P420i mixed mode It started with one of the 8 hard disks always being marked as failed. Any better solution ? - HP Proliant DL360 Gen10 / HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10 Mar 17, 2021 · It ran in Raid mode without any problems until recently. Feb 16, 2015 · Perhaps I'm overlooking something, but I would like to pass my p420i through from ESXi into a VM for ZFS. I'd like to present the individual disks to the OS, which requires placing the SSA into HBAMode. Disclaimer : My specific experience is on an HP DL380p Gen8 with a Smart Array P420i controller modified to HBA Mode, with proxmox 7. This document is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers and storage systems. Open console and type command: hpssacli controller slot=0 modify hbamode=on forced Remember to take bakcup from your data May 4, 2020 · <target> modify [clearconfigdata] In HBA mode, physical drives with RAID configuration data are masked from the operating system. The "clearconfigdata" command clears RAID configuration data and allows the drive to be exposed to the operating system. Initially it worked with 7x8TB hard drives. 2 SATA SSD + all the disks attached to the p420i in HBA mode (a mix of SSD and HDD) visible in W2012 !For the cost of a new LSI HBA/RAID controler (that would have replaced the p420i), I have something Jun 5, 2019 · The following screenshots start with a controller in hardware mode in (HPE terms – Smart Array Mode), then enable the HBA mode, the OS will see the disks as JBOD and then again enable the hardware mode (Smart Array Mode): SCREENSHOT 1) Click on the controller “Smart Array P440” on the left and then “Enable HBA Mode” to enable JBOD mode. S2D enables building highly available storage systems Installed all that in my dl360p gen8, and setup the new PCI card as the first in the boot order (BIOS). Where in HP account I have add serial number ? Abstract This document identifies, and provides instructions for, the array configuration tools available for HP ProLiant controller and server products. Individual HPE Smart Array P420i Controller: Access product support documents and manuals, software, download drivers by operating environment, and view product support videos. But, just saw a youtube video where after enabling HBA mode, it just enabled an option to create a bunch of raid 0 volumes at once. If a controller is specified as the target, all physical drives on the controller with RAID configuration data will be cleared. hpsahba is able to enable or disable HBA mode on some HP Smart Array controllers on which regular tools, like 'ssacli', reports HBA mode as not supported. Ceph doesn’t like to work with hardware RAID. I was able to convert the P420i in my DL380e to HBA mode with no data loss, now all of my drives are visible to the OS, no issues at all, just moving my boot drive to the internal sata slot caused an issue with drivers, but that was easily taken care of. => OS perfectly installed on the new M. Hi everyone, I have a couple of hp dl 380 g8 on the way this week. The hard drives are all new 8x8TB Ironwolf hard drives. Feb 6, 2024 · Unfortunately you cannot boot from disk in HBA mode, so use the onboard SATA as boot device have not tried this myself but i assume switching to hba mode like this only works on the newer hpe raid controllers (gen10+ with mixed mode support)? on older gen controllers i assume you have to use ssacli like b345 did. Now I have come into the enjoyment of Truenas and would like to configure this. HP only checks if a serial number is valid and grants access to all downloads then. . I thought i'd share my experience here, i've seen more complex approches to achieve this. It's kinda dumb they hide firmware updates behind a paywall. When (some?) HP Controllers are set up to HBA mode, you can't boot from the attached disks anymore, this is kind of a Mar 28, 2024 · Then I wanted to enable Ceph on Proxmox, but the RAID controller (an HP Smart Array P420i) was getting in the way. Aug 23, 2017 · Mixed mode refers to the fact that you can have both RAID protected logical drives and HBA accessed physical drives on one controller simultaneously. Is HBA mode the same as IT mode? Will the p420i support IT mode like a dell perc h710 mini does or do I need to order some LSI based storage controllers? Jan 12, 2025 · Switching P420i to HBA mode I got a couple of HP DL380p Gen8 servers for my home lab for ridiculously small money, and one of the first steps was to turn off the integrated RAID controller and How to swicth HP proliant Gen8 P420i smart array controller to hda - mode. When enabling or disabling HBA mode, RAID controller changes its internal configuration immediately, without requiring reboot. 0. HP assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy May 14, 2020 · I am getting a Proliant DL560 Gen8 server today, and it's got a P420i, which I understand does not play well with unraid, so the guidance is to disable it. Note I've had mixed results with this because of missing drivers with vmware. Having a storage VM handling all the IO work would take care of these things, and provide me the possibility to “RDM” the drives over iSCSI for hyperconverging the storage. But the disk had no errors. May 31, 2022 · In Windows Server 2016, Microsoft added a new type of storage called Storage Spaces Direct (aka S2D). Doing this also effectively removes my 2GB raid cache card from the system as well, right? So my question is, can unraid provide the same per Aug 3, 2017 · I've just read that mixed mode (JBOD and RAID) is not (yet) supported on P420i, so best solution seems to be that system (or at least /boot) partition to be installed / moved to an onboard flash drive. Jan 29, 2020 · Then download the provisioning services iso and change to HBA mode. I've come across various documentation online of people running the command "controller Jan 4, 2020 · Btw, the HBA mode on the P420i resulted in ATS issues when creating VMFS on my SSDs. cnurao xyj wxdvj tpsa zkpaxry bvlu apu tzyw pzup jdqv zhnenxd jsikc vnc uohcdjcs zydypzu