HP Z800 w/ 2.2TB

[Matthew Lawson]

I updated to BIOS v3.57 last night, which went off without a hitch. Awesome.

This morning I learned that the integrated disk controller can only handle drives up to 2TB. *However*, the Z800 has an LSI SAS RAID controller that can be used as a non-RAID controller for SATA drives up to 3TB. Although I have not been able to try it yet, it's encouraging.

Finally, I'll limit further emails to those who have responded so I don't clutter up anyone's inbox.


Cheers,

~ML



-------- Original Message --------
On Jan 4, 2017, 8:35 PM, Matthew Lawson wrote:

The machine currently uses v3.15, while the most-recent version is 3.60. At some point I read that 3.57 should be preferred over 3.60 because the latter messes up...something. I've never needed to update a BIOS, so I want to tread lightly here.

Also, the error message when running gparted on the disk after it was initialized on a different machine reads :"Invalid argument during seek for read on /dev/sdX". It was followed by "The backup GPT table is corrupt, but the primary appears OK, so that will be used."


~ML


-------- Original Message --------
On Jan 4, 2017, 7:47 AM, Brown, David (Test Dept) wrote:


Perhaps you need a BIOS upgrade? HP recommends only using downloads from their site.



http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/swd/public/readIndex?sp4ts.oid=3912036



Maybe you can check the BIOS version and post it along with the error message(s).







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From: cinlug [mailto:cinlug-bounces at lists.cinlug.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Lawson
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2017 7:29 AM
To: cinlug at lists.cinlug.org
Subject: Fwd: HP Z800 w/ 2.2TB







First, thank you to the members who responded so quickly. Second, apologies for not mentioning in the original email that I had already tried initializing the disk with gParted (and parted for good measure!). When I tried to set it to 3TB, though, parted griped at me. I'll pass along the error message to anyone who asks after I recreate it tonight.









Of course, I used parted on the Z800, so tonight I'll use a different machine that has recognized the full size of the disk in the past. I guess doing so might make a difference.









~ML
























wrote:



I bought a HP Z800 for home use, including NAS, VM's, sandbox, etc. To my chagrin, I have discovered that it will only recognize a max HDD size of 2.2TB. I've gathered that it is used by too-old firmware. However, a member of the HP forum board successfully installed a 3TB drive under Windows, so it seems technically feasible. He recommended updating the Intel controller driver, but HP does not offer a controller driver for Linux derivatives. I'm loathe to make unnecessary changes because I don't want to make anything worse.

Sooooo...does anyone know how to overcome the 2.2TB threshold?

FWIW, HP sold this workstation as RHEL-ready, so it is compatible with Linux.

This is virgin territory for me, so please use monosyllabic words and type slowly.

System Specs: Z800, dual-Xeons, 24GB ram, Ubuntu 16.04 from a USB drive (persistent) and one 3TB WD Red


TIA,

~ML


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