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"Smart Array" is the name used by Hewlett-Packard's line of enterprise-grade RAID controllers.

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HP Smart Array P812 - Why is my Raid 60 gone?

I've got an HP ProLiant DL380 Gen7 with a Smart Array P812 which is connected to an MSA20 that houses 19 600GB drives. After my VMs didn't boot up, I checked my array config and 2 drives failed: =&...
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SAS Expanders and Hp Smart Array HBA mode

I've recently purchased an HP DL360p G8 with a Smart Array P420i 1GB storage controller. As I'm using FreeNas, I've switched the controler to HBA mode. I was planning to buy an HP SAS expander, this ...
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HP P812 attr_value_interface_phy_not_connected

We got an error on HP server with a HP Smart Array P812 and now 6 of the drives are missing. the error seems to be attr_value_interface_phy_not_connected (See pic) and I found no reference anywhere on ...
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Install CentOS 6 on HP ML 150 gen9 server with b140i raid controller

I have HP ML 150 with Smart Array b140i controller. I want to install CentOS 6.6, but the driver isn't built-in the ISO. I have download the Driver and install in the USB(dd). I need the command for ...
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Can we move the RAID array from one HP Server models to another HP models or one RAID controller model to another Controller model

In case my HP Proliant DL380 G6 & G7 failed, can I swap all HDD to HP Proliant DL380 G9. HP Proliant DL380 G7 is using the different controller (HP Smart Array Controllers P410i) and HP Proliant ...
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How to identify which disk is failing in a HP ProLiant RAID controller?

I have a hard time identifying which drive is failing in my HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8. It has the following RAID controller: Smart Array P420i. I see tons of errors in dmesg: [40425140.998750] sd 0:1:0:...
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Can physical drives configured for an HP Proliant DL 380 Gen 9 server be used to boot another server of the same model?

We are having great difficulty getting physical hard drives that were configured for our server to work in another server of the same model (HP Proliant DL 380 Gen 9). One would think that I could ...
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ZFS - Solaris 10 doesn't see disks after reboot on HP Pro DL380 G7

The current box has 2 logical drives, shown in P410i Array Controller (F8 during POST) as: Logical Drive 1 - 2 SAS 72GB HD Raid10 <----root pool disk Logical Drive 2 - 4 SAS 146GB HD Raid 5 <--...
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HP DL360 G6 ssd on raid 1 with smart array p410i write verry slow, how to fix it?

I just bought a HP DL360G6 server with a P410i RAID card with 256mb cache. I am using Windows server 2012 I use Intel 520 series 240GB SSDs in raid 1+0, but the speed is very slow. I checked the speed ...
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HP ML350 Replacing a Drive Marked as Predicted to Fail

We have an ML350P Gen8 server with an HP Smart Array P420i. Three 300GB drives are combined in RAID5. Of these, one drive is showing a flashing amber light (predictive failure). The cache for the ...
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HP Proliant DL380 Gen9 - - Logical Drive 1 has failed Re-enable failed logical

I have a HP Proliant DL360 Gen9 Server, everything working fine. but suddenly server is not bootable, booting time we got three errors. listed below. 313-HP smart storage battery 1 failure - Battery ...
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SAS HDD won't reinstall, keeps flickering and shows red light

I have an HP ProLiant SE316M1R2 server. I had 3 hard disks in the Smart Array P410i (they're Fujitsu, two RAID 0 in bay 1 and one RAID 0 in bay 2), so I uninstalled one of them because I was testing ...
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HP ML350e Gen8 - RAID card "exceeded option ROM space" - can't disable anything

I've got an ML350eG8 and tried to add a P410 RAID controller. When I add the card it will try to start up and throws a "exceeded option ROM space" type error. I can get into the RBSU but if I disable ...
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SSA configured RAID1 array not visible in CentOS7 installation

I have a ProLiant ML30 Gen9 server with an hardware raid adapter that I can configure using HP's "Smart Storage Administrator" (SSA) tool. I have defined my two 1TB drives to be in a RAID1 setup as a ...
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HP P410 RAID 0 - Added 2nd Drive Then Deleted 2nd Drive before 1% - Array Broken - Recovery options?

I made a mistake and I wanted to ask some others for best recovery options. Boot drive in home server was a single drive RAID 0 connected to a HP Smart Array P410 controller. I was attempting to ...
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HP acu drive listing errors. Smart array

I have current config HP Proliant bl460gen6 with controller smart array p711m Ubuntu OS There are 35 hdd drives configured in raid 1+0 with 1 disk in spare usually i monitor status of raid with ...
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Can I expand the Logical Drive on an HP P410 live?

I have an HP Smart Array P410 w/FBWC with 4 drives configured as RAID-5. Originally, I had 4 x 500meg drives, with 1 Logical Drive of 1.5T configured. I have just swapped the 4x500MB drives for 4x4T ...
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HP Smart Array E200 - Battery Pack for Backup cache card 128MB is discharged

I cannot boot Windows on my server nor can I boot any OS installation DVD. I was thinking that it may be due to below errors. I have a HP Smart Array E200. the battery Pack for Backup cache card ...
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HP Smart Array cache benefits

I have to decide if we should buy Smart Array Controller with 2 or 4 gb cache. I currently have a P840/4G and a P440ar/2G for testing. Is there a way to check the cache usage while running a file ...
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Smart Array P400 controller - how to remove failed spare from config

I hope you can help me out of a puzzle. I have a Smart Array P400 controller which has 5 drives configured in RAID 5 and one extra drive as a hot spare. Two of the main drives were showing some signs ...
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Proliant ML350p Gen8 Raid Extending

I am assisting in adding 2 more 480 GB SAS drives to a Proliant ML350p Gen8 RAID 5 that currently has 3 drives. I already know that in my setup, I need to restart the server, press F5 to go into the ...
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Logical Drive 1 Fatal Error System Logs

When a Client Backup starts on my 2012 Server Essentials, it fails and I receive the following error in my System log: Logical drive 1 of array controller B120i [Embedded] returned a fatal error ...
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HP SmartArray Rebuild Logical Drive without data loss

First, let me explain our situation: We had an HP server with a RAID 1 over 2 drives (for the OS) and a RAID 5 over 4 drives (for VM data). The raid recently failed. I say the word failed very ...
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HP Server doesn't boot when disk is in caddy

We have recently bought an unused HP DL320e G8 v2 and decided to use some of the Western Digitial RE 3TB SATA disks we have in stock for our other hardware with HP Drive caddy's. At first we thought ...
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Connect external 4-bay SAS enclosure to HP SAS Expander Card?

I've got an HP DL380 G7 with the HP SAS Expander Card. The server has 16 internal drive bays, which are all populated. It also has an external SAS connector on the expander card. I have an external 4-...
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Kernel panic after boot Centos 6.5 HP DL320 B120i HPVSA

Im working with a new HPDL320 micro server (gen8-2) with a HP Dynamic array B120i My problem is after the setup. I provided the DiskDrive to the installer and everything is fine. at first i used kick ...
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HP Dl360e Gen8 Not Detecting Hard Drives

I have a new HP Proliant DL360e G8 and it is not detecting the hard drives. We are using both non-hp, and official hp hard drives from an older server (DL120). Hard drives are 3.5" and they are not ...
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Proliant dl 180 g6 install normal SATA drives

I have a Proliant DL180 G6 with problems in the P410 controller. I want to instal normal SATA drives in the server. I see the mother has 4 SATA slots but I can´t find how to power the SATA drives ...
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Proliant Server E200i Raid Controller does not see array

Help! My server was configured with 3 arrays: array 1 and 2 were each 136Gb raid 5 using the first 5 drives. 3 x 72Gb and 2 x 300Gb. Array 3 was 3 x 500Gb using drives 6 7 8 for 1Tb. I had a ...
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DL185 G5 Upgrade to 3tb hard drives

I would like to upgrade my DL185 G5 to take 3tb hard drives. the P400 controller does not support 3Tb hard drives. If I upgrade the controller to a P212 (which I already have), Do I simply use a SFF-...
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ML350 Using both p800 and e200i

I have an ML350 G5 with a P800 and the integrated e200i. I'm using the P800 to service the main drive cage with 6 SAS drives in RAID 5. However, I would love to also convert some of the unused 5.25" ...
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Smart array P212 error code 727

We recently purchased HP DL380P GEN8 server and D3700 enclosure with 20TB of disks. I wanted to connect both servers with Smart Array P212 but I encountered and error once I tried to configure the ...
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install disks with raid on a controller of the same model? without losing data. hp dl160 g9 - b140i

I have an HP DL160 Gen 9 server with 4 disk drives, 2 HDD with RAID 1 and 2 SSD with RAID 1. This server is restarting repeatedly when the esxi System boots. If I install these 4 disks on an identical ...
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How to force array rebuild on HP smart array (ssacli)

i recently replaced a failed drive on my HW RAID 5 array in my home server. i am running a custom built machine (read: built from whatever parts i thought might fit together). the HW RAID controller ...
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Linux doesn't boot when HP HBA controller is connected

I have an HP H240 Smart HBA. On Windows 10, it works without a problem, but any Linux I tested refuses to boot with a connected controller. Platform: AMD B450 (AM4, various processors) List of tested ...
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Smart Array P812 External ports don't detect backplane with SAS HDDs

I've found some articles that P812 do not see SATA drives via external ports after updating firmware 5.14 and above. But I can't find any mentions about restrictions with SAS hard drives. (I have two ...
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Setting up raid hardware with out deleting data

so I have a home lab, and in the beginning, I started with only 1 DISK, and in the raid config, I bypassed the raid because I didn't have 2 disks to make a RAID 10 or 1, but now, I want some ...
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HPACUCLI Remotely make active spare permanent member

We have an old HP server - we let the HPE contract expire as it'll be decom'd soon, and our monitoring has flagged a failed disk. For various reasons it's difficult to organise access to the server, ...
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How to get temperature readings of HP P420 RAID PCI-e card?

I have an HP Proliant ML110 G9 Server. Added an HP Smart Array P420 PCI-E card to have real hardware RAID on the server. Everything works fine, but I noted that the P420's processor was extremely hot (...
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Server won't boot after adding two new disks

I have an HP ML350 G6 server with 3 600Gb SAS drives on RAID5. I added 2 new 1Tb disks and configured a new Array with RAID1. Al of a sudden I got the blue screen of death, the server rebooted and now ...
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Remove logicaldrive in Smart Array P420i

i've a DL380p with Smart Array P420i. On this server we have some logicaldrives: root@server:~# hpacucli ctrl all show config Smart Array P420i in Slot 0 (Embedded) (sn: XXXXXXX) array A (...
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HP Smart Array Controller Not Showing in BIOS

I am currently setting up a HP DL380p Gen8 and I am trying to use a Smart Array P822 controller with it. However, this controller is not showing up in the BIOS so it doesn't detect in windows. The ...
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PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA (srv.sys) Windows Server 2012 r2

I have an HP proliant 380 gen9 server. The issue started with the server restarting it self on check the ilo logs i found out that we had smart battery failure so we replaced it. After turning it on ...
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How to configure HP Smart Array P822 controller with single SAS HDD

I have SAS Seagate Exos HDD and HP P822 Smart Array controller with 2GB cache with battery backup. I don't want to create any arrays, this is supposed to be single storage HDD in my workstation. All ...
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HP Smart Array P410i Logical Volume failed, how to rebuild it without lossing data

I have a failed logical volume on an HP Smart Array P401i with vmWare installed. Is there any way to rebuild the logical volume without losing precious data? logical volume failed on vmware
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Adding second HP Smart array P420i 0.5GB cache increase speed?

I'm novice with servers, and I apologize for perhaps asking an easy question. I have an HP Proliant ML350p Gen8 server with smart array p420i 500mg Cache. the server has: 2 logical SSD drives in ...
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Replace a physical drive that is part of RAID 1+0

I have a physical hard drive that has a status of imminent failure. It is part of a 4 x 1TB RAID 1+0. The controller is Smart Array B110i SATA RAID in Embedded Slot and the server is HP ML110 G7. I ...
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How to install RAID driver for HP ProLiant Microserver Gen 8 after installation of OS

I installed CentOS 7 on my HP ProLiant Microserver Gen8 on a SSD. I'm using the internal SD card slot as boot device while all other partitions are located on my SSD to circumvent the limitations of ...
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HP ML360 G6 server won't boot after swapping system disk

I am hoping for some help since I am completely out of ideas how to solve this! I have a ML360 G6 server with a smartarray p410 controller. All disks conifured in 4 separate arrays in raid 0 (I know, ...
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Debian Wheezy drivers for HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 RAID controller

I bought 2 HP DL360 Gen9 Servers and wanted install Debian Wheezy on those with PXE Boot network install. But it seems that Wheezy does not include a driver for the Smart Array Controllter p440ar/2g. ...
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