CentOS 7.4.1708 -RAID 930-8i

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CentOS 7.4.1708 -RAID 930-8i

Post by danip » 2018/01/02 14:42:15

Hello,
I'm a new user and thank you for your forum.
I have a problemwith the installation of my Lenovo server.

CentOS 7.4.1708 is unable to find the controller RAID (Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter) so I don't see any disk (i have created a RAID 5).
I've found:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2017:0518 but i can't understand how to make the rpm bootable to perform the first installation.

ive also found this discussion:
https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=12601&history=1
bu also in this case i can't understand how to boot from DVD whit the kernel-plus-3.10.0-514.6.1.el7.bug12601.centos.plus.x86_64.rpm

Could yuo please help me?

Thanks in advance

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Re: CentOS 7.4.1708 -RAID 930-8i

Post by TrevorH » 2018/01/02 15:41:24

Support for that adapter should already be present in the 7.4 kernel used on the installation media. Please post the output from lspci -nn relating to this hardware.
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Re: CentOS 7.4.1708 -RAID 930-8i

Post by danip » 2018/01/02 17:17:35

Hello,

Thanks for your reply.
in fact you're right. (see attachment 1.jpg). But when I try to make the installation I don't see any disc (3.jpg). In additional attached the RAID conf (2.jpg).
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Re: CentOS 7.4.1708 -RAID 930-8i

Post by TrevorH » 2018/01/02 17:39:07

Unfortunately, lspci -vv omits the one piece of info that I wanted that lspci -nn includes...
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Re: CentOS 7.4.1708 -RAID 930-8i

Post by danip » 2018/01/03 07:49:58

Hello,

Sorry for my fault.
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Re: CentOS 7.4.1708 -RAID 930-8i

Post by TrevorH » 2018/01/03 11:07:57

b3:00.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID Tri-Mode SAS3508 [1000:0016] (rev 01)
# modinfo megaraid_sas | grep 1000 | grep 016
alias: pci:v00001000d00000016sv*sd*bc*sc*i*

That card should be detected and used. Are you sure the array is set up correctly?
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Re: CentOS 7.4.1708 -RAID 930-8i

Post by danip » 2018/01/03 13:25:12

Hello,

Thanks for your reply.
The array is configured correctly (With Windows 2012 i'm able to see the array and complete the installation)

Do you have another idea?

Thanks

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Re: CentOS 7.4.1708 -RAID 930-8i

Post by TrevorH » 2018/01/03 16:45:01

Switch to the terminal with a root command prompt on it in the installer (Ctrl-Alt-F2) and run dmesg and look for messages from megaraid_sas as it loads. You could also use lsmod from there to check if it is loaded and modprobe to load it if it isn't.
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Re: CentOS 7.4.1708 -RAID 930-8i

Post by danip » 2018/01/04 09:50:02

Hello,

Last night i downloaded again the 1708 iso from a different mirror and now i'm able to see the disks.
I don't know why with the other iso I couldn't see the disks but now the problem is solved.
I thank you for the time you have dedicated to me.

Regards

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