Drivers for these controllers are available on in the form of a driver update disk.Red Hat neither ships nor supports the required closed source driver (hpdsa, hpvsa) for these Smart Array models.
The HPE B-Series Smart Array controllers may also use the hpvsa proprietary (closed source) driver that is only available from HPE.The HPE B-Series Smart Array controllers require the hpdsa proprietary (closed source) driver for RAID configurations and is only available from HPE.These Smart Array controllers have RAID capability enabled by default.Contact vendor HPE for latest driver versions and any further assistance needed including setup, configuration steps and any other support needs.Contact vendor HPE for assistance in using these controllers.You agree that Red Hat is not responsible or liable for any loss or expenses that may result due to your use of (or reliance on) the external site or content. The inclusion of any link to an external website does not imply endorsement by Red Hat of the website or their entities, products or services.
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The information is provided as-is and any configuration settings or installed applications made from the information in this article could make the Operating System unsupported by Red Hat Global Support Services. This is the first server I've ever owned so any help setting this up will be much appreciated.Issue: Some of the HP Gen8 and Gen9 systems are shipping with either a Smart Array B320i, B140i, B120i, B110i, or other B xxxi controller that requires a closed source (proprietary) hpdsa, hpvsa or similar named driver to make RAID functionality available to the OS.ĭisclaimer: The following information has been provided by Red Hat, but is outside the scope of the posted Service Level Agreements and support coverage as it involves software not provided by Red Hat. Future platforms with the Dynamic RAID controller will be certified using AHCI SATA mode. Please use AHCI Mode with newer Hardware Enabled Kernels (HWE). NOTE: The B140i storage controller (HPDSA) driver v1.2.4-140 is ONLY supported with Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (v3.13.x) kernel. I've also read somewhere on ask ubuntu that going in to 'AHCI mode' mode makes the fans louder too. What does this mean? What are the pros and cons?ĭoes this turn off RAID? I mainly bought this because eventually I'd like to have two drives mirroring each other.
I've seen I can install Ubuntu after I set the embedded SATA configuration to 'AHCI mode'. I would like to keep RAID support, although I'm currently only using one HDD which will have my files and OS on it. I have just purchased this server and I would like to install Ubuntu Server on it.