Installing HP RAID utilities into Linux or XenServer

Installing HP RAID utilities into Linux or XenServer

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Instructions for installing HP RAID utilities into Linux (XenServer in this instance)

Download the drivers from https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?swItemId=MTX_04bffb688a73438598fef81ddd#tab5

You can also install with YUM

Add these to /etc/yum.repos.d/hp.repo

[HP-spp]
name=HP Service
Pack for ProLiant
baseurl=http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/spp/RHEL/7.2/x86_64/current/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/GPG-KEY-ssp
 
[HP-mcp]
name=HP Management
Component Pack for ProLiant
baseurl=http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/mcp/centos/7.3/x86_64/current/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/GPG-KEY-mcp

Add these keys (optional)

Download copies of the gpg keys from http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/spp/GPG-KEY-spp and http://downloads.linux.hpe.com/SDR/repo/mcp/GPG-KEY-mcp
Place them in /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/

And install

yum -y install ssacli

Commands

To view controller status

ssacli ctrl all show status

To view drives status

ssacli ctrl slot=0 pd all show status