Linux – Debian Wheezy drivers for HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9 RAID controller

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I bought 2 HP DL360 Gen9 Servers and wanted install Debian Wheezy on those with PXE Boot network install. But it seems that Wheezy does not include a driver for the Smart Array Controllter p440ar/2g. The installer asks me if I want to continue without a hard drive. I already tried to install Debian Jessie and it works without a problem, but i currently still need Wheezy for my Xen cluster.

Is there a way to install Wheezy?

Best Answer

Debian isn't officially supported on this hardware. You'll be missing some value-add features like monitoring agents and having an easy process for installation.

People have found janky workarounds, though.

See: https://wiki.debian.org/HP/ProLiant
and https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2015/04/msg00028.html

Also: http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/ProLiant-Servers-ML-DL-SL/Install-Debian-7-on-HP-DL360-Gen9/td-p/6733883#.Vc3MfHjDvSw