PXE KickStart for SmartArray B120i,B320i

[Simpat]

Hi Folks, I know that we can deploy CentOS 7.x using HPVSA and with linux dd , and then modprobe.blacklist=ahci inst.dd
follow this instruction:
http://serverfault.com/questions/680543/how-do-i-load-hpvsa-ko-raid-controller-b120i-module-in-centos-7-1

But I dont want to do it manually each servers, because I have many servers with this RAID model.
Does anyone know how to load driver hpvsa in KickStart?

Thanks in advance,

[Jimmy Vance]

Are you using PXE boot to kick everything off?

[gkrunal]

Here is our setup, please update as per your need.

label rhel6u4_64_autodud_hpvsa

kernel rhel6/u4/64/vmlinuz

append initrd=rhel6/u4/64/initrd.img ramdisk_size=16384 ip=dhcp ks=http://XX.XX.XX.XX/autoks/pxe/RHEL6/rhel6u4_64-hpvsa-ks-d.cfg ksdevice=eth0 noipv6 dd=http://XX.XX.XX.XX/autodud/hpvsa/hpvsa-1.2.8-160.rhel6u4.x86_64.dd blacklist=ahci”

[Jimmy Vance]

Here is an entry for a 6.7 installation, 6.5 would be a similar syntax.  I do see in your config 'noipv6' and 'dd' don't have a space between them, but I'm assuming that is just a linewrap issue when you pasted the line into the forum.

label=rhel6.7hpdsa
    kernel RHEL6.7/vmlinuz
    append=ksdevice=eth1 initrd=RHEL6.7/initrd.img blacklist=ahci dd=http://192.168.1.1/repo/hpdsa/rh6.7/hpdsa.dd  repo=http://192.168.1.1/repo/RHEL6.7/disc1 ks=http://192.168.1.1/repo/answers/rhel6.x-cert.ks

[gkrunal]

yes updated.

[Jimmy Vance]

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@gkrunal wrote:

yes updated.

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So is it working now?

[Simpat]

Hi, Sorry for late reply. I just come back from vacations. I will try this tomorrow and will let you know.

[gkrunal]

for me it was working fine without any issue I have just updated the syntex with space bet'n 'noipv6' and 'dd' , it was copy paste typo error.

[Simpat]

I use Cobbler PXE KickStart it. I put

Here is my options:

ksdevice=eth0 noipv6 dd=http://192.168.1.250/drivers/hpvsa-1.2.14-113.rhel7u2.x86_64.dd blacklist=ahci

I still have problem:

[Simpat]

Do I need to...

- Change RBSU for SATA Option for AHCI or Legacy Support ?

- Do I need this optioin instead? modprobe.blacklist=ahci inst.dd

[gkrunal]

Yes for CENTO7 you will need to add

modprobe.blacklist=ahci inst.dd

Also have you configured RAID setting via ACU ?