I've been using Windows on this ML150 for years now without issue. I have 4 drives attached to the 4 black SATA ports, and after installing the Windows drivers here, all drives were usable. (This confirms the drives & ports are working.)
I just installed CentOS 6.5 and those same 4 drives are not usable in Linux. The drives show up in `fdisk -l` but when I try to `pvcreate /dev/sdX` it says the devices are in use (perhaps mounted); but they're certainly not. In fact, during the CentOS 6.5 installation process, the drives weren't even available for partitioning, so I know its not some post-OS installation configuration issue.
My first thought was to adjust the controller configuration in the BIOS from Compatible to AHCI to RAID (and creating 2 logical drives in the RAID configuration utility) but the result is the same. This led me to the idea that I might need some Linux drivers for the B110i controller just like Windows.
I pulled down some drivers the other day but they didn't help, and today, by searching directly for B110i, I found this page which has given me new hope. (I haven't tried these drivers yet but I will shortly.)
But I figured, while I'm at it, lets go ahead and get everything else up to date (all drivers, firmware, BIOS etc.). I've been searching for a while now but cannot seem to find a driver download page for the ML150 G6. I can find pages for specific hardware like the B110i, but not everything for this server.
- If I go to HPSC and search for "ml150 g6", no results are found
- I found the ProLiant ML150 G6 Enterprise page, but the Download Drivers & Support Software link doesn't take me anywhere.
- On the enterprise site a search for "mL150 G6" and narrowing it down to "support & drivers" yields 250 pages of results, most of which are either for individual components, advisories, hardware upgrades etc.. (I say "most" because I haven't gone throguh all 250 pages, I got to page 50 and couldn't go to the next page which is odd...)
- I went here & drilled down (Servers > ProLiant > ML > 150 G6) and it told me this product wasn't supported in the US. I bought it new from CompuSource so I'm a little perplexed. No matter. I don't care where it came from, I just want drivers. How can I figure that out where it came from so I can get to the right support site?
Is it just not possible to download drivers/firmware for this machine [anymore]?
Or is my search strategy incorrect?
Any constructive criticism, advice & help is greatly appreciated.