Unable to add storage, RAID 50 4.6TB, Dell R720

[rcrosier]

OK, I'm going through this and hit this on the alien -to-deb... command:


On cp /opt... command, I got:


So I've stopped there...

Oh crap, I missed one step... be right back... sorry.

 

[bbgeek17]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2xTl-7k_LY

google search key: youtube install perccli debian

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Blockbridge : Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox

 

[rcrosier]

Oh crap, I missed one step... be right back... sorry.

I ran the missed command, get this now:

root@dellProxmox:/PERCCLI_7.1910.00_A12_Linux# apt install perccli_007.1910.0000.0000_all.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package perccli_007.1910.0000.0000_all.deb
root@dellProxmox:/PERCCLI_7.1910.00_A12_Linux#

I've triple-checked the filename. What am I missing? It's in the folder I'm running 'apt install' from.

root@dellProxmox:/PERCCLI_7.1910.00_A12_Linux# ls
perccli_007.1910.0000.0000_all.deb PERCCLI_7.1910.00_A12_Linux
root@dellProxmox:/PERCCLI_7.1910.00_A12_Linux#

(Now I wish I'd spent a lot more time with Linux back in 1981 when I was an Altos dealer selling their computers with accounting software...)

 

[rcrosier]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2xTl-7k_LY

google search key: youtube install perccli debian

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Blockbridge : Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox

OK, I'll try this, thank you.

 

[rcrosier]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2xTl-7k_LY

google search key: youtube install perccli debian

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Blockbridge : Ultra low latency all-NVME shared storage for Proxmox - https://www.blockbridge.com/proxmox

OK, that helped a lot. Got perccli installed, but when I run it with the SHOW parameter, it says no controllers...???

root@dellProxmox:/opt/MegaRAID/perccli# ./perccli64 show
CLI Version = 007.1910.0000.0000 Oct 08, 2021
Operating system = Linux 6.8.4-2-pve
Status Code = 0
Status = Success
Description = None

Number of Controllers = 0
Host Name = dellProxmox
Operating System = Linux 6.8.4-2-pve

 

[waltar]

"./perccli64 /call show" for /Controller<all>, see "./perccli64 help".

 

[waltar]

There's a problem as the perccli release 007.1910.0000.0000 begins oldest with a H330 controller as support of that tool version doesn't support the H310 anymore !! Remove that to new release:
apt purge perccli_007.1910.0000.0000_all
Found a valid link to old version from 2017 which should work for H310, try :
curl -C - -O 'https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER04470715M/1/perccli_7.1-007.0127_linux.tar.gz'
gunzip perccli_7.1-007.0127_linux.tar.gz
tar xf perccli_7.1-007.0127_linux.tar
cd Linux
alien --to-deb perccli-007.0127.0000.0000-1.noarch.rpm
apt install perccli_007.0127.0000.0000-2_all.deb
...

 

[rcrosier]

There's a problem as the perccli release 007.1910.0000.0000 begins oldest with a H330 controller as support of that tool version doesn't support the H310 anymore !! Remove that to new release:
apt purge perccli_007.1910.0000.0000_all
Found a valid link to old version from 2017 which should work for H310, try :
curl -C - -O 'https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER04470715M/1/perccli_7.1-007.0127_linux.tar.gz'
gunzip perccli_7.1-007.0127_linux.tar.gz
tar xf perccli_7.1-007.0127_linux.tar
cd Linux
alien --to-deb perccli-007.0127.0000.0000-1.noarch.rpm
apt install perccli_007.0127.0000.0000-2_all.deb
...

OK, I have not had time to work on this since my last post, but will gladly try this as soon as possible.
Thank you!

 

[rcrosier]

OK, I have not had time to work on this since my last post, but will gladly try this as soon as possible.
Thank you!

Hi waltar,

I got a minute to work on this, and the last couple commands gave me errors, not sure if they're important. I've bolded them below:

root@dellProxmox:~/Linux# alien --to-deb perccli-007.0127.0000.0000-1.noarch.rpm
Warning: Skipping conversion of scripts in package perccli: postinst postrm prerm
Warning: Use the --scripts parameter to include the scripts.
perccli_007.0127.0000.0000-2_all.deb generated
root@dellProxmox:~/Linux# apt install perccli_007.0127.0000.0000-2_all.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package perccli_007.0127.0000.0000-2_all.deb
root@dellProxmox:~/Linux# ls
perccli-007.0127.0000.0000-1.noarch.rpm perccli_007.0127.0000.0000-2_all.deb
root@dellProxmox:~/Linux#

 

[waltar]

"ls -la /opt/MegaRAID/perccli" ?

 

[mram]

Hello,

I'm semi-retired and Very new to Proxmox, been managing/running about 15 VMs on 2-3 VMWare host servers at two locations in a company since about 2014 with no problems. We're trying to repurpose an old Dell R720 to try Proxmox out. I installed Proxmox (twice), trying to get an array of 6 1.2 TB drives configured in RAID 50 into Proxmox, but I'm stuck. I cannot find any documentation that helps yet.

First install of Proxmox, I did not have these 6 drives, only the 500GB SSD that Proxmox is installed on. That went fine and I was able to install a couple VMs on that no problem, they ran fine for a couple weeks while I waited for the 1.2TB drives. Could not add any storage for the 1.2TB though, and it showed as GPT No, even after I initialized it for GPT, so I decided to start over.

On the second install of Proxmox, the 4.6TB storage showed up as SDA. Tried to create an LVM and it seemed to start out OK, but then failed, and then the storage is no longer even showing.

Is there documentation or anything I can read with steps to add a storage array to Proxmox?

I'd love to know what step(s) I'm missing. I'm not very well-versed in linux, but can kind of get around in it.

Thanks.

My personal opinion is you should just swap out the RAID card for an H310 HBA in IT mode and run ZFS. If you really want to learn what Proxmox is all about and get away from the legacy ESXi world this is the way. Then you can use the new ESXi migration and pull some VMs over directly to test them in Proxmox.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/163672512791

No affiliation. There are cheaper options out there, but get one working first, then you can work on buying the H310 cards and learning how to flash them yourself later.