HP Smart Array P420i Configuration – LZMA data is corrupt

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I'm trying to get into the Array Configuration Utility for the Smart Array P420i controller. The server is a HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8.

After POST, I press F5 as asked in order to get to the ACU. However, during boot of the ACU, it presents me the following error:

Initramfs unpacking failed: LZMA data is corrupt
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
Pid: 1, comm: swapper Not tainted 3.0.76-0.11-default #1
Call Trace:
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Could anyone tell me what to do from here?

Best Answer

The error you have is about the Linux kernel not booting due to corrupted initramfs. It has nothing to do with the RAID controller configuration utility

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The tool you should be using today is hpssacli. The older hpacucli utility doesn't work on current-generation ProLiant servers.

In case you don't have hpssacli, the support download bundle for your server is here (if you're not already using the HP ESXi build).

Also, RAID6 for 4 disks doesn't make sense. Do RAID 1+0

~ # /opt/hp/hpacucli/bin/hpacucli
HP Array Configuration Utility CLI 9.40.12.0
Detecting Controllers...Done.
Type "help" for a list of supported commands.
Type "exit" to close the console.

=> ctrl all show config

Error: No controllers detected. 

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versus

~ # /opt/hp/hpssacli/bin/hpssacli
HP Smart Storage Administrator CLI 1.50.4.0
Detecting Controllers...Done.
Type "help" for a list of supported commands.
Type "exit" to close the console.

=> ctrl all show config

Smart Array P420i in Slot 0 (Embedded)    (sn: 001438023DA3BF0)


   SEP (Vendor ID PMCSIERA, Model SRCv8x6G) 380 (WWID: 5001438023DA3BFF)

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