There are various scenarios why you may want to enable HBA such as:

HP Microserver Gen8 - Install SSD in ODD slot if you need help how to install the SSD into ODD bay.As a continuation of our series about HPE Smart Array P440 controller here how you can enable HBA mode of your controller.

HP Microserver Gen8 - Configure the RAID remotely for Step9.

Press ESC to close the menu and F10 to confirm the changes.Ĭongratulations your HP Microserver Gen8 should now be able to boot from the SSD drive installed into the ODD bay. Select Standard Boot Order (IPL) and press Enter. When any of the screens from Step6 appear press F9 to enter the BIOS settings. Select the Local - logical Drive 1 as the Primary Boot Logical Drive/Volume and then click Ok. Select the controller from the left list ( Dynamic Smart Array B120i RAID) and then Set Bootable Logical Drive/Volume action from the right. If you need help how to create the RAID follow the HP Microserver Gen8 - Configure the RAID remotely tutorial. Note: make sure that is the first array created (first logical drive). Select HP Smart Storage Administrator (SSA) option.Ĭreate a RAID 0 with the SSD drive on it only. Press F10 when the following screen appears. Step 6īecause we started the server in Step3 the boot sequence will try to boot and because there is no OS yet will reboot every 5 sec. Java needs to be installed and active from the browser.

Java Applet or Web Start that can be launch from any operating system.

NET application that can be launch from Windows OS only. There are 2 methods to connect to the remote console: Navigate to Remote Console -> Remote Console How to find out the IP depends on the router model. Identify the IP assigned to ILO interface by your router. Make sure the ILO network cable is connected to your router. To configure the HP Microserver Gen8 too boot from the ODD slot, dedicated for the optical drive check the following steps. If you need help to install the SSD drive follow HP Microserver Gen8 - Install SSD in ODD slot tutorial.

1 x Samsung Pro 840 128Gb connected in bay 5 (the ODD slot).

2 x WD RED3Tb - connected in bay 1 and bay 2.

I have in hand the following configuration: Because my server has no monitor and keyboard attached I will present the remote option. In this tutorial will show how to configure the HP Microserver Gen8 to boot from SSD installed into ODD drive.

Hp smart array controller launch setup