Fujitsu PRIMERGY TX1320 M3 & FUJITSU PRAID CP400i

[blondie63]

Someone managed to install Proxmox 8.2 on this server with FUJITSU PRAID CP400i Raid controller ?
Attache some screenshot of my test install fail

Thanks for help

 

[LnxBil]

Where are your screenshots?

CP400i are normally not a problem, they're SAS3008-based LSI controllers and work out-of-the-box. AFAIK they can be configured to be a hardware RAID (needs to be done in BIOS) or software RAID (needs to be done in the bios and enable passthrough). I've a bunch of them running in PVE and also in RHEL-environments without any problem:

Fujitsu PRIMERGY RX2540 M2 with a CP400i, identified as

$ lspci -vvv -s 01:00.0 | head -3
01:00.0 Serial Attached SCSI controller: Broadcom / LSI SAS3008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-3 (rev 02)
        Subsystem: Fujitsu Technology Solutions SAS3008 PCI-Express Fusion-MPT SAS-3
        Physical Slot: 1

$ pveversion
pve-manager/8.2.2/9355359cd7afbae4 (running kernel: 6.8.4-3-pve)

configured as a hardware raid1:

$ lsscsi --size
[6:0:0:0]    disk    HGST     HUC101830CSS204  C7L0  -               -
[6:0:1:0]    disk    HGST     HUC101830CSS204  C7L0  -               -
[6:0:2:0]    enclosu FTS Corp SAS30_EXPAND36   0600  -               -
[6:1:0:0]    disk    LSI      Logical Volume   3000  /dev/sda    298GB

 

[blondie63]

Ops sorry, here my screenshots: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/f...0-m3-fujitsu-praid-cp400i.146653/#post-662186
Now i try to set raid on Bios settings..

 

[LnxBil]

Ops sorry, here my screenshots: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/f...0-m3-fujitsu-praid-cp400i.146653/#post-662186

You linked this thread, which has no images. Please post the correct link.

 

[blondie63]

Sorry for my mistake:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10eWowZ6-_hTEErbXkzwc7dhq6S7RAQaY/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10RhCP86QpcVcyDb4k3RB7a18W51MkGeW/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10XpXd_ESNAZftRSDfZqWdup_hX5ymoDZ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10dBWauzmp5FFWfubHQYbFcTKrLjTaB7G/view?usp=sharing

regards

 

[LnxBil]

Could you access the controller BIOS and take screenshots from there?

I found in my ticket system these images:



and

 

[blondie63]

How you can enter in this setup ?
When i turn on i see only F2 for setup and F12 for boot order

 

[LnxBil]

I have no machine to reboot right now, try F2 to get in the BIOS and there can/should be an try to enter the RAID bios.

 

[toomanylogins]

There is usually a prompt on the start up screen. Control+H ?

 

[blondie63]

I've done many test on this server!
I've installed win2022, esxi 8, CentOS 9 Stream all without problems !
They recognize my raid VD and use it

Only Proxmox 8.2 can't see my VD
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10wKGfzqBKrlqlQdTUMSiHIdDmuWIGJjj?usp=sharing

ps. This forum permit only very little files

 

[blondie63]

Last test: on same server i removed CP400i controller and used the LSI Raid on main board where i've created a VD
I've installed but Proxmox destroy VD and installed in disk 0 !

Why CP400i and LSI on board controller are not recognized ?

 

[ngui1975]

Hello!

I've same issue. I can't see VD from cp400i under proxmox 8.2

 

[frank68]

LSI SAS3008 under Proxmox (since Update 8.1->8.2) is a special thing. With mpt3sas-driver everything is fine, using megaraid-sas no disk detected.

 

[blondie63]

LSI SAS3008 under Proxmox (since Update 8.1->8.2) is a special thing. With mpt3sas-driver everything is fine, using megaraid-sas no disk detected.

Hi Frank, how you can choose this mpt3sas-driver ?
How you can set bios? UEFI or Legacy ?

Thanks for help

 

[Inglebard]

Hello,

I got an issue with a Fujitsu Rx100 because on proxmox 8.2 have kernel 6.8 with intel_iommu=on by default and raid card was not working (even blinking).
I don't know if it is the same issue but because you have a Fujitsu, you may check.
Can you test with proxmox 8.1 and see if it works : https://enterprise.proxmox.com/iso/proxmox-ve_8.1-2.iso ?

If it works, you can try to set intel_iommu=off in the grub and then update to 8.2.

 

[blondie63]

Hello,

I got an issue with a Fujitsu Rx100 because on proxmox 8.2 have kernel 6.8 with intel_iommu=on by default and raid card was not working (even blinking).
I don't know if it is the same issue but because you have a Fujitsu, you may check.
Can you test with proxmox 8.1 and see if it works : https://enterprise.proxmox.com/iso/proxmox-ve_8.1-2.iso ?

If it works, you can try to set intel_iommu=off in the grub and then update to 8.2.

With this iso 8.1-2 i've installed on same server without problems !!
SO 8.2.2 is bugged ?

And i think i cannot upgrade my install, is it right ?

 

[alexskysilk]

And i think i cannot upgrade my install, is it right ?

you can. you'll just need to pin your kernel.

 

[blondie63]

you can. you'll just need to pin your kernel.

How can i pin my kernel ?

 

[UdoB]

"3.13.7. Override the Kernel-Version for next Boot" --> https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#sysboot

 

[akaric]

Hello,

I got an issue with a Fujitsu Rx100 because on proxmox 8.2 have kernel 6.8 with intel_iommu=on by default and raid card was not working (even blinking).
I don't know if it is the same issue but because you have a Fujitsu, you may check.
Can you test with proxmox 8.1 and see if it works : https://enterprise.proxmox.com/iso/proxmox-ve_8.1-2.iso ?

If it works, you can try to set intel_iommu=off in the grub and then update to 8.2.

Hello,

I would like to thank you for this suggestion. After struggling with "No disk found" problem for hours, I tried downloading 8.1 .iso and it all worked "out of the box".

THANK YOU!