HP ProLiant Gen10 & HPE Smart Array P408i-a SR

[John Johnstone]

On 11/15/17 4:24 PM, Sam George wrote:

> I also have a Proliant DL360p but it's an older Gen8.  My primary use
> for it is a zfs supported file server under FreeBSD 11.1   The Gen8
> P420i controller causes heartache under FreeBSD.  I finally gave up
> trying to get direct access to the disks and gave a raid5 virtual disk
> to zfs.

I'm not sure what your expectation was but the Smart Array hardware RAID 
controllers I've seen from HP are the same as IBM / Dell in the sense 
that the controller presents a logical disk to the host for all RAID 
configurations, RAID 0 or otherwise.  Host access to a disk where the 
controller acts as just a HBA isn't possible.  It's a purposeful design 
difference between a RAID controller and a HBA.

-
John J.