Install proxmox on HP ProLiant ML310

[jprado]

Hello everyone, my name is Jonathan.

At my company, we will buy a HP ProLiant ML310 Xeon E3-1242 V2 G8, and we decided to install Proxmox 3.x
I read some sites and saw that some users had problems installing Proxmox. I want to be sure that you can install and controller runs smoothly.

My server specifications are:

Processor: Intel Xeon Quad Core E3-1240v3 (3.40GHz, 8MB L3), Intel® C222 chipset
Memory: 16 GB (2x8GB)
Controller: Embedded HP Smart Array B120i SATA RAID Controller (RAID 0/1/10)
Hard Drive: 16 TB (4 x 4TB)

You can install without problems? or I should take some precautions before installing.
Clarify that I am new to Proxmox.
Thank you !!!

 

[Manxmann]

I run this exact server, works well apart from the HP B120i which is a 'software' array controller i.e. the software driver does all the heavy lifting and is not supported by Proxmox as a RAID card. To get around this I disabled it and installed a P420 SAS/SATA RAID card + battery backup.

DMESG Below.

Linux version 2.6.32-37-pve (root@lola) (gcc version 4.7.2 (Debian 4.7.2-5) ) #1 SMP Wed Mar 18 08:19:56 CET 2015
Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-37-pve root=/dev/mapper/pve-root ro quiet
KERNEL supported cpus:
Intel GenuineIntel
AMD AuthenticAMD
Centaur CentaurHauls
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009d400 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000000009d400 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 00000000b5de4000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 00000000b5de4000 - 00000000b5dee000 (ACPI data)
BIOS-e820: 00000000b5dee000 - 00000000bc000000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fee10000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000ff800000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000100000000 - 0000000547fff000 (usable)
DMI 2.8 present.
SMBIOS version 2.8 @ 0xF4F40
DMI: HP ProLiant ML310e Gen8 v2, BIOS P78 03/28/2014
tap102i0: no IPv6 routers present
...
...
hpsa 0000:0a:00.0: RAID device c0b3t0l0 added.
scsi 0:3:0:0: RAID HP P420 5.42 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
...


root@wds-host:~# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3 Processor DRAM Controller (rev 06)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x16 Controller (rev 06)
00:01.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor PCI Express x8 Controller (rev 06)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #2 (rev 04)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev d4)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev d4)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #6 (rev d4)
00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #7 (rev d4)
00:1c.7 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port #8 (rev d4)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family USB EHCI #1 (rev 04)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation C222 Series Chipset Family Server Essential SKU LPC Controller (rev 04)
01:00.0 System peripheral: Hewlett-Packard Company Integrated Lights-Out Standard Slave Instrumentation & System Support (rev 05)
01:00.1 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. MGA G200EH
01:00.2 System peripheral: Hewlett-Packard Company Integrated Lights-Out Standard Management Processor Support and Messaging (rev 05)
01:00.4 USB controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Integrated Lights-Out Standard Virtual USB Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 Memory controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 005f
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
03:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
07:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
0a:00.0 RAID bus controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Smart Array Gen8 Controllers (rev 01)