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Help a noob: New server not recognizing multiple hard drives.
Hi everyone!
I have a new HP ProLiant ML350p Gen8 E5-2670v2 8SFF (748306-S01) server, two HP 600GB 10K SAS SFF hot-swap drives, and two HP 1.2 TB 10K SAS SFF hot-swap drives. Currently I have one 600GB drive mounted in Bay 1 with Windows Server 2008 R2 installed but not activated yet.
The problem is when I load any other drive into any of the other bays, the server does not recognize them. Only the drive in Bay 1 is ever recognized, even during the install.
I've tried researching the problem, but most frequently it is caused by the Proliant's issue with 3rd party drives. Mine are HP so they should work. According to the device manager, I'm not missing any drivers. Is there maybe a feature I need to install? There's probably an easy solution to the problem that I'm just not seeing.
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I'm pretty new to sysadmin stuff and this is my first time setting up a server outside of a classroom. So I'd really appreciate any advice or guidance. Thanks!
Edit: SOLVED! Big thanks to /u/Ramchak. I rebooted the server and was able to enter the RAID configuration through F10 Intelligent Provisioning. I had also previously installed the following drivers (so I am not sure if they need to be installed before hand):
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- HP ProLiant Smart Array HPCISSS3 Controller Driver for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition
- HP ProLiant Smart Array SAS/SATA Controller Driver for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition drivers
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