9.1.1 Installation issue with PERC H730 Mini

[okarpov]

Dear Support,

Proxmox VE 9.1.1 has issue installing it onto virtual disk RAID-1 based on some specific hw version/stepping of PERC H730 Mini.
It hangs on "Waiting for /dev to be fully populated ... and then crashes / reboots.

Proxmox VE 8.4.1 installs fine on both PERC H730 Mini

differences i found:
T10PICapability = Not Capable vs Capable
lspci MSI: IntMsgNum 0 vs MSI 00

 

[psalkiewicz]

Dear Support,

Proxmox VE 9.1.1 has issue installing it onto virtual disk RAID-1 based on some specific hw version/stepping of PERC H730 Mini.
It hangs on "Waiting for /dev to be fully populated ... and then crashes / reboots.

Proxmox VE 8.4.1 installs fine on both PERC H730 Mini

differences i found:
T10PICapability = Not Capable vs Capable
lspci MSI: IntMsgNum 0 vs MSI 00

Hi,
I'm using Dell 14th gen server with H730P (which is exactly the same chipset but more cache) and installed Proxmox VE 9.1.6 (Kernel version 6.17.13-2-pve). The RAID-1 volume works with no issues. Maybe you should start with updating the 730 firmware and server BIOS. The hardware works for sure with newest proxmox.

# lspci -nnd ::0104 -k
02:00.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: Broadcom / LSI MegaRAID SAS-3 3108 [Invader] [1000:005d] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Dell PERC H730P Adapter [1028:1f42]
        Kernel driver in use: megaraid_sas
        Kernel modules: megaraid_sas

My 730P firmware version:
25.5.9.0001

 

[jdancer]

A better option, IMO, is to use a pure IT-mode storage controller like a Dell HBA330. Extremely cheap to get.

Uses the much simpler mtp3sas driver and don't have to deal with PERC storage drama.

No issues in production.

 

[okarpov]

Hi,
I'm using Dell 14th gen server with H730P (which is exactly the same chipset but more cache) and installed Proxmox VE 9.1.6 (Kernel version 6.17.13-2-pve). The RAID-1 volume works with no issues. Maybe you should start with updating the 730 firmware and server BIOS. The hardware works for sure with newest proxmox.

# lspci -nnd ::0104 -k
02:00.0 RAID bus controller [0104]: Broadcom / LSI MegaRAID SAS-3 3108 [Invader] [1000:005d] (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Dell PERC H730P Adapter [1028:1f42]
        Kernel driver in use: megaraid_sas
        Kernel modules: megaraid_sas

My 730P firmware version:
25.5.9.0001

it has latest fw and bios

 

[eclipse83]

A better option, IMO, is to use a pure IT-mode storage controller like a Dell HBA330. Extremely cheap to get.

Uses the much simpler mtp3sas driver and don't have to deal with PERC storage drama.

No issues in production.

Thanks for this info - I've just moved to PVE from ESXi with my homelab R720, so currently investigating re-flashing my PERC H710 Mini, or perhaps trying a HBA330 and testing that out in my server.

 

[jdancer]

Thanks for this info - I've just moved to PVE from ESXi with my homelab R720, so currently investigating re-flashing my PERC H710 Mini, or perhaps trying a HBA330 and testing that out in my server.

Dell HBA330 mini-mono versions are definately for 13th- and 14th-gen Dells.

For 12th-gen Dell PERCs (H310/H710/H710P/H810), use https://fohdeesha.com/docs/perc.html. No issues in production.

Do NOT skip any steps and take your time. If you want to boot from the drives, flash both a BIOS & UEFI ROM.

Do NOT forget to record the controller address before flashing. Write it down or use your smartphone camera.

 

[eclipse83]

Dell HBA330 mini-mono versions are definately for 13th- and 14th-gen Dells.

For 12th-gen Dell PERCs (H310/H710/H710P/H810), use https://fohdeesha.com/docs/perc.html. No issues in production.

Do NOT skip any steps and take your time. If you want to boot from the drives, flash both a BIOS & UEFI ROM.

Do NOT forget to record the controller address before flashing. Write it down or use your smartphone camera.

I did just that, and I think I managed it!

I had a spare 1TB SSD, so attached that to the internal USB port and have installed PVE onto that - and will use my two 600GB SAS disks for storage/VMs etc, I guess. Hopefully that was the right thing to do hehe.