HP Dynamic Smart Array fails with 14.04

[Jeff Lane ]

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NOTE FROM BUG FILER: I am NOT the one who saw this, I am converting this from a "Question" on Answers.LP. The DSA controller was not supported on 12.04 but was supposed to be working on 14.04, thus this bears some investigation.

The original Question can be found here:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-certification/+question/267449
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For Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit it didn't work with the Controller.

I had to disable HP Dynamic Smart Array from BIOS.

Note in the options there is no option to disable Dynamic Smart Array only to select which Controller to use.

* Press F9 to boot into RBSU
* Navigate to System Options -> SATA Controller options and select Legacy SATA
* Reboot the machine and now you will be able to install the OS.

If you don't follow these steps the OS will be installed but after the installation reboot you will see a Red screen with NMI error message.

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

I've added Narinder Gupta to this who is the TPM for HP and did most of the cert work for these systems.

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

Also, the original question came from Sotiris Salloumis who is also subscribed to this bug.

[Narinder Gupta (narindergupta)]

Are we using Maas for installation of this driver? If yes then which
version? If not then I would like to know the steps used. Hp had fixed lot
of issues in the driver and soon it will be available for release too at HP
site.

Thanks and regards,
Narinder Gupta
1-2817365150
On Jun 12, 2015 7:10 PM, "Jeff Lane" <email address hidden> wrote:

> Also, the original question came from Sotiris Salloumis who is also
> subscribed to this bug.
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1464667
>
> Title:
> HP Dynamic Smart Array fails with 14.04
>
> Status in The Linux Kernel:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> ****
> NOTE FROM BUG FILER: I am NOT the one who saw this, I am converting this
> from a "Question" on Answers.LP. The DSA controller was not supported on
> 12.04 but was supposed to be working on 14.04, thus this bears some
> investigation.
>
> The original Question can be found here:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-certification/+question/267449
> ****
>
> For Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit it didn't work with the Controller.
>
> I had to disable HP Dynamic Smart Array from BIOS.
>
> Note in the options there is no option to disable Dynamic Smart Array
> only to select which Controller to use.
>
> * Press F9 to boot into RBSU
> * Navigate to System Options -> SATA Controller options and select
> Legacy SATA
> * Reboot the machine and now you will be able to install the OS.
>
> If you don't follow these steps the OS will be installed but after the
> installation reboot you will see a Red screen with NMI error message.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1464667/+subscriptions
>

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

No... this was reported by a user via answers.launchpad.net. per the link in the summary.

There has been no response from the original filer, so I'm going to mark this as incomplete and just let it expire if he doesn't come back.

[Jeff Lane  (bladernr)]

Errr... maybe Leann or someone with triage rights for these bugs can do that.

[Narinder Gupta (narindergupta)]

HP stopped supporting hpvsa driver on Ubuntu.

Thanks and Regards,
Narinder Gupta (PMP) <email address hidden>
Canonical, Ltd. narindergupta [irc.freenode.net]
+1.281.736.5150 narindergupta2007[skype]

Ubuntu- Linux for human beings | www.ubuntu.com | www.canonical.com

On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 1:25 PM, Jeff Lane <email address hidden>
wrote:

> No... this was reported by a user via answers.launchpad.net. per the
> link in the summary.
>
> There has been no response from the original filer, so I'm going to mark
> this as incomplete and just let it expire if he doesn't come back.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1464667
>
> Title:
> HP Dynamic Smart Array fails with 14.04
>
> Status in Linux:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> ****
> NOTE FROM BUG FILER: I am NOT the one who saw this, I am converting this
> from a "Question" on Answers.LP. The DSA controller was not supported on
> 12.04 but was supposed to be working on 14.04, thus this bears some
> investigation.
>
> The original Question can be found here:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-certification/+question/267449
> ****
>
> For Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit it didn't work with the Controller.
>
> I had to disable HP Dynamic Smart Array from BIOS.
>
> Note in the options there is no option to disable Dynamic Smart Array
> only to select which Controller to use.
>
> * Press F9 to boot into RBSU
> * Navigate to System Options -> SATA Controller options and select
> Legacy SATA
> * Reboot the machine and now you will be able to install the OS.
>
> If you don't follow these steps the OS will be installed but after the
> installation reboot you will see a Red screen with NMI error message.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1464667/+subscriptions
>