DL120 G6 490931-421 Controller Raid

[Gioviskywalker]

Hello....I have a new problem....
I bought HP SC44Ge Host Bus Adapter...The HP SC44Ge Host Bus Adapter (HBA) tha "provides customers with the flexibility and speed they have come to expect from HP. The SC44Ge Host Bus Adapter is ideal for basic RAID (0,1) and low cost connectivity to tape and HDDs. This adapter supports both 3Gb SAS and 1.5Gb SATA devices. Providing up to 2.4GB/s maximum bandwidth, this HBA provides nearly four times the speed of a dual channel U320SCSI adapters. HP SC44Ge Host Bus Adapter has been thoroughly tested and integrated into many of the HP ProLiant servers"

I go here:
http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c02289065/c02289065.pdf
Page 42.....
The system can't see the HARDWARE to do the RAID.

When I boot my server I can entre in a LSI menu pressing F8.
I create a raid....I create an array....But If I try to install my WIN2008SRV using the HP CD-ROM I can't see the controller and I can't see the array....
How can I do to create a RAID???

I don't know why....but this HP procedure is really strange...Can you help me?
Regards

[Johan Guldmyr]

"I create a raid....I create an array"

So you have already created a RAID???

I'm pretty confident that you you cannot configure the SC44Ge in the smartstart CD.

[Gioviskywalker]

Hello...yes...From F8 I create a RAID1 using 2 HDD.

I think that my Raid 1 is created and I can see that's active....
If I try to install My Win2008Srv with HP Prliant Easy Setup CD, It can't see my RAID Hardware and my array.
Now I'm installing Win2008 and at the end I'd like to see if the array is active...in the past I use other brands but anyone with these difficulties....

[Gioviskywalker]

....sorry....thanks for your reply!!!! :-)

[Johan Guldmyr]

Maybe you need to load the driver..

[Gioviskywalker]

JOHAN....I have 3hhd in my server.
2HDDs with RAID1 and the other one without data for now.
If my server starts with only 2HDDs (RAID1) I can install WIN2008Srv....if every Hdds are installed I can't install WINDOWS.
According you....why?
Is it an Hot spare problem?Reading the Raid pdf file I can see that The esample have 2 hdd configured in Raid 1 and the third with HOT SPARE...is it a strange thing?
Regards and sorry for my questions but I need to share :-)
Regards

[Johan Guldmyr]

For some you have to specify an order for the logical volumes as well. Is the raid1 with windows the first one? Maybe that's the problem.