ProLiant DL380 Gen9 really slow in HBA mode

[GilbertoNF47]

Hello
Anyone ever worked with ProLiant DL380 Gen9 with Smart Array P840ar controller in HBA mode?
I change it from RAID mode to HBA mode and the boot process are extremely slow!
Thanks

[Suman_1978]

Hi,

Boot should be fine even in HBA mode, see if the controller needs an firmware update.  Also refer to the document below if your server has a Expander card.

Link Fault Errors and Slow Boot Times May Occur When Using HP Smart Cache and an HP 12Gb/s SAS Expander Card

Online ROM Flash Component

Thank You!
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[Merrieedwards]

You can re-enable hardware RAID and disable HBA mode at any time by starting over from step 1 and only set hbamode=off instead of hbamode=on. Press F9 to enter the “System Utilities.” Select “System Configuration” and go to the FC controller setup and configure the FC HBA as follows: Disabling Boot from SAN on Qlogic-based HP Branded Host Bus Adapters: i. In the Boot Settings menu, set "Adapter Driver" and "World Login" to "Disabled", set the "Selective Login" and "Selective LUN Login" to "Enabled", and set "EFIFCScanLevel" to "0".