[[TOC(depth=-1)]] = HP/Compaq !SmartArray series = [[Image(hp_logo.gif)]] [[BR]][[BR]] = 1. Vendor information = Theses HP/Compaq cards are usually well supported on Linux.[[BR]] Proliant servers usually (always?) have this kind of controllers.[[BR]] HP supports Linux and provide an '''opensource kernel driver''' which has been part of Linux for ages. [[BR]] = 2. Linux kernel drivers = There is only one drivers to handle all cards: || Driver || Supported cards || || cciss || All !SmartArray || You should not expect any problems with theses drivers which are known to be '''mature''' and '''stable'''.[[BR]] We don't know any current Linux distrubtion which miss theses drivers so no additional step should be required to get it working. Some ''lspci -nn'' output examples: * 02:04.0 RAID bus controller ![0104]: Compaq Computer Corporation Smart Array 64xx [0e11:0046] (rev 01) == 2.1. Devices nodes note == This driver doesn't use the regular SCSI stack, so don't expect to find your logical drives as /dev/sdX.[[BR]] Here is an example: {{{ server:~# ls -lah /dev/cciss/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 160 2008-08-28 14:36 . drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 3,1K 2008-08-28 14:36 .. brw-rw---- 1 root disk 104, 0 2008-08-28 14:36 c0d0 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 104, 1 2008-08-28 14:36 c0d0p1 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 104, 2 2008-08-28 14:36 c0d0p2 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 104, 3 2008-08-28 14:36 c0d0p3 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 104, 16 2008-08-28 14:36 c0d1 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 104, 17 2008-08-28 14:36 c0d1p1 }}} '''/dev/c0d0''' means logical drive 0 on controller 0. '''/dev/c0d0p1''' means first partition of logical drive 0 on controller 0.[[BR]] In exemple '''/dev/sda''' is '''/dev/c0d0''' here. '''/dev/sdb1''' is '''/dev/c0d1p1'''.