The document says nothing about P420 controllers. Have you considered replacing the P420 controller with a non-RAID LSI HBA such as a 92xx series, with IT (Initiator-Target) firmware?
> On Nov 4, 2016, at 3:54 AM, Gabriele Bulfon <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Joshua, read here: > > http://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=mmr_kc-0100329 > > "FIX:HPE will not have a HP Dynamic Smart Array driver developed for the > Oracle Solaris Operating Systems. > Meaning Oracle Solaris Operating System will not support the OEM'd LSI > controllers in RAID mode, but they will be supported with RAID mode disabled > (HBA mode). > > When users disable RAID mode for HP Dynamic SmartArray B320i/B120i the > controller name will be H220i (DLs) or H210i (blades)." > > Looks like I can disable raid mode on the Dynamic Smart Array and let it work > as an LSI controller? > What about the P420? Do you think I can have jbod mode on it? > > Gabriele > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sonicle S.r.l. : http://www.sonicle.com > Music: http://www.gabrielebulfon.com > Quantum Mechanics : http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/gabrielebulfon > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Da: Joshua M. Clulow <[email protected]> > A: Illumos Discussion <[email protected]> > Data: 3 novembre 2016 20.11.40 CET > Oggetto: Re: [discuss] HP ProLiant DL380e > > On 3 November 2016 at 04:30, Gabriele Bulfon <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm considering reusing an HP ProLiant DL380e currently running VMware, > > scrathing it and reinstalling XStreamOS/illumos (VMware will be moved > > elsewhere). > > It features 2 hba controllers: > > 1- HP Dynamic Smart Array B120i RAID controller (with 4 disks, I will use 2 > > as a mirrored boot) > > 2- Smart Array P420 (some TB of disks) > > > > I want to completely bypass hardware array raid and use jbod or similar. > > I found documents around saying that I can just configure each disk as a > > single array in the controller, obtaining the same effect. > > I don't think this is a good idea. While it is technically possible > to create a non-redundant logical volume on each physical disk, this > is _not_ the same as having a proper JBOD/target-mode HBA. In > particular, the RAID controller will not expose proper fault or > hot-plug information back to the operating system. If you have a disk > failure or other problem, it's not clear that you'll be able to pull > out the failed disk and plug a new one in and have it work, at least > without rebooting and possibly reconfiguring the RAID controller. > > I'm also not sure that we have a driver for the "Dynamic Smart Array", > which I believe is a different series of parts to the regular "Smart > Array" controllers like the P420. > > My strong recommendation is to install a real JBOD-mode HBA -- > something like an LSI IT-mode card supported by "mpt_sas" would > probably be best. If you're not going to do that, I would probably > let the RAID controller manage redundancy on the disks, e.g. using by > creating a single RAID-6 logical volume, and create a single-vdev ZFS > pool (i.e. no redundancy at the ZFS layer). > > > Cheers. > > -- > Joshua M. Clulow > UNIX Admin/Developer > http://blog.sysmgr.org > > > > illumos-discuss | Archives | Modify Your Subscription ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
