Solved: Error while trying to install ESXi 3.5.0

LiveBow · ‎05-14-2009

Although i know that HP DL180G5 is not supported (at least is not on the HCL), i'm having a weird problem.

After starting installation, it says that can't find a supported device to write, although there is a P400 Card with the HD attached,

The specs: DL180 G5, 2xE5420, 16Gb RAM, P400 512, ilo Card.

Boot by CD: Error not finding device to write

System Information

Manufacturer: HP

Model: Proliant DL180 G5

Service TAG: GB8917NY5F

Bios Rev: 019

Any ideas?

kjb007 · ‎05-14-2009

That may be too big of a volume for ESXi. Can you break it up to make the volume under 2 TB?

-KjB

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weinstein5 · ‎05-14-2009

Is the P400 on the HCL? - http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php - if it is not on the HCL you will have issues

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LiveBow · ‎05-14-2009

Not that noob

HP

Smart Array P400i\

HP

SAS/SATA-RAID

ESX 3.5 U4\^[*1\

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=search&deviceCategory=io&productId=1&advancedORbasic=advanced&maxDisplayRows=50&key=p400&release%5B%5D=-1&datePosted=-1&vid=&did=&svid=&ssid=&rorre=0#drivers]^ , ESX 3.5 U3\^[*1\

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=search&deviceCategory=io&productId=1&advancedORbasic=advanced&maxDisplayRows=50&key=p400&release%5B%5D=-1&datePosted=-1&vid=&did=&svid=&ssid=&rorre=0#drivers]^ , ESX 3.5 U2\^[*1\

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=search&deviceCategory=io&productId=1&advancedORbasic=advanced&maxDisplayRows=50&key=p400&release%5B%5D=-1&datePosted=-1&vid=&did=&svid=&ssid=&rorre=0#drivers]^ , ESX 3.5 U1\^[*1\

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=search&deviceCategory=io&productId=1&advancedORbasic=advanced&maxDisplayRows=50&key=p400&release%5B%5D=-1&datePosted=-1&vid=&did=&svid=&ssid=&rorre=0#drivers]^ , ESX 3.5\^[*1\

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=search&deviceCategory=io&productId=1&advancedORbasic=advanced&maxDisplayRows=50&key=p400&release%5B%5D=-1&datePosted=-1&vid=&did=&svid=&ssid=&rorre=0#drivers]^ , ESXi 3.5 Embedded U3\^[*1\

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=search&deviceCategory=io&productId=1&advancedORbasic=advanced&maxDisplayRows=50&key=p400&release%5B%5D=-1&datePosted=-1&vid=&did=&svid=&ssid=&rorre=0#drivers]^ , ESXi 3.5 Embedded U2\^[*1\

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=search&deviceCategory=io&productId=1&advancedORbasic=advanced&maxDisplayRows=50&key=p400&release%5B%5D=-1&datePosted=-1&vid=&did=&svid=&ssid=&rorre=0#drivers]^ , ESXi 3.5 Embedded U1\^[*1\

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=search&deviceCategory=io&productId=1&advancedORbasic=advanced&maxDisplayRows=50&key=p400&release%5B%5D=-1&datePosted=-1&vid=&did=&svid=&ssid=&rorre=0#drivers]^ , ESXi 3.5 Embedded\^[*1\

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=search&deviceCategory=io&productId=1&advancedORbasic=advanced&maxDisplayRows=50&key=p400&release%5B%5D=-1&datePosted=-1&vid=&did=&svid=&ssid=&rorre=0#drivers]^ , ESXi 3.5 Installable U3\^[*1\

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=search&deviceCategory=io&productId=1&advancedORbasic=advanced&maxDisplayRows=50&key=p400&release%5B%5D=-1&datePosted=-1&vid=&did=&svid=&ssid=&rorre=0#drivers]^ , ESXi 3.5 Installable U2\^[*1\

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=search&deviceCategory=io&productId=1&advancedORbasic=advanced&maxDisplayRows=50&key=p400&release%5B%5D=-1&datePosted=-1&vid=&did=&svid=&ssid=&rorre=0#drivers]^ , ESXi 3.5 Installable U1\^[*1\

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=search&deviceCategory=io&productId=1&advancedORbasic=advanced&maxDisplayRows=50&key=p400&release%5B%5D=-1&datePosted=-1&vid=&did=&svid=&ssid=&rorre=0#drivers]^ , ESXi 3.5 Installable\^[*1\

http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=search&deviceCategory=io&productId=1&advancedORbasic=advanced&maxDisplayRows=50&key=p400&release%5B%5D=-1&datePosted=-1&vid=&did=&svid=&ssid=&rorre=0#drivers]^

Just for checkup, i've got 2 DL380 G5 and a DL320s, and they work flawlessly, with the same controller. That's why i'm so lost.

All the problems (at least almost all)i've got from DL180 G5 is AFTER installation, not during.

zaharmd · ‎05-14-2009

How many and which drives did you inserted?

Did you place them in correct bays?

Did you enter ORCA /or ACU and created logical drives?

HP ProLiant AIS/ASE

LiveBow · ‎05-14-2009

6x SAS 750G on the first 6 slots.

Created a RAID6 ADG.

Appears full space on Windows 2003 R2 and Knoppix 6.0.1.

On Knoppix, lspci -v gives:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 80)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f1
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: Power Management version 2
Capabilities: Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-
Capabilities: Express Root Port (Slot-), MSI 00
Capabilities: Advanced Error Reporting <?>
00:02.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset PCI Express x4 Port 2 (rev 80) (prog-if 00 )
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: Power Management version 2
Capabilities: Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: Advanced Error Reporting <?>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset PCI Express x4 Port 3 (rev 80) (prog-if 00 )
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: Power Management version 2
Capabilities: Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: Advanced Error Reporting <?>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset PCI Express x8 Port 4-5 (rev 80) (prog-if 00 )
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: Power Management version 2
Capabilities: Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: Advanced Error Reporting <?>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset PCI Express x4 Port 5 (rev 80) (prog-if 00 )
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: Power Management version 2
Capabilities: Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: Express Root Port (Slot-), MSI 00
Capabilities: Advanced Error Reporting <?>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset PCI Express x4 Port 6 (rev 80) (prog-if 00 )
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
Memory behind bridge: fcc00000-fccfffff
Capabilities: Power Management version 2
Capabilities: Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: Advanced Error Reporting <?>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:07.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset PCI Express x4 Port 7 (rev 80) (prog-if 00 )
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
I/O behind bridge: 0000e000-0000efff
Memory behind bridge: fcd00000-fcefffff
Capabilities: Power Management version 2
Capabilities: Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: Express Root Port (Slot-), MSI 00
Capabilities: Advanced Error Reporting <?>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:10.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset FSB Registers (rev 80)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f1
Flags: fast devsel
Kernel modules: i5100_edac
00:10.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset FSB Registers (rev 80)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f1
Flags: fast devsel
Kernel driver in use: i5100_edac
Kernel modules: i5100_edac
00:10.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset FSB Registers (rev 80)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f1
Flags: fast devsel
Kernel modules: i5100_edac
00:11.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset Reserved Registers (rev 80)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 8086
Flags: fast devsel
00:13.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset Reserved Registers (rev 80)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 8086
Flags: fast devsel
00:15.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset DDR Channel 0 Registers (rev 80)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f1
Flags: fast devsel
00:16.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 5100 Chipset DDR Channel 1 Registers (rev 80)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f1
Flags: fast devsel
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 )
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f4
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
I/O ports at c800
Capabilities: PCIe advanced features <?>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 )
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f4
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 21
I/O ports at c880
Capabilities: PCIe advanced features <?>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 )
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f4
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at cc00
Capabilities: PCIe advanced features <?>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 20 )
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f4
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
Memory at fcbffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: Power Management version 2
Capabilities: Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
Capabilities: PCIe advanced features <?>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 )
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=09, subordinate=09, sec-latency=0
Capabilities: Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f4
Capabilities: Power Management version 2
Capabilities: Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: Root Complex Link <?>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 )
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=08, subordinate=08, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: fd000000-fdffffff
Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000fb000000-00000000fbffffff
Capabilities: Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f4
Capabilities: Power Management version 2
Capabilities: Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: Root Complex Link <?>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 )
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=0
Memory behind bridge: fcf00000-fcffffff
Capabilities: Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
Capabilities: Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f4
Capabilities: Power Management version 2
Capabilities: Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: Root Complex Link <?>
Kernel driver in use: pcieport-driver
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 )
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f4
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
I/O ports at c080
Capabilities: PCIe advanced features <?>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 )
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f4
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at c400
Capabilities: PCIe advanced features <?>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 )
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f4
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
I/O ports at c480
Capabilities: PCIe advanced features <?>
Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 20 )
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f4
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
Memory at fcbff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Capabilities: Power Management version 2
Capabilities: Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
Capabilities: PCIe advanced features <?>
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 92) (prog-if 01 )
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
Bus: primary=00, secondary=0a, subordinate=0a, sec-latency=32
Capabilities: Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f4
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801IR (ICH9R) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f4
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
Capabilities: Vendor Specific Information <?>
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801IR/IO/IH (ICH9R/DO/DH) 4
port SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP
PriO])
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f4
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at b000
I/O ports at ac00
I/O ports at a880
I/O ports at a800
I/O ports at a480
I/O ports at a400
Capabilities: Power Management version 3
Capabilities: PCIe advanced features <?>
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f4
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 18
Memory at f1000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
I/O ports at 0400
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
Kernel modules: i2c-i801
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) 2 port
SATA IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 85 )
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 31f4
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
I/O ports at c000
I/O ports at bc00
I/O ports at b880
I/O ports at b800
I/O ports at b480
I/O ports at b400
Capabilities: Power Management version 3
Capabilities: PCIe advanced features <?>
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
05:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82572EI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 06)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company HP 110T PCIe Gigabit Server Adapter
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 498
Memory at fcce0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Memory at fccc0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
I/O ports at dc00
Expansion ROM at fcca0000
Capabilities: Power Management version 2
Capabilities: Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: Advanced Error Reporting <?>
Capabilities: Device Serial Number 99-ec-fc-ff-ff-7d-23-00
Kernel driver in use: e1000e
Kernel modules: e1000e
06:00.0 RAID bus controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Smart Array Controller (rev 04)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company P400 SAS Controller
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
Memory at fce00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
I/O ports at e800
Memory at fcdff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
Expansion ROM at fcd80000
Capabilities: Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: MSI-X: Enable+ Mask- TabSize=4
Capabilities: Power Management version 2
Capabilities: Vital Product Data <?>
Capabilities: Power Budgeting <?>
Kernel driver in use: cciss
Kernel modules: cciss
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5722 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company NC105i PCIe Gigabit Server Adapter
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 497
Memory at fcff0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)
Expansion ROM at <ignored>
Capabilities: Power Management version 3
Capabilities: Vital Product Data <?>
Capabilities: Vendor Specific Information <?>
Capabilities: Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable+
Capabilities: Express Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: Advanced Error Reporting <?>
Capabilities: Virtual Channel <?>
Capabilities: Device Serial Number 9b-1a-b4-fe-ff-81-24-00
Capabilities: Power Budgeting <?>
Kernel driver in use: tg3
Kernel modules: tg3
08:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G200e
ServerEngines (SEP1) (rev 02) (prog-if 00 )
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 0000
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, prefetchable)
Memory at fdffc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
Expansion ROM at fdfe0000
Capabilities: Power Management version 2
Capabilities: Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable-

zaharmd · ‎05-14-2009

Hmm... Keeping in mind that DL180G5 is entry-level server, and its architecture "is not quite standard".... try to reseat P400 in other PCIe slot...

HP ProLiant AIS/ASE

kjb007 · ‎05-14-2009

That may be too big of a volume for ESXi. Can you break it up to make the volume under 2 TB?

-KjB

VMware vExpert

vExpert/VCP/VCAP vmwise.com / @vmwise -KjB

LiveBow · ‎05-14-2009

That may be too big of a volume for ESXi. Can you break it up to make the volume under 2 TB?

-KjB
VMware vExpert

I'll do it. 2xRAID1 + 4X raid6. Be back in a jiffie.

LiveBow · ‎05-14-2009

Hmm... Keeping in mind that DL180G5 is entry-level server, and its architecture "is not quite standard".... try to reseat P400 in other PCIe slot...

HP ProLiant AIS/ASE

Already tried, even without the PCI Riser. No go.

LiveBow · ‎05-14-2009

That may be too big of a volume for ESXi. Can you break it up to make the volume under 2 TB?

-KjB
VMware vExpert

I'll do it. 2xRAID1 + 4X raid6. Be back in a jiffie.

THANXXXXXXXXXXX! Stupid me!!!

First problem solved. Thanks a lot kjb!!!