HP ProLiant DL120 G7 & adding additional hard drive

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OK, I am a bit new to servers & HP, so there is something retarded that I am probably missing here.

We have a brand new HP ProLiant DL120 G7 (This one here), which came with a 250 GB HD that we installed Ubuntu on. It is working fine, but we wanted to add a 2 TB hard drive for storage.

It was recommended by the vendor that we purchase this particular 2 TB hard drive, so we did.

I powered down the server, popped it in, and rebooted... When into Ubuntu, ran lshw, and it isn't listed. Popped into Gparted, obviously not there as well. I went into the BIOS, checked all settings, can't find anything.

Now I've been reading some documenation, and it says that I need a Smart Array Controller, and I don't believe this that server has one in it... I also don't want an array, I just want a second hard drive to be use for storage only, and leave the original 250 GB drive for the OS.

Yes, I am new to servers & Ubuntu, so please hold the comments on ignorance, lack of training ,etc... Learning as I go here. :)

Thank you in advanced.
 
Specs of server you got out of the box:
Base Model

HP DL120G7 E3-1220 Pluggable SATA
628691-001
Processor Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1220 (3.1GHz, 80W, 8MB, 1333, Turbo 1/2/3/4)
Cache Memory 8MB Intel® Smart Cache
Memory 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC3-10600E DDR3 UB ECC
NOTE: Total of 4 DIMM slots
Network Controller HP NC112i 1-port Ethernet Server
Storage Controller HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller
Hard Drives 1 x 250GB 3.5" Hot plug SATA
Internal Storage Up to 4 large form factor Hot Plug drives
Optical Drive None ships standard
Management HP Integrated Lights-Out Standard (iLO 3)
Power Supply Auto-sensing PFC Power Supply, CE Mark Compliant
Form Factor 1U
Warranty Server Warranty includes 1 year Next Day Parts replacement, 1-Years Labor, 1-Years Onsite support.
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So it comes with HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller.
From the B110i specs
It supports up to six 3.0G SATA hard disk drives. It will support a maximum of two (2) logical drives. It supports Raid 0, 1 and 1+0.
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So you have a controller (hp calls all their controllers with raid ability for "smart array", sounds more fancy i suppose).

Id start with checking if the controller can see the drive, ctrl + f something (its in the wall of text as u boot it up).
If the controller cant see the drive, id "pop the hood" and see that the bays are all actually connected.

Havent had the joy of setting up that specific model, but ive noticed that not all base models ship with all the sata cables in place, just the needed ones for factory spec.
 
Did you go into the RAID controller BIOS and create a new array that contains the 2TB drive?
 
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For the life of me, I can't figure out how to get into the Smart Array on this machine. I finally read the manual on the B110i, and it is not enabled by default. However, when I go to enable it, it gives me a big warning about how all SATA drives connected will be erased ... Which isn't what I want since the OS & applications are already installed. I'm just going to call HP tech support and see what they say.
 
In the BIOS there will be an option to set the B110i SATA controller as IDE, AHCI,RAID or something similar. At least there is on the ML110 G6.


What is it currently set to?
 
If it's set to IDE or AHCI the drive should be visible in OS without needing to configure anything.
 
Just got off the phone with HP tech support, and they are telling me my configuration won't work. The 250 GB drive I have is SATA, the 2 TB is SAS. The B110i controller won't work, and I have to get a P212 controller. CDW spec'ed and approved this thing originally, so I guess I'll go back and complain to them. Thanks for everyone's input.
 
Ive never had a problem running sas and sata on same hp controller aslong as seperate raids.
But ive never "played" around with anything below p400.

The B110i is listed as SAS/SATA controller.
Id try asking the vendor/store nicely to change the 2tb sas for a 2tb sata, a bit cheaper and more practical than a new controller.
 
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