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#Changing hp smart array controller in existing server driver
#Changing hp smart array controller in existing server software
#Changing hp smart array controller in existing server series

View all status messages SCREENSHOT 8) The warning reports the controller needs a reboot to enable HBA mode. Click on “View all status messages” to view the message. Scroll down for more details.Įnable HBA Mode – details screen 1 SCREENSHOT 4) Here you can see the details of “Encryption settings” and part of “Controller Configuration Summery”.Įnable HBA Mode – details screen 2 SCREENSHOT 5) Here you can see the details of “Controller Configuration Summery”, “Port Settings”, “Controller Status”.Įnable HBA Mode – details screen 3 SCREENSHOT 6) Here you can see the details of “Port Settings”, “Controller Status”, “Temperature Sensors” and “Storage Enclosures”.Įnable HBA Mode – details screen 4 SCREENSHOT 7) You can see there is a warning message. Here you can see the details of “Controller Hardware Information” and “Controller Power Settings”. So you must reboot before the controller gets in HBA mode. SCREENSHOT 2) Confirm by clicking on “OK” if you want to enable HBA Mode of the controller.Īll disks with Smart Array configuration will be disabled and won’t be usable.Įnable HBA Mode – confirmation SCREENSHOT 3) “The controller has been set to enable HBA mode after reboot.” The following screenshots start with a controller in hardware mode in (HPE terms – Smart Array Mode), then enable the HBA mode, the OS will see the disks as JBOD and then again enable the hardware mode (Smart Array Mode): SCREENSHOT 1) Click on the controller “Smart Array P440” on the left and then “Enable HBA Mode” to enable JBOD mode.

#Changing hp smart array controller in existing server driver

* Some old controller (not this one) might have problems with SSDs such as timings when the disks start when failing a disk (the SSD would probably fail with read-only, which means it could not be removed from the array and the metadata header cannot be changed to remove the disk) no TRIM support, which is essential for the disk endurance and many more.Īfter the screenshots, you can see the part of the Linux dmesg command with the lines related to the HP HPSA Driver and how the system sees the disks.

#Changing hp smart array controller in existing server software

When using software solution like software RAID or LVM (and the controller is in JBOD) you can move the disks with no problem to other hardware without the hardware controller. When you create virtual drives in hardware mode, you must use only this type of proprietary controller or some compatible of the same company.

more platform independent when using software RAID / device mapper devices.

not using the cache (RAM) of the controller, so it may lower the risk of data loss caused by power outages.

You may have more features in the created logical device (or file system) – caching or managing the disks and so on

JBOD mode -to use the disks in a sophisticated file system like ZFS, brtfs and more (or LVM, device mapper logical devices).

There are various scenarios why you may want to enable HBA such as:

#Changing hp smart array controller in existing server series

As a continuation of our series about HPE Smart Array P440 controller here how you can enable HBA mode of your controller.