Dell R640, H740p controller, needs 4.11+ kernel installer

[wolfjj]

The Dell R640 spec sheet lists Ubuntu 16.04 support so I figured debian and proxmox likely had support already as well, but not yet.

Looks like I bought hardware that is a bit too new, my bad.

Based on this bug report it looks like the driver for this raid controller went in to the 4.11 kernel.
ht tps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1683587

I was looking around on the wiki for ways to respin a proxmox iso, or make a modified proxmox kernel and wasnt having any luck.

Any suggestions on getting an installer iso that supports kernel 4.11 or newer? beta?
Tips for getting extra drivers loaded at install time somehow?

 

[wolfgang]

You can use the 4.13 kernel what is in the test repo.
Or wait until PVE 5.1

 

[techopsguy]

You can use the 4.13 kernel what is in the test repo.
Or wait until PVE 5.1

Hi there wolfgang, we're in the same situation as wolfjj.

I've searched through the forum in order to find some manual/tutorial on how to compile Proxmox 5 with 4.13 Kernel, I haven't found anything related. I've created a VM where I've upgraded kernel to 4.13 and it's working just fine, but we need the installation on a R640 server. Sorry for my newbness.

We're in somewhat of a critical situation and ideally we would like to wait until PVE 5.1 is released but as an ace on the sleeve, we would like to be able to sort it now, if possible.

Any official date on the release?

Thanks a lot!

 

[tom]

Any official date on the release?

planned for next week.

 

[wolfjj]

Thanks! 5.1 is currently installing to my PowerEdge R640s with H740p controllers!

 

[Dennis Busch]

Is it working?

 

[elmacus]

I can confirm that Proxmox 5.1 with 4.13 kernel works on Dell R740 and H740p.
Not a single problem yet, running for 3 weeks.
Only problem is H740p supposed to be 8GB , but only show as 4GB in idrac. Might be later firmware upgrade, have I read.