ML150 G3 HP embedded SATA RAID controller: no disks found

[Hans]

Used with or without dmraid, the installer does not detect the (fakeraid/hostraid) array on the SATA embedded controller.

The device is listed in the BIOS as

HP Embedded SATA RAID Adapter
Adaptec

HP Proliant ML150 G3 is listed on the HCL.

[Hans (hansch-mail)]

Strangely, in the part Detecting Disks it says:
One or more drives containing Serial ATA RAID configurations have been found.

Choosing to use or not to use these devices does not make any difference; in the next step, the drive(s) is/are not found.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello
Is this problem present with the latest updates ?
Thanks
Fabio

[Hans (hansch-mail)]

Thank you for checking. Do you mean 10.10 or 10.04 with the latest kernel?
Sadly, last week this server broke down, I cannot check it now. If it works
again, I will come back.
Hans

2010/12/4 Fabio Marconi <email address hidden>

> Hello
> Is this problem present with the latest updates ?
> Thanks
> Fabio
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> Title:
> ML150 G3 HP embedded SATA RAID controller: no disks found
>
> Status in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Used with or without dmraid, the installer does not detect the
> (fakeraid/hostraid) array on the SATA embedded controller.
>
> The device is listed in the BIOS as
>
> HP Embedded SATA RAID Adapter
> Adaptec
>
> HP Proliant ML150 G3 is listed on the HCL.
>
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[Nrip Cheema (nrip-cheema)]

I am facing the same issue. However I can confirm that I was able to 8.04 and previous LTS version were working on it.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Hello Nrip
Have you found problem with Lucid or Maverick ?
Thanks
Fabio

[Nrip Cheema (nrip-cheema)]

Hello Fabio, The H/W raid controller was not detected. So I created software raid using installer. Interestingly that worked.

[DaveThacker (dthacker9)]

Confirmed on Ubuntu Server 10.10 32 bit. Created Raid 1 using Adaptec SATA SmartHOST controller on two 1 TB drives, then attempted install.
-Installer detected RAID device and asked if I wanted to Activate. I said yes.
-Partioner found no disks, only presented options for iSCSI
-Reproduced error each time on 3 attempts

[DaveThacker (dthacker9)]

Confirmed on Ubuntu Server 11.04 32 bit Beta 3. Same behavior as 10.10
Installers asks "Activate Serial ATA Raid Devices?"
I indicate yes
No Devices are found.

I'll be working around this with software RAID, but would be willing to perform additional tests.