is the "primary" hard drive then? SATA or PERC?
> 

It will be the SATA.

> Have you booted any other OS on it?

Centos 5/6 32/64

> FreeBSD 10?
> CentOS7?

About to try that.

> 
> Ubuntu?
> 
> Note that I have no idea about Dell servers. I've never 
> worked with them in my professional life - but my experience 
> is that trying the same thing more than three times in a row 

Agreed, but there are 20+ servers and twenty plus SSDs. The SSDs work fine in the non-PE2970 systems with RHEL/Centos 6 64bit.

> is a waste of time (and nerves: I can literally see my life 
> being shortened by watching server-BIOS boot-up screens.)

-Jason 

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