Is anyone using an HP Smart Array P420 successfully in a whitebox/non-HP server? I noticed an older thread on the topic that didn't seem to have much resolution.
I have (2) P420 cards with 1GB FBWC and supercap that I would hate to see go unused.
My server is based on the Asrock E3c224-4L motherboard. I installed the P420 and it booted fine, no need to disable the option rom or anything like that. Installed HP CISS3 drivers and SSA for configuring the array - no problems.
I then set up a RAID6 array with Toshiba DT01ACA300 drives, again with no trouble. The P420 even reads the temp sensors on the drives correctly.
The only issue I'm running into is that the supercap always reports that it's recharging. HP had an advisory for this issue on firmware prior to 5.42; these cards were updated to 6.0 in an HP server before being pulled for upgrades. I'm guessing the fix could possibly rely on being installed in an HP server, in which case I'm out of luck.
I'd appreciate any input STH members might have on this. In the meantime I guess I'll try swapping in the second card to check if the issue could possibly be faulty hardware, but that seems unlikely since the cards were in service for all of 2014.
I have (2) P420 cards with 1GB FBWC and supercap that I would hate to see go unused.
My server is based on the Asrock E3c224-4L motherboard. I installed the P420 and it booted fine, no need to disable the option rom or anything like that. Installed HP CISS3 drivers and SSA for configuring the array - no problems.
I then set up a RAID6 array with Toshiba DT01ACA300 drives, again with no trouble. The P420 even reads the temp sensors on the drives correctly.
The only issue I'm running into is that the supercap always reports that it's recharging. HP had an advisory for this issue on firmware prior to 5.42; these cards were updated to 6.0 in an HP server before being pulled for upgrades. I'm guessing the fix could possibly rely on being installed in an HP server, in which case I'm out of luck.
I'd appreciate any input STH members might have on this. In the meantime I guess I'll try swapping in the second card to check if the issue could possibly be faulty hardware, but that seems unlikely since the cards were in service for all of 2014.