Mageia 6 does not detect raid controller P408i-a SR

[logan]

Could not install Mageia 6 (DVD iso image) on a new HP DL380 machine carrying Raid Array Controller P408i-a SR. Mageia 6 complained it could not find valid media while going to disk partition setup stage.
Raid Controller is configured for Raid 10 in the HP server. I think it could be a case of required controller driver not available in Mageia. Can anyone advise how to solve this problem. Thanks.

[wintpe]

the P408i-a is a Gen10 controller, and I dont have one of those to hand at the moment.

however the DL380 Gen 8 has a "02:00.0 RAID bus controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Smart Array Gen8 Controllers (rev 01)"

and that uses the driver hpsa, which should also support the P408i-a

https://cateee.net/lkddb/web-lkddb/SCSI_SMARTPQI.html

under Rhel 7 this is provided as

filename: /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/scsi/hpsa.ko.xz
license: GPL
version: 3.4.18-0-RH1
description: Driver for HP Smart Array Controller version 3.4.18-0-RH1
author: Hewlett-Packard Company
rhelversion: 7.4

this is also provided on mageia 6 as version 3.4.20-0, so newer than the rhel 7.4 one that im seeing on our gen 8.

im not in a position to test mageia on that Gen 8

have you created the primary disk/volume on the raid controller, you must do this first, as mageia is not able to do that.

this is done by ( i think hitting F10 during boot at the raid controller bios screen) and creating the volume in the raid controllers bios.

regards peter

[logan]

Hi Peter,
Thanks you very much for your response. Before attempting to install Mageia, I have already created the Logical Drive using the Provisioning Tool (F10). The logical drive consists of 8x300GB hard disks of speed 15K. They are configured in Raid 1+0.
FYI - Other than Mageia 6, I also tried using Fedora 28 (iso image burned into DVD) to install. Fedora also stopped at the point where it tries to get info on the storage media.
In addition I have also downloaded and installed all the firmware and software updates from SPP-2018.06 .
Please advise if there is anything else you need.

Regards,
Logan

[doktor5000]

I've not seen any posts indicating that this controller currently works under linux, seems only the Gen9 controller is working. See e.g. https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/proxm ... n10.37013/
You may want to ask HP support how to get it to work, and they also list it as certified for RHEL7 and http://h17007.www1.hpe.com/us/en/enterp ... linux.aspx and the controller also for SLES.
Have you tried installing RHEL7, just to see whether it works?

[wintpe]

according to this

http://h17007.www1.hpe.com/us/en/enterp ... 0yWs83WRpg

rhel 7.3 This server requires minimum of kernel 3.10.0-514.6.1.el7.x86_64

the gen8 we have is running 3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64

so that driver should support that controller.

also

https://access.redhat.com/ecosystem/hardware/3108451


HPE Gen10 is Certified on RHEL 7.3 kernel 3.10.0-514.6.1.el7
Updated September 7 2017 at 7:46 PM - English

NOTE: This kbase is only to be used when attached to a HPE Gen10 hardware certification.

The system connected to this hardware certification is certified with RHEL 7.3.z kernel 3.10.0-514.6.1.el7 and above. Any kernels below kernel 3.10.0-514.6.1.el7 will not be considered as a certified server.

OK CORRECTION

the driver the p408i-a uses is not the hpsa

it uses the smartpqi, i should have noticed that when i posted that link in my first reply

mageia does not have smartpqi included in the kernel or the distribusion. redhat does

we would need to add kmod-smartpqi-1.1.2-120.rhel7u3.x86_64.rpm source to mageia

it is in fedora 28, so will I guess be in mageia 7

regards peter

[wintpe]

found a HP Gen 10 that i could get my hands on, for a quick look at the drivers, pcibus etc

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 lsmod |grep smart
smartpqi               58431  2
scsi_transport_sas     41224  2 ses,smartpqi

 modinfo smartpqi
filename:       /lib/modules/3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64/kernel/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi.ko.xz
license:        GPL
version:        0.9.14-100
description:    Driver for Microsemi Smart Family Controller version 0.9.14-100
author:         Microsemi
rhelversion:    7.4
srcversion:     69663B25BE0D13B6791C8C0


ill also post the lspci output as this might be usefull to others

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 lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2020 (rev 04)
00:04.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CBDMA Registers (rev 04)
00:04.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CBDMA Registers (rev 04)
00:04.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CBDMA Registers (rev 04)
00:04.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CBDMA Registers (rev 04)
00:04.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CBDMA Registers (rev 04)
00:04.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CBDMA Registers (rev 04)
00:04.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CBDMA Registers (rev 04)
00:04.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CBDMA Registers (rev 04)
00:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E MM/Vt-d Configuration Registers (rev 04)
00:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2025 (rev 04)
00:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Device 2026 (rev 04)
00:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E Ubox Registers (rev 04)
00:08.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E Ubox Registers (rev 04)
00:08.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E Ubox Registers (rev 04)
00:11.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Intel Corporation Device a1ec (rev 09)
00:11.1 Unassigned class [ff00]: Intel Corporation Device a1ed (rev 09)
00:11.5 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Lewisburg SSATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 09)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Lewisburg USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 09)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device a1b1 (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Lewisburg CSME: HECI #1 (rev 09)
00:16.4 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Lewisburg CSME: HECI #3 (rev 09)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Lewisburg PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f9)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Lewisburg PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f9)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Lewisburg LPC Controller (rev 09)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Lewisburg PMC (rev 09)
01:00.0 System peripheral: Hewlett-Packard Company Integrated Lights-Out Standard Slave Instrumentation & System Support (rev 07)
01:00.1 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. Device 0538 (rev 02)
01:00.2 System peripheral: Hewlett-Packard Company Integrated Lights-Out Standard Management Processor Support and Messaging (rev 07)
01:00.4 USB controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 22f6
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
02:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
02:00.2 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
02:00.3 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5719 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 01)
11:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCI Express Root Port A (rev 04)
11:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCI Express Root Port C (rev 04)
11:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2034 (rev 04)
11:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E RAS Configuration Registers (rev 04)
11:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Device 2036 (rev 04)
11:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:08.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:08.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:08.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:08.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:08.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:08.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:09.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:09.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:09.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:09.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:09.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:09.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:09.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:09.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0a.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0a.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0a.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0a.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0a.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0a.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0a.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0a.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0b.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0b.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0b.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0b.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0e.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0e.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0e.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0e.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0e.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0e.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0e.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0e.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0f.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0f.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0f.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0f.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0f.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0f.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0f.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:0f.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:10.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:10.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:10.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:10.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:10.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:10.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:11.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:11.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:11.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:11.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:1d.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:1d.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:1d.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:1d.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
11:1e.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCU Registers (rev 04)
11:1e.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCU Registers (rev 04)
11:1e.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCU Registers (rev 04)
11:1e.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCU Registers (rev 04)
11:1e.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCU Registers (rev 04)
11:1e.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCU Registers (rev 04)
11:1e.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCU Registers (rev 04)
12:00.0 Ethernet controller: Solarflare Communications SFC9220 10/40G Ethernet Controller (rev f2)
12:00.1 Ethernet controller: Solarflare Communications SFC9220 10/40G Ethernet Controller (rev f2)
13:00.0 Ethernet controller: Solarflare Communications SFC9220 10/40G Ethernet Controller (rev f2)
13:00.1 Ethernet controller: Solarflare Communications SFC9220 10/40G Ethernet Controller (rev f2)
36:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCI Express Root Port A (rev 04)
36:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2034 (rev 04)
36:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E RAS Configuration Registers (rev 04)
36:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Device 2036 (rev 04)
36:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2066 (rev 04)
36:09.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2066 (rev 04)
36:0a.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2040 (rev 04)
36:0a.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2041 (rev 04)
36:0a.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2042 (rev 04)
36:0a.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2043 (rev 04)
36:0a.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2044 (rev 04)
36:0a.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2045 (rev 04)
36:0a.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2046 (rev 04)
36:0a.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2047 (rev 04)
36:0b.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2048 (rev 04)
36:0b.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2049 (rev 04)
36:0b.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 204a (rev 04)
36:0b.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 204b (rev 04)
36:0c.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2040 (rev 04)
36:0c.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2041 (rev 04)
36:0c.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2042 (rev 04)
36:0c.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2043 (rev 04)
36:0c.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2044 (rev 04)
36:0c.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2045 (rev 04)
36:0c.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2046 (rev 04)
36:0c.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2047 (rev 04)
36:0d.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2048 (rev 04)
36:0d.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2049 (rev 04)
36:0d.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 204a (rev 04)
36:0d.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 204b (rev 04)
5b:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCI Express Root Port A (rev 04)
5b:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCI Express Root Port C (rev 04)
5b:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2034 (rev 04)
5b:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E RAS Configuration Registers (rev 04)
5b:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Device 2036 (rev 04)
5b:0e.0 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Device 2058 (rev 04)
5b:0e.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2059 (rev 04)
5b:0f.0 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Device 2058 (rev 04)
5b:0f.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2059 (rev 04)
5b:10.0 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Device 2058 (rev 04)
5b:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2059 (rev 04)
5b:12.0 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E M3KTI Registers (rev 04)
5b:12.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E M3KTI Registers (rev 04)
5b:12.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E M3KTI Registers (rev 04)
5b:12.4 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E M3KTI Registers (rev 04)
5b:12.5 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E M3KTI Registers (rev 04)
5b:15.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E M2PCI Registers (rev 04)
5b:16.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E M2PCI Registers (rev 04)
5b:16.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E M2PCI Registers (rev 04)
5b:17.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E M2PCI Registers (rev 04)
5c:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Adaptec Device 028f (rev 01)
5d:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller 10G X550T (rev 01)
5d:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller 10G X550T (rev 01)
80:04.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CBDMA Registers (rev 04)
80:04.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CBDMA Registers (rev 04)
80:04.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CBDMA Registers (rev 04)
80:04.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CBDMA Registers (rev 04)
80:04.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CBDMA Registers (rev 04)
80:04.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CBDMA Registers (rev 04)
80:04.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CBDMA Registers (rev 04)
80:04.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CBDMA Registers (rev 04)
80:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E MM/Vt-d Configuration Registers (rev 04)
80:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2025 (rev 04)
80:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Device 2026 (rev 04)
80:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E Ubox Registers (rev 04)
80:08.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E Ubox Registers (rev 04)
80:08.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E Ubox Registers (rev 04)
85:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCI Express Root Port A (rev 04)
85:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2034 (rev 04)
85:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E RAS Configuration Registers (rev 04)
85:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Device 2036 (rev 04)
85:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:08.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:08.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:08.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:08.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:08.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:08.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:08.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:09.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:09.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:09.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:09.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:09.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:09.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:09.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:09.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0a.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0a.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0a.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0a.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0a.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0a.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0a.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0a.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0b.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0b.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0b.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0b.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0e.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0e.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0e.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0e.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0e.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0e.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0e.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0e.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0f.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0f.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0f.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0f.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0f.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0f.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0f.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:0f.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:10.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:10.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:10.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:10.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:10.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:10.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:10.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:11.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:11.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:11.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:11.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:1d.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:1d.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:1d.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:1d.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E CHA Registers (rev 04)
85:1e.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCU Registers (rev 04)
85:1e.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCU Registers (rev 04)
85:1e.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCU Registers (rev 04)
85:1e.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCU Registers (rev 04)
85:1e.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCU Registers (rev 04)
85:1e.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCU Registers (rev 04)
85:1e.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCU Registers (rev 04)
ae:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCI Express Root Port A (rev 04)
ae:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2034 (rev 04)
ae:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E RAS Configuration Registers (rev 04)
ae:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Device 2036 (rev 04)
ae:08.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2066 (rev 04)
ae:09.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2066 (rev 04)
ae:0a.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2040 (rev 04)
ae:0a.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2041 (rev 04)
ae:0a.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2042 (rev 04)
ae:0a.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2043 (rev 04)
ae:0a.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2044 (rev 04)
ae:0a.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2045 (rev 04)
ae:0a.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2046 (rev 04)
ae:0a.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2047 (rev 04)
ae:0b.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2048 (rev 04)
ae:0b.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2049 (rev 04)
ae:0b.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 204a (rev 04)
ae:0b.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 204b (rev 04)
ae:0c.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2040 (rev 04)
ae:0c.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2041 (rev 04)
ae:0c.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2042 (rev 04)
ae:0c.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2043 (rev 04)
ae:0c.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2044 (rev 04)
ae:0c.5 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2045 (rev 04)
ae:0c.6 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2046 (rev 04)
ae:0c.7 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2047 (rev 04)
ae:0d.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2048 (rev 04)
ae:0d.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2049 (rev 04)
ae:0d.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 204a (rev 04)
ae:0d.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 204b (rev 04)
d7:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E PCI Express Root Port A (rev 04)
d7:05.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2034 (rev 04)
d7:05.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E RAS Configuration Registers (rev 04)
d7:05.4 PIC: Intel Corporation Device 2036 (rev 04)
d7:0e.0 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Device 2058 (rev 04)
d7:0e.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2059 (rev 04)
d7:0f.0 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Device 2058 (rev 04)
d7:0f.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2059 (rev 04)
d7:10.0 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Device 2058 (rev 04)
d7:10.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Device 2059 (rev 04)
d7:12.0 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E M3KTI Registers (rev 04)
d7:12.1 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E M3KTI Registers (rev 04)
d7:12.2 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E M3KTI Registers (rev 04)
d7:12.4 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E M3KTI Registers (rev 04)
d7:12.5 Performance counters: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E M3KTI Registers (rev 04)
d7:15.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E M2PCI Registers (rev 04)
d7:16.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E M2PCI Registers (rev 04)
d7:16.4 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E M2PCI Registers (rev 04)
d7:17.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation Sky Lake-E M2PCI Registers (rev 04)


you can see the P408i-a marked as

5c:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Adaptec Device 028f (rev 01)

https://pci-ids.ucw.cz/read/PC/9005/028f







regards peter

[doktor5000]

mageia does not have smartpqi included in the kernel or the distribusion. redhat does

we would need to add kmod-smartpqi-1.1.2-120.rhel7u3.x86_64.rpm source to mageia

it is in fedora 28, so will I guess be in mageia 7

Unless there's a package request for that, I doubt that will happen just by itself.
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/How_to_repor ... ge_request

[wintpe]

sorry Doktor, your right if its a kmod.

what i implied was that the newer kernel would get it by default.

or is that a wrong assumption, does our kernel only get the modules that we add, or does it get all the default ones that are added.

if not ill raise that, as our OP is quite new to this forum.

https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23305

regards peter

[doktor5000]

Well we get all the modules that are either enabled by default or explicitly enabled. But if our kernel maintainer does not know that this module is needed, or if there maybe was some issue in the past that got this module to be disabled, and it has just beed forgotten to reenable it.

From what I can see, it already comes with the kernel in Mageia 6, and it has probably been there for quite some time. It's just not enabled:

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[doktor5000@Mageia6]─[18:18:14]─[~] zgrep -i pqi /proc/config.gz
# CONFIG_SCSI_SMARTPQI is not set

[doktor5000]

Seen the reply? It was simply an oversight, if one would have just waited, it would not be enabled in the future at all ...

[morgano]

Nice hunt doktor and wintpe !
I guess that mean it is already enabled in kernel 4.14.56 tmb submitted shortly after, in 6 updates testing ?

[logan]

Thanks to all involved. Excellent investigation done. Appreciate very much !!!

Just FYI - Meanwhile, just for testing, I got an evaluation copy of RHEL7.5 prepared on a DVD and tried installing on the server (DL380 Gen 10).
It WORKED ! i.e. it could detect the array controller P408i-a without any issue and installation went through fine.

Please advise - Is there any way I could proceed to install Mageia 6 in the server OR I have no choice but wait for the next release of Mageia (e.g. Mageia 7).

HP support Desk advised me to do "injection" of the driver during the installation process of Mageia 6. I am not clear whether that is possible and if possible how to do it.

Thank you.

Regards,
Logan

[wintpe]

So yes there are possible complicated ways to do this, but simple answer is no. it has to be fixed on the install DVD.

something along the lines of how i would tackle this is as follows.

if you could boot the CD then via a usb device get a precompiled module and modload it, off the USB stick, then mageia would allow the install
to the disk, but yet again, it would need intervention on the root disk to add the module after the install.

this could be done by allowing the install to finish, then rebooting from the CD in rescue mode, modloading the module again.

then copying the module into place on the root disk.

making sure it loads by updating /etc/modules.d and modload.conf on the root disk.

with any luck this fix might make it into 6.1 DVD. i cant promise that will happen, unless you get involved with the 6.1 testing that should be starting soon.

I dont want to put you off mageia , as like all of us im an evangelist, but my personal preference is, its the best workstation OS, Centos 7 is a better server.

and they both share a common configuration base.

and together Mageia and Centos/Rhel as your infrastructure are great.

regards peter

[logan]

Hi Peter,
Understood the situation. I guess it would be better for me to take the path of Mageia 6.1 .
What would I need to do to get involved in the testing. And what is that I can contribute to the testing effort.

Regards,
Logan

[isadora]

Logan, any information about contributing to Mageia is to be found at:
https://www.mageia.org/en-gb/contribute/

[wintpe]

Hi Logan as isadora has pointed out there are loads of ways to get involved , depending upon your skill set.

join the discuss mailing list where much more goes on, and volunteer to test your host with the update when it comes, and feedback any issues you have. the more people we have testing the new builds before they are released the better the quality of those builds.

regards peter

[doktor5000]

It might be possible to install one of the newer kernels from update_testing, copy over smartpqi kernel module and possibly some dependent modules onto an USB stick, and then simply load those modules manually when the installer has loaded.
You can switch to a regular shell via Ctrl+Alt+F2 I believe (there are ttys from F1 to F4 and the installer GUI is running on F7 IIRC)

[morgano]

Can we rebuild the installer iso?
<EDIT>
Ah, yes, saw doctors reply now on https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3381 suggesting https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Remaster_Mag ... lfmade_ISO
</EDIT>
... or just a netinstall iso that includes what is needed?
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Build iso from scratch using mageia iso tools
... or just a netinstall iso that includes what is needed
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Long shot here: maybe something along the following lines is possible?
Initially install to a single drive or big fast USB stick, boot on that, update it to required kernel get required tools and drivers, and then shut down.
Clone that stick to another one, boot on one of them, get raid working just to be able to partition it etc, then copy the content of the stick partiitions filesystems to the raid system, adjust fstab UUID, whatever...

[doktor5000]

Sure it's possible, how do you think the official ISOs are built in the first place? Check e.g. https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Draklive
But it should be easier to just rebuild a newer installer, check https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Stage_One_install

But so much hassle just to rebuild the installer? Why not simply install to a USB stick or an external HDD, then get the module loaded there by default by adding it to initrd via adding smartpqi to add_drivers+= or force_drivers+= to dracut.conf and then transfer that installation over to the RAID after changing it to not use UUIDs in fstab, that's probably a lot easier.

[tmb]

Or wait until kernel-4.14.56-1 currently in testing: https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23315 is validated.
After that I can provide a netinstall iso that should enable installing on that hw

[morgano]

Ooooh I smell Mageia 6.1 coming...

[logan]

Hi Tmb,
Thanks for sharing info on the release of Mageia 6.1.
I shall wait for the netinstall iso of the new release.
Appreciate your offer.
Thank You.

Regards,
Logan

[tmb]

Here is netinstall isos to test:
http://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/mageia.org/p ... etinstall/

[logan]

Hi Tmb,
Thanks for the netinstall isos. Using that I could boot and partition the logical drive configured in P408i-a SR array controller. However the installer complained of several files missing. Further it was showing as "Core 32bit Release". I need a 64 bit version of Mageia 6.1. Please advise.

[tmb]

Hi Tmb,
Thanks for the netinstall isos. Using that I could boot and partition the logical drive configured in P408i-a SR array controller. However the installer complained of several files missing. Further it was showing as "Core 32bit Release". I need a 64 bit version of Mageia 6.1. Please advise.

The isos are 64bit, but it also tries to add 32bit medias for users needing that... maybe the mirror was in middle of a sync making it fail

At the media selection screen you could try to unselect the 32bit medias and only keep Core Release, Core Updates, Nonfree Release, Nonfree Updates.

Or you could try to select a different mirror