[clug] HP DL380 unrecognisable disks

[David Schoen]

On 20 August 2010 18:47, David Schoen <dave at lyte.id.au> wrote:
> On 20 August 2010 16:12, Adam Thomas <adam.lloyd at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 20 August 2010 15:45, Adrian <adrian.blake at ieee.org> wrote:
>>> I am trying to install Ubuntu on and HP DL380 G3. It has a Smart Array 5300
>>> SCSI controller.
>>>
>>> The CD boots but the hard disks are not recognised.
>>>
>>> Is it a BIOS setting or something in Ubuntu boot process.
>>
>> What have you tried already?
>>
>> Have you configured logical drives using the processes described here:
>> http://docs.hp.com/en/J6369-90075/ch03s03.html
>>
>> From memory the drivers create the device nodes using it's own naming
>> convention so they might be there just in a weird place. Are there any
>> device nodes in /dev/cciss/?
>
> You get /dev/cciss/c0d0 for the first logical raid device when using
> hardware raid (the only way I use HP servers) on RHEL/CentOS 5.4/5.5.
> Probably the same on Ubuntu. If you're not using hardware raid you
> *might* get /dev/sd[abc...] for non hardware raid stuff.
>
> That said I've only built stuff on G5 and 6 boxes so far.
>
> Does 'dmesg | grep cciss' show anything?
>
> Maybe check the raid config at boot time, it seems to involve pressing
> f8 many times and a lot of luck, although I've only done such things
> via iLom which seems to have a slower refresh than the post messages
> are designed for :/

Silly me.

Try "modprobe cciss" once you're booted into the live cd. My install
of Ubuntu shows that module available but not loading by default.


Cheers,
Dave