Install hpux on rx4640 w/ smart array 6400

[Steven Bucek]

Created raid on the controller but hpux install shows no drives. I assume drivers need to be loaded, can not find doc on this procedure. Can someone point me in the right direction?

[Luk Vandenbussche]

Hi,

Is is a smartarray 6402 or 6404?

[Steven Bucek]

it is a 6402 - 2 channel card.

[Bill Hassell · Accepted solution]

Since you are installing HP-UX, there aren't any drivers, just the processor ROMs that scan for I/O cards. Here is the manual:

http://docs.hp.com/en/A9890-96012/index.html

The procedure is not simple:

http://docs.hp.com/en/A9890-96012/A9890-96012.pdf

Essentially, you CANNOT cold-install HP-UX from a CD or DVD -- the processor ROMs won't see the card as a bootable device (you've seen that already). Instead, you make an Ignite make-recovery tape from a system that already contains the special Smart Array drivers, etc, then restore that image to the system with the Smart Array card.

[Bill Hassell]

Oops, the second URL did not contain the page number. To make a bootable system read page 13 in the manual.

[Bill Hassell]

or this URL: http://docs.hp.com/en/A9890-96012/ch01s06.html