HP DL380 SCSI Adapted

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michasio
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HP DL380 SCSI Adapted

Post by michasio » 2015/07/30 12:59:00

Hello,

May I ask You for help? I cannot install Centos 7 on HP 380 with Adapted controller.
I found info about Centos 7 is not supporting old Adaptec and SCSI controllers.
But I need to be sure that is the true...

And last question, which version of Centos will be fine for old server...?

Maybe You have some solution how to enable support for Adapted controllers in Centos 7?

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michal

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Re: HP DL380 SCSI Adapted

Post by TrevorH » 2015/07/30 13:03:23

What model of DL380 is it? If it's a G6 or newer then it should be supported since those have P410 controllers which are supported by the hpsa module. If it's a G5 or earlier then those would be supported by the cciss module and that has been deprecated in CentOS 7. It is still supported on CentOS 6. There is also a long and complicated and possibly unstable workaround to make it work on CentOS 7 but it's not something I'd recommend.
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Re: HP DL380 SCSI Adapted

Post by michasio » 2015/07/30 21:23:29

Hello,

Thanks for help.
One question more regarding Centos 6 installation and updating system using yum. Will I have some problem with supporting old controllers after updating system?
This is DL380 G4

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michal

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Re: HP DL380 SCSI Adapted

Post by TrevorH » 2015/07/31 00:52:24

You get the same kernel with fixes for the entire duration of the lifetime of the major version - so CentOS 6 will always use some form of 2.6.32 kernel and will ship the same modules until it goes EOL in 2020.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke

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