m.roth at 5-cent.us
2015-Oct-07 15:42 UTC
[CentOS] OT hardware issue: HP controller to 3rd party RAID
Hi, folks,
Got an old HP box with a P800 Smart Array controller. The HP RAID box
plugged into it's failing, and we got a new JetStor. Anyone know if we
can just plug the JetStor in and set it to passthrough, or if we have
to use the P800's firmware to set up the RAID, or other gotchas?
I *think* we could use the RAID boxes firmware to build the RAID, but last
resort would be passthrough, and Linux RAID.
mark
John R Pierce
2015-Oct-07 17:06 UTC
[CentOS] OT hardware issue: HP controller to 3rd party RAID
On 10/7/2015 8:42 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:> Got an old HP box with a P800 Smart Array controller. The HP RAID box > plugged into it's failing, and we got a new JetStor. Anyone know if we > can just plug the JetStor in and set it to passthrough, or if we have > to use the P800's firmware to set up the RAID, or other gotchas? > > I*think* we could use the RAID boxes firmware to build the RAID, but last > resort would be passthrough, and Linux RAID.I'm not familiar with JetStor, but a P800 is a older high end SAS raid controller that expects to talk to individual SAS or SATA drives. you can manage it with hpssacli from centos. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
Jack Bailey
2015-Oct-07 17:29 UTC
[CentOS] OT hardware issue: HP controller to 3rd party RAID
On 10/07/15 10:06, John R Pierce wrote:> On 10/7/2015 8:42 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> Got an old HP box with a P800 Smart Array controller. The HP RAID >> box >> plugged into it's failing, and we got a new JetStor. Anyone know if we >> can just plug the JetStor in and set it to passthrough, or if we have >> to use the P800's firmware to set up the RAID, or other gotchas? >> >> I*think* we could use the RAID boxes firmware to build the RAID, but >> last >> resort would be passthrough, and Linux RAID. > > I'm not familiar with JetStor, but a P800 is a older high end SAS raid > controller that expects to talk to individual SAS or SATA drives. you > can manage it with hpssacli from centos. >I have the P822. It has no JBOD or RAID 0. hpacucli works with CentOS 7.0, but is broken on 7.1 -- it cannot find the controller. Jack
John R Pierce
2015-Oct-07 20:26 UTC
[CentOS] OT hardware issue: HP controller to 3rd party RAID
On 10/7/2015 8:42 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:> Got an old HP box with a P800 Smart Array controller. The HP RAID box > plugged into it's failing, and we got a new JetStor...I think the FIRST thing you need to determine, WHAT JetStor do you have, and what is its host connection ? All the JetStor boxes I saw in a quick look were Ethernet connected NAS/SAN boxes. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
m.roth at 5-cent.us
2015-Oct-07 20:30 UTC
[CentOS] OT hardware issue: HP controller to 3rd party RAID
John R Pierce wrote:> On 10/7/2015 8:42 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> Got an old HP box with a P800 Smart Array controller. The HP RAID >> box >> plugged into it's failing, and we got a new JetStor... > > I think the FIRST thing you need to determine, WHAT JetStor do you have, > and what is its host connection ? All the JetStor boxes I saw in a > quick look were Ethernet connected NAS/SAN boxes.No. I'm the one who got the quote and set up the order for my managers, and I know what it's got: the ethernet connection is to the internal webserver to manage the RAID. the 712S I have is dual-path SAS for data. mark