Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:24:12 -0700 From: Sam George <ciradrak@centurylink.net> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP ProLiant Gen10 & HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Message-ID: <46643790-73c2-10be-44fa-e3d507f87cfd@centurylink.net> In-Reply-To: <CAEobcnCF-64mnKowX4OL4QdRdH4wkZPBEW3J0YB4sKGQquxHqQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <962F1D44-B517-4259-996C-4649F6790F74@adestra.com> <CAEobcnCF-64mnKowX4OL4QdRdH4wkZPBEW3J0YB4sKGQquxHqQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 11/15/2017 12:02 PM, Scott Lamons wrote: > Hi Scott, > > I forwarded your message to some folks I've been working with at HPE on > getting us access to their latest hardware for enablement of FreeBSD. I > would also encourage you, and others on this list, to please contact your > HPE rep and ensure they are aware of the need to support FreeBSD. > > I would also be very interested to learn more about your use case for > FreeBSD if you're willing and able to share (publicly or privately). This > would help me make the business case to HPE. Just to throw in here. I also have a Proliant DL360p but it's an older Gen8. My primary use for it is a zfs supported file server under FreeBSD 11.1 The Gen8 P420i controller causes heartache under FreeBSD. I finally gave up trying to get direct access to the disks and gave a raid5 virtual disk to zfs. And yes, getting it to boot was not easy either. It also made things difficult that I'm an individual who privately owns this, and have no HPE rep or support from them -- getting firmware upgrades (which was necessary to get it working) was very hard. (No one had _ever_ upgraded _any_ of the firmwares on it.) :( -Sam George > Best Regards, > > Scott Lamons <http://www.linkedin.com/in/scottlamons>; > Program Manager > FreeBSD Foundation <http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/>; > scott@freebsdfoundation.org > > On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 5:23 AM, Scott Cooper <scott.cooper@adestra.com> > wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I’m attempting to install FreeBSD 11.1 (either –RELEASE or –STABLE) on an >> HP ProLiant DL360 Gen10 however it is not detecting the RAID controller >> which is a HPE Smart Array P408i-a… >> >> I can see that it isn’t included on https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ >> man.cgi?query=ciss&sektion=4 however I was hopeful that maybe someone on >> this list might have some more experience with this newer generation HP kit >> and be able to help or if anyone is aware of this being worked on? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Scott
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