[OmniOS-discuss] HP Proliant Gen9 server

[Keith Paskett]

> On Oct 15, 2015, at 1:37 PM, Dan McDonald <danmcd at omniti.com> wrote:
> 
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>> On Oct 15, 2015, at 3:29 PM, Keith Paskett <keith at paskett.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Proceed with caution. 
>> A couple of months ago we tried with r151014 and never could get it so OmniOS would recognize the drives. We tried a couple of different HBAs/Array controllers.
>> The Gen8 systems have been great, but they are getting harder to find new.
> 
> Did you try after this commit got backported into r151014?
> 
> commit d08e0e5199f47566c90482b1ef4f31ec3798228b
> Author:     Robert Mustacchi <rm at joyent.com>
> AuthorDate: Tue Aug 11 14:53:49 2015 -0700
> Commit:     Dan McDonald <danmcd at omniti.com>
> CommitDate: Tue Aug 18 11:39:33 2015 -0400
> 
>    6113 cpqary3: add support for hp gen9 smart array controllers
>    Reviewed by: Garrett D'Amore <garrett at damore.org>
>    Reviewed by: Igor Kozhukhov <ikozhukhov at gmail.com>
>    Reviewed by: Richard Lowe <richlowe at richlowe.net>
>    Approved by: Dan McDonald <danmcd at omniti.com>
> 
> 
> Note the commit date of 18 August vs. when you tried.  I can't recall if you tried before or after.  The most recent r151014 ISO should have that commit on there.
> 
> Dan
> 

We had already returned our gen9 servers by 18 August, so we never tried with that patch.
… How quickly knowledge becomes obsolete. At least in this case, it’s bad news that is no longer true.

Keith