Hardware Concerns Hp SmartArray P400i

[gabelgee]

Installed Freenas as directed by help vids, but on reboot does not boot. 3x
ZFS: i/o error - all block copies unavailable. I think its the Smartarray controller I have. Has anyone else experienced this? Thank you

HP Proliant DL360 G5
Mother board make and model: HP DL360 436066-001
Cpu make model: Two Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon TM - Processor 2.50Ghz/1333MHz, 2x6MB L2
Memory Installed: 32GB PC2-5300 Dimms DDR2-667
HardDrive Make and Models: HP 300GB 10K SAS
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HP Smartarray P400i Controller 250MB v5.26
Network Card: Embedded dual NC373i Mutifuntion Gigabit Network adapter w/TCP/IP, including support for accelerated iSCSI through optimal essential licensing.

 

[melloa]

Installed Freenas as directed by help vids

If the vids directed you to install FreeNAS with a RAID controller, please remove the links from those vids from your book mark.

I do have FreeNAS running on a DL 380e Gen 8 and works fine, but:

- Get an adapter to replace the cdrom with an ssd to be used for boot
- Get a LSI HBA in IT mode and install it on a open PCI slot
- Connect the HBA to the back plane (I needed longer cables)
- Install FreeNAS on your SSD
- Change BIOS to boot from the SSD
- Boot and configure the pool/shares/etc

I did noticed that iLo showed three of the fans running at 43% after my changes to the blade, so a little noisier than the original setup.

Good luck.

 

[gabelgee]

If the vids directed you to install FreeNAS with a RAID controller, please remove the links from those vids from your book mark.

I do have FreeNAS running on a DL 380e Gen 8 and works fine, but:

- Get an adapter to replace the cdrom with an ssd to be used for boot
- Get a LSI HBA in IT mode and install it on a open PCI slot
- Connect the HBA to the back plane (I needed longer cables)
- Install FreeNAS on your SSD
- Change BIOS to boot from the SSD
- Boot and configure the pool/shares/etc

I did noticed that iLo showed three of the fans running at 43% after my changes to the blade, so a little noisier than the original setup.

Good luck.

Thank you

 

[gabelgee]

Im ordering the LSI HBA in IT mode now. After looking at my cd/dvd optical drive for some time I cant find an adapter for an SSD. Suggestions??