In article <39999DB8-81B1-42E9-AD03-161F3C68DBC0 at me.com>, Nathan Duehr <denverpilot at me.com> wrote: > > On Jan 8, 2014, at 3:13 AM, John Doe <jdmls at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > From: John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> > > > >> On 1/7/2014 10:39 AM, Tony Mountifield wrote: > >>> I am trying to install CentOS5 on a new HP DL360e G8 with B120i disk > >>> controller. It appears that a proprietary HP driver is needed for it. > >> > >> fwiw, centos 6.recent should recognize that controller, I know it > >> supports the P420i thats in the DL??0p Gen8 systems. > > > > AFAIK, B120i is a fake raid that needs an hp driver... > > > > /begin_rant > > The same that is in the microserver g8 I sadly just bought... > > Sadly because: fake raid, no driver for 6.5 (yet) => kernel panic on 6.5. > > And, the icing on the cake: if you use AHCI instead, the so called super silent server sounds like an hair drier > (drives temperature is only reported by the RAID drivers, so without RAID, they force the fan to a set speed... > apparently close to 5 times the average speed: 6% => 30%)! > > HP response: do not use AHCI... product works as expected... > > /end_of_rant > > > > Good: hp raid utilities and compatible with other hardware hp raid controllers if you upgrade later. > > Bad: install annoyances, dependance on driver to be up to date with OS release, and AHCI + mdraid is more portable? > > Agreed. If you need the same server with the supported 410 card, buy the DL360p series, and not the DL360e series. Interesting. Not normally using HP, I didn't realise the difference. The last ones I had a few years ago did have the 410. > I have one machine that's an e-series, purchased by accident, and it loaded fine with the proprietary driver, but I'm > sure it will be a minor headache going forward. HP went the cheap/bad route with the e-series. OK, well we'll have to see how it goes. I found the proprietary driver was only available for 64-bit, and only up to C5.9. I'm currently using 32-bit with PAE, so I've turned off the B120i and just using AHCI with kernel RAID instead. Cheers Tony -- Tony Mountifield Work: tony at softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: tony at mountifield.org - http://tony.mountifield.org