Installation Guide, Windows Server 2008 R2 on HP Integrity Servers v7.1 (T2369-90032, March 2011)

HP BL8x0 i2 or rx2800 i2 Server Sees Embedded Boot Controller (HP Smart Array
P410i) But Not the RAID Boot Volume
Users may encounter a rare problem when attempting to configure their HP BL8x0 i2 or rx2800
i2 boot volume before installing the OS. In these situations, the system recognizes the embedded
boot controller but cannot see the attached RAID boot volume because the controller is configured
in HBA mode instead of RAID mode. This can sometimes happen if Windows was not
pre-installed on the system, or the controller originally came from a system running some other
OS (like HP-UX).
If you encounter this problem, use the Smart Array Update command line utility (SAUPDATE)
to manually configure the controller from HBA mode to RAID mode. Once configured correctly,
the system should recognize the boot volume and you can proceed with the OS installation. A
detailed explanation of how to use the Smart Array Update utility is found in Step 7 of the
following procedure:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/
Document.jsp?lang=en=us=c02292331=reg_R1002_USEN
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