Recent content by howamidifferent

Cantalup, a million thanks for this. Very much appreciated. I know my current knowledge of ESXi is currently dismal but thats one of the reasons I want to go this route to learn. Once I get the box up and running I will dive right it but I need to get to that point where all hardware is shown...

Here is my latest build to replace two fully populated HP Micro-servers, SuperMicro X9SCM-F Board Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 3.3GHz 16GB ECC RAM (4x4GB DDR3-1333) HP Smart Array P410 256MB cache HP SAS Expander 24 Port X-Case RM 424 - 24 Hotswap Bay 6GB Mini SAS (SATA/SAS Backplane) - Rail...

Thanks for the link but I had found and tried that. It didn't work for me ( at least under ESXi 5.1 ). I'll try it again later this evening to rule out any mistake on my part.

Call me stupid but even with hours of googling I came across loads of command line examples but not one example or direction on how to get to a command line!!! :( How or where do I type these commands, every example assumes one has access to the this command line so excuse my obvious...

Many thanks Jerky_san ! I'll try that.

Cheers for that cantalup! Very much appreciated. :D I'll install later tonight and hopefully I'll have a happy tale in the morning. ;)

IMPORTANT: I came across this warning here. Maybe it should be added to post # 1. IMPORTANT: Motherboards with a BIOS version of 2.X must not be flashed with a 1.X BIOS version. After such a downgrade, the motherboard will not boot up again...

Any could advise me how to install a vib package in vmware 5.1? Wmware new here. Ok I found the correct vib pack for the HP P410 under VMware 5.1 for firmware 5.70. Its called hpsa-5.0.0-697362.zip. Inside is scsi-hpsa-5.0.0-28OEM.500.0.0.472560.x86_64.vib . All good. Now since I have...

Hi I'm a total newbie to ESXi and I've googled HP vib package and came up with a HP page offering lots of ESXi related stuff. No idea what I need to get this going or how to install it. Any chance you could link to the correct packages or install for this setup and a quick 2 or 3 line install...

Just noticed there was a new firmware for the HP P410 version 5.70 released Sept 4th 2012. I installed this and re-enabled the boot rom option. Endless boot loop again. So disabled the boot rom option once more. As I said earlier I can configure the disks/arrays using windows tools from HP but...

I understand the sentiment regarding the HP P410 controller, but since I already had it I want to use it. However I also have a Highpoint 2680 which I could use in its place. Just want to see if those who have the same equipment have any tips on getting it working correctly before I switch to...

Just want to bump this thread since I have the same SuperMicro X9SCM-F with the HP P410 and the HP SAS expander. It was initially doing the repeating boot loop until I disabled the option rom on the P410. Now the system boots from a motherboard sata port and I can manage the disks/arrays using...

Yeah, that was my bad...your right the HP P410 is an x8....I think the reason I had it in my head I needed an x16 slot was because it occupied an x16 in the microserver since there was no x8 in those. I've since bought a 24 bay case and a supermicro board and an Intel Xeon E3 1230 v2. Not had...

Quick questions for all-in-one experts. I'm going to build one of these using new hardware for case, motherboard, cpu etc which I've already purchased but I'll be using my existing disks and ram etc. I have enough storage to shuffle stuff around while I build it so can use my disks pretty much...

Whats the max drives with a HP P410 and the HP sas expander? Documentation on the web says 24 drives, but post 1 of the HP expander thread says its been tested with 32 drives?????