Problems Installation 8.1 on DL320 Gen11

[sakyamuni13]

Hello,

I have a HPE DL320 Gen11, ilo updated to 1.54, Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5416S, 128 GB memoy (4x32).
For the storage, i have :
- HPE NS204i-u Gen11 Boot Controller with 2x 480gb in raid 1 NVMe SSD (= for proxmox)
- HPE MR408i-o Gen11 with 3x 2to SAS SSD (= for my VM) i want to make a raid5

When i try to install poxmox 8.1 by booting on usb key, i have an error, after choosing graphical installation:

- SQUASHFS Error : failed to read block 0x4....
sbin/unconfigured.sh line 210: /sbin/chronyd: Input/output error
starting chrony failed
failed to execute sbin/agetty: Input/output error
I/O error, dev loop1, sector 34840....
...
Installation aborted - unable to continue
root@proxmox:/

I am not a specialist, so is somebody could help me please. It would be nice.

Thank you.

 

[aaron]

I/O errors on the loop0/squasfs don't sound good. Verify that the checksum of the downloaded ISO matches.

On Linux you can run
sha256sum path/to/iso
On Windows there is certutil:
certutil -hashfile path/to/iso SHA256

If it is the same checksum as listed on the download page, the download was successful. The next step would then be to flash the USB key again or try a different USB key.

 

[sakyamuni13]

Hi,
Yes it is the same checksum as listed on the download page, the download is good, and i checked with an other key (with etcher) and result is the same...

 

[aaron]

hmm, maybe try one of the other methods? https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#installation_prepare_media
If you are on Windows, maybe Rufus in DD mode.

Have you tried another USB port on the server (if there are more)?

Another option would be to use the iLO remote console and pass through the ISO that way. Not sure how current HPE iLOs work, but that used to be possible IIRC.

 

[sakyamuni13]

Hello, yes i try an other usb port on server, same result
What do you mean to use the iLO remote console and pass through the ISO that way ?
But i think the problem is disk ssd nvme, proxmox is not able to boot on it, it is a system raid1.

 

[aaron]

Servers usually have some kind of out of band management, commonly known as BMC. Implementations of it can be IPMI (used by many vendors) and more vendor specific ones, Dell has iDrac, HP has iLO.

They are a small extra computer on the motherboard, usually with their own network interface. You can remote control the server with it. They also come with remote consoles that allow you to pass through ISO files directly. Every recent implementation offers the remote console via the browser directly.

Alternatively, have you tried a slightly older ISO? 8.0 for example? Secure boot will need to be disabled for the older ISOs as support for it is only available since 8.1.

 

[jhboricua]

Hi @sakyamuni13

Curious if you got past the boot error and were able to get Proxmox running on the Gen 11? We are looking buying a couple of DL325 Gen 11s for a Proxmox deployment.

 

[sakyamuni13]

Yes,
Using the iLO remote console and pass through the ISO that way works fine !
Thanks

 

[Tommas]

Yes,
Using the iLO remote console and pass through the ISO that way works fine !
Thanks

Hello, I just have the same server, by chance you will have some problem with the fans, the ones on my HPE DL320 GEN 11 server are between 72% and 68% and they make a lot of noise.

 

[_gabriel]

HP need their Linux app/service HP amsd ( Agentless Management Service) .
There is a topic on the forum.