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raid - Installing XenServer 6.2 on Proliant DL160G6 freezes during "Installing from base pack"

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I'm trying a new install of XenServer
6.2 on an HP Proliant DL160G6 with a HP P410 raid card configured as RAID 5 over 4
drives, with a 256M BBWC. The install starts off properly, but when it gets to about 56%
completion of "Installing from Base Pack", it just completely freezes and stops
continuing. I am unable to switch consoles using Alt-F2,
etc.



I've tried rebooting and restarting the
install, but to no additional success.



If,
however, I reconfigure my HW Raid as Raid 1 or Raid 1+0, the installation is successful,
which makes me wonder if this is a compatibility issue with P410 Raid configuration,
however, according to the href="http://hcl.xensource.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductType=HBA&ProductName=Smart%20Array%20P410i%20RAID"
rel="nofollow noreferrer">HCL, the P410 is listed as
compatible.




I've tried running href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/inq/" rel="nofollow
noreferrer">Inquisitor as a stress test on the RAID, and it passes
flawlessly in RAID-5 configuration.



How can I
further diagnose where the problem lies? Is there a way to see exactly where/why this is
failing? What would cause it to fail on Raid 5 but not Raid 1?



Answer




Please see the answer at: href="https://serverfault.com/questions/578257/hp-dl320e-gen8-3tb-drives-windows-server-2012-r2-hdd-full-capacity-alocation/578262#578262">HP
DL320e Gen8, 3TB drives, Windows Server 2012 R2 - HDD full capacity alocation
difficulties during installation for general local disk and logical drive
guidance. Perhaps there's a 1TB issue that you clear when using RAID 1+0, but not in
RAID 5.



But your specific case here appears to
be href="http://discussions.citrix.com/topic/294872-upgrading-xenserver-56-sp2-to-xenserver-60-on-proliant-bl460c-g6/"
rel="nofollow noreferrer">firmware related. The best course of action is to
run the bootable href="http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/server-software/product-detail.html?oid=5104018#!tab=features"
rel="nofollow noreferrer">Service Pack for ProLiant
DVD.



Your RAID controller should be at
revision 6.40. There's href="http://h20565.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/psi/swdDetails/?sp4ts.oid=3884344&spf_p.tpst=swdMain&spf_p.prp_swdMain=wsrp-navigationalState=idx%253D%257CswItem%253DMTX_208de28c836945daaf355281a1%257CswEnvOID%253D4103%257CitemLocale%253D%257CswLang%253D%257Cmode%253D5%257Caction%253DdriverDocument&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken"
rel="nofollow noreferrer">plenty in the change log that could be the root
cause.



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