Installing the smart array driver (linux), Sles 10, Migrating hard drives to an optional smart array – HP Dynamic Smart Array Controllers User Manual

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This action replaces the SATA connection.

9.

Install components and cables removed previously.

10.

Install the access panel.

11.

Power up the server.

Migrating hard drives to an optional Smart Array
controller—Linux

This section provides instructions to migrate hard drives from an embedded HP Dynamic Smart Array RAID
controller to an optional Smart Array controller in a server with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system

or the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system.
Before migrating hard drives, be sure that you have installed the operating system by label, using the latest

driver from the HP website (

http://www.hp.com/go/support

) or by using SPP ("

HP Service Pack for

ProLiant

" on page

30

).

The following table indicates the Smart Array driver used by each supported Linux operating system.

Operating system

Driver

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

cciss

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

hpsa

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

SP4

cciss

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SP1

hpsa

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11

SP2

hpsa

IMPORTANT:

Migrating drives on a SLES system installed with the default method is not

supported. By default, a SLES installation uses a device or controller ID to partition and format

hard drives. In order to migrate drives to a Smart Array controller, you must manually change the

installation configuration to install by label.

For more information about installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux by label, see the OS documentation for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux.
For more information about installing SLES by label, see the OS documentation for SLES.

Installing the Smart Array driver (Linux)

SLES 10

IMPORTANT:

Use this procedure if you installed SLES 10 with the default identify disk by ID

option. If you installed the operating system by label, then use the procedure for SLES 11 ("

RHEL

5, RHEL 6, SLES 11

" on page

28

).

1.

Back up all data.

2.

Edit /etc/fstab and change all scsi- prefixes to cciss-.

3.

Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and change all scsi- prefixes to cciss-.

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