P408i-a Driver
Clide Birkner
I have to reinstall Win 2016 on a Proliant DL380 Gen10 where the C: drive is a firrored RAI,. because I lost the admin password. I can boot the computer from a thumb drive , but a window pops up saying that it needs the driver for the disk. How do get the driver software I need.
Which controller are you using on this server? Generally, Windows contains the drivers for the Smart Array controllers, so there is no need to specify the driver. If you do get this type of message, this usually means that you may be using the SW based raid controller on the system board (S100i) or the BIOS version on the server does not have support for Windows Server 2016.
When I try to install Windows using the install image from Microsoft, it gets to the point of asking where to install and says it can't find any disks. When I go into Intelegent Provisioning it tells me that I have an HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR. How do I get the driver for the RAID so I can re-install Windows 2016?
I am including a picture of the Intelligent Provisioning screen showing the RAID controller I am using. Could you please help me find the driver file I need. IP shows Smart Array Controller HPE Smart Array P408i-a and when I run the install program and it asks where to install no devices show up. The computer works when I log into it with an non admin account, but I have lost the administrator password so I need to re-install Windows.
Is there a reason why versions of GP running on SQL Server 7 and 2000 recommended RAID 10 and newer GP system requirements do not? (I see RAID 10 dropping off GP 2010 with SQL 2005/2008 system requirements.)
With the move to virtualized servers, I rarely get asked about physical hardware servers so I'm a bit rusty on RAID configurations. (Most articles about this are several years old. I know the value of SSD, but am fuzzy on the State of RAID.)
The specific query from one of our GP clients is what RAID configuration they should deploy for an HP ProLiant DL380 with P408i-A RAID controller and 480GB SATA RI drives. (They prefer to move away from RAID 5 due to concerns about drive loss during rebuilds.)
I concur with Derek on this one.. Personally I'd guess that those specs were inherited from the old days where you still had 'physical' HW for your servers running SQL & GP, thus it make big sense to use RAID disks.. Nowadays with virtualization, not so much anymore.
But the true point is what Derek emphasized on: the partition setup for the SQL server databases.. I see too many customers that don't pay attention to those little details and setup their enviornment with only 2 disks: 1 primary for the OS and 1 large (usually 1TB) for the SQL databases.. It certainly is going to work, but you run your production on a risky setup (single data structure from the OS perspective) that might break in case something goes havoc on the OS side (thruth be told, I've never seen it ever since I started using virtualization)..
Microsoft's recommendation about seggregation of data disks is more about avoiding your disks getting filled out by TempDB overflow of Transaction Logs that grew out of control due to improper backup settings or jobs (could simply be failing without being noticed).
PS: not saying RAID isn't used anymore today, but it's handled by the underlying host infrasctructure that manages all your disks (SAN, NAS, whatever you call it). Certainly disks are still redundant today, but no longer does the OS have to deal with it using dedicated RAID controllers and drivers (which was another point of failure)
It is recommended to always isolate the Microsoft Dynamics GP database log files on a dedicated RAID 1 or RAID 10 volume. This is to ensure that SQL Server can always write to the log file as fast as possible with no contention from the MDF Input/Output (I/O) activity. This will have a positive impact on the performance of SQL statements (inserts, updates, deletes) in the database because SQL Server can continue to the next statement as soon as the log is written.
It is recommended to always isolate the Microsoft Dynamics GP database data files on a dedicated RAID 5 or RAID 10 volume. Ensure you have adequate disks to handle your I/O load, otherwise latency will increase once the disks are saturated.
It is recommended to always isolate the TEMPDB database files (MDF and LDF) on a dedicated RAID 1 or RAID 10 volume. Performance may also benefit by creating 1 data file per CPU for TEMPDB as recommended in the article below.
Is the RAID card physically part of the motherboard? If not, maybe HP can get you a card which is better-supported. I have a few G9s which were shipped to me with network cards Check Point's ixgbe doesn't support.
Did you ever successfully used the RAID in this server ? Any experience with R80.40 ? I heard reports that R80.40 even after deleting Mirror-RAID can not be installed as it does not recognize the disks...
TAC has a new idea: In case we are using USB, please attempt with USB 2.0, as per sk65205, USB 3.0 is not supported; furthermore based on previous experience and similar cases, using USB 3.0 may cause unexpected issues similar to the ones seen in this case.
ye i needed to try like 5 diff USB and alot of attempts because installing via ILO is apparently not supported.
After well alot of attpemts we did install over ILO and then no issue
(iam still on the older BIOS, didnt had time last week to try and not its vacation for 2 weeks)
Do you get same issue with mounting over ILO or only the USB?
I just installed two HP DL360 G10's, that included Smart Array P408i controller and used RAID 1 with two 480GB SSD's. I used the latest R80.40 ISO and used a Zalman ZM-VE350 (USB2) to install it on the DL360's. The first DL360 installed without any issue. The second server was a bit harder and after several tries, it finally installed without driver issues during installation. I switched to different USB ports (front and back) to see if that was the issue. Why it didn't install correctly on the second DL360 the first time is still a mystery to me. Conclusion is that it should work with R80.40.
The HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10 Controller, supporting 12 Gb/s SAS and PCIe 3.0, provides enterprise-class storage performance, reliability, security and efficiency needed to address your evolving data storage needs. This controller has eight internal SAS lanes, allowing connection to SAS or SATA drives, supports Mixed Mode operations of RAID and HBA simultaneously, and offers encryption for data-at-rest on any drive. The Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10 Controller is ideal for maximizing performance while supporting advanced RAID levels with 2 GB Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC). This type-a modular controller occupies a dedicated storage slot without occupying a PCIe expansion slot. The Gen10 controllers are supported by the HPE Smart Storage Battery. The HPE Smart Storage Battery supports multiple devices and is sold separately.
The HPE 836260-001 Smart Array P408i-A SR Gen10 Controller provides enterprise-class storage performance, reliability, security and efficiency needed to address your evolving data storage needs. The Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10 controller is ideal for maximizing performance while supporting advanced RAID levels with 2 GB Flash-Backed Write Cache (FBWC). This type-a modular controller occupies a dedicated storage slot without occupying a PCIe expansion slot.
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Het configureren en installeren van de HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10-controller is eenvoudig. Met behulp van de HPE Smart Storage Administrator-software kunt u snel en gemakkelijk de opslagcapaciteit van uw server beheren en configureren. Ook biedt de HPE Smart Storage Administrator-software de mogelijkheid om RAID-arrays te maken en te beheren.
Voor meer gedetailleerde informatie over het gebruik en de configuratie van de HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10-controller kunt u de handleiding raadplegen. Deze is beschikbaar op de HPE-website en biedt stapsgewijze instructies voor het configureren en gebruiken van de controller.
Increased Performance for Faster Data Insights
The HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR Gen10 Controller is an enterprise-class RAID controller that increases performance in messaging, database, or general server applications and delivers 12 Gb/s SAS connectivity on HPE ProLiant Gen10 Servers when connected to 12 Gb/s internal storage devices.
Increases performance with 2 GB Flash-Backed Write Cache and reduces latency in write-intensive applications that require heavy logging such as databases.
Enhances performance in storage environments where data is read repeatedly from a large number of SSDs by using HPE SSD Smart Path to create a faster I/O path between the controller and SSD.
Accelerate access to data in HDD environments by caching hot data onto SSDs with HPE Smart Array SR SmartCache (optional license).