hpacucli Array creation problem on linux Kernel 2.4.28

[Austin Godber]

I have DL 380 (G2 I think) running linux kernel 2.4.28 (which has CCISS driver version 2.4.52) and intsalled hpacucli version 7.17. I have an array A already and am trying to create an Array B with three new disks I have added ... it looks like this:

#hpacucli controller slot=0 physicaldrive all show

Smart Array 5i in Slot 0

array A
physicaldrive 2:0 (port 2:id 0 , Parallel SCSI, 36.4 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 2:1 (port 2:id 1 , Parallel SCSI, 36.4 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 2:2 (port 2:id 2 , Parallel SCSI, 36.4 GB, OK)

unassigned
physicaldrive 2:3 (port 2:id 3 , Parallel SCSI, 72.8 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 2:4 (port 2:id 4 , Parallel SCSI, 72.8 GB, OK)
physicaldrive 2:5 (port 2:id 5 , Parallel SCSI, 72.8 GB, OK)

I have tried to create a new logical disk using hpacucli with the following line:
hpacucli ctrl slot=0 create type=ld drives=2:3,2:4,2:5 raid=5

Which prints out:
Error: Operation could not complete.

The following gets printed in the dmesg output:
cciss: New Logical Volume not found

The same thing happens when I try to use the web ACU to create the logical partition.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

PS - Any HP employees listening, you should really include the README.txt that is in the windows hpacucli tool in the linux RPM package. It is really handy to have.

[Sifang Li]

To help diagnose this problem, can you execute the following commands and copy the screen output:

- I assume you currently have both cpqacuxe hpacucli installed and can not make the raid 5 logical drive using them.

rpm -q cpqacuxe hpacucli
modinfo cciss
hpacucli ctrl all show
hpacucli ctrl slot=0 show