Installing Fedora Linux in Porliant DL360

[Mark Daugherty]

I am trying to install Fedora 6 in proliant DL360 but it cannot locat the harddrives when parttioning the harddrive. Please let me know if you have a solution to this problem. I have updated the Bios.

Best Regards,

Mark

[Ivan Ferreira · Accepted solution]

Are you trying to install the latest version? You may try installing centos, kernel modules for storage subsystem is available for RHEL and should work with CentOS.

[Patrick Terlisten]

Hello Mark,

you need a module for the onboard Smart Array controller. The kernel module is called "cciss". Try to start the setup, switch to a console and load the module.

Rember: FC6 isn't supportet. ;) CentOS isn't supportet too, but it should run without problems. It's a complete RHEL clone.

Regards,
Patrick

[Mark Daugherty]

Can you please let me know where to download cciss.

Best Regards,

Omar Abdalla

[Ivan Ferreira]

Here you can download storage controllers for DL360:

http://h18023.www1.hp.com/support/files/server/us/locate/1117_6215.html

[Alexander Chuzhoy]

Is this a new box? Did you configure the disks in mirror?
I didn't install fedora 6 on such machine, but rhel 4 (which is older than fedora 6) is installed without problems, thus I see no reason why you can't install fedora 6 unless there's a bug of course.

[Alpha977]

I has same problems with Smart Controller in a MS-Windows configuration.

This controller need a software on a CD to be configured first.

Then you can install Linux.

From HP site this disk is available.
Check first your scsi module version.
This link is an example:
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/storage/us/locate/101_1269.html

[thebyrd99]

Installing Fedora Core 6 linux on a compaq proliant DL360 server with the Compaq Smart Array controller with two 18.2GB SCSI hard drives gave me lots of headaches and searching the internet for a solution. Finally I came across this website: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats#head-cde9c1071cff905b95fd573f330d5da17f2a0331

The answer that worked for me was to issue the following command at the command prompt: linux isa
Then I chose all listed Compaq drivers to include cparray and cciss. I tried just the cciss but that didnt work. I also loaded a couple of adaptec scsi drivers to be sure I was covering SCSI. I'm sure you have already found a solution by now, but I just wanted to post a reply in case it helps someone else.