DL320 G5P 1TB RAID Not Detected by Windows 2008 R2 installer

[northcr]

Good morning,

I'm having a little bit of a wierd issue.  I'm wanting to replace one of my older Windows 2003 R2 domain controllers with a DL320 G5p that I had on the shelf.  I have installed 2 1 TB drives and created a RAID1 array.  I then went to install Windows Server 2012 R2 but only get the option to install on one of the physical drive instead of my array.  I found this post and realize that the issue is likely driver related.

I then moved onto installing Windows Server 2008 R2, but no matter what driver I use the installer won't detect my array.  I still had the original 250 GB drives that came with the server, so for kicks and giggles I created a new array using these drives, installed the driver and voila I had somewhere to install Windows Server 2008 R2.

Is there something I'm missing or need to do in order for my 1 TB array to work witih Server 2008 R2?  Could someone possibly send me a link to Server 2012 R2 drivers, as this is really the OS I want to install?

Any help would be appreciated

Raymond Northcott

[Suman_1978]

Hi,

What is the Smart Array Controller model and what is the Firmware version on that?

The 1TB drives are they HP branded?

Thank You!
I am a HP employee.

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