[CentOS] CentOS on HP DL360e with B120i

[John Doe]

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?

JD