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I've got HP ProLiant G5 with hardware controller HP SmartArray P400i. I created logical drive from 4 HDD and installed OS, but i don't know hot to mark this volume as boot. Here's the output of hpacucli in HP SSA disk:

=> ctrl slot=0 modify bootcontroller=enable  
=> ctrl slot=0 id 1 modify bootvolume=primary  
Error: logicaldrive 1 cannot be set as the boot volume.  
Error: This operation is not supported with the current configuration. Use the "show" command on devices to show additional details about the configuration.  
Reason: Not Appllicable

=> ctrl slot=0 show config  
Smart Array P400i in Slot 0 (Embedded) (sn: xxxxxxxxxx)  
Array A (SATA, Unused Space: 0MB)  
logicaldrive 1 (1.8 TB, RAID 1+0, OK)  
physicaldrive 1I:1:1 (port 1I:box 1:bay 1, SATA, 1 TB, OK)  
physicaldrive 1I:1:1 (port 1I:box 1:bay 1, SATA, 1 TB, OK)  
physicaldrive 1I:1:1 (port 1I:box 1:bay 1, SATA, 1 TB, OK)  
physicaldrive 1I:1:1 (port 1I:box 1:bay 1, SATA, 1 TB, OK)

Also, logical drive type is Data.
What is wrong could be here? How can i mark logical volume as bootable?

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    What OS are you using? Is there a problem? It's not common to need to mark a logicaldrive as bootable.
    – ewwhite
    Sep 12, 2017 at 15:12
  • I think. It is because you've assigned only one logical volume. By default HP smart RAID boot from first created logical volume.
    – Mikhail Khirgiy
    Sep 12, 2017 at 15:38
  • @ewwhite CentOS. I thought the problem in OS bootloader too, but after re-installing grub2 and checking it in xxd /dev/... i have no doubt in that.
    – kamish
    Sep 12, 2017 at 16:27
  • @kamish did you see GRUB on monitor? If yes, the problem is Centos. If no, the problem is RAID controller.
    – Mikhail Khirgiy
    Sep 13, 2017 at 5:19
  • @MikhailKhirgiy I didn't saw grub even in emergency mode but if I did, I wouldn't write here =) Also, even with two logical drives there was no boot menus.
    – kamish
    Sep 13, 2017 at 7:00

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It seems it should be possible from BIOS Option ROM Configuration for Arrays (ORCA).

h20565.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?sp4ts.oid=3454575&docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c04135224

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  • Unfortunately, i have no this option in array menu =( tomorrow i'll try to upgrade SmartArray firmware up to 7.24, maybe it could help...
    – kamish
    Sep 12, 2017 at 16:01
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So I downloaded Smart Update Firmware DVD and updated everything what it suggested. And now I see that Select Boot Volume button!

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I was facing the same problem as shown in the picture above No "Select Boot Volume". I've flashed the P400 to the 7.24 version using CP017698.scexe, and still did not see the option. I downloaded the hpssaoffline-1.50-4.0-x86.zip (no contract needed) and used the ACU (selecting the P400) and was able to use the boot selection there to change the boot drive there.

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