Adding in driver support for Dell PERC H965i RAID Controleer

[geoffo-dev]

Hello - this isn't really an issue as such, but might be useful to get integrated into the base image if possible.

We are trying to run EKS-A on some Dell Servers as baremetal - whilst this has been great up until now (thanks) the latest R660 was shipped with the Dell PERC H965i controller rather than the H355 / H755 which we have used in the past.

It looks like this is a new controller which I believe uses a new broadcom controller and as a result, doesnt appear to be recognised by the kernel during the install using hook. (there is no /dev/sda).

I managed to add CONFIG_SCSI_MPI3MR (I believe) to the configuration and build a custom image, however after the OS is copied, it tries to mount the partition and fails.

I am at a bit of a loss... my original option was to downgrade to a H355 PERC - however this appears to be mounted in a different configuration and Dell are saying the lead time for parts is over a month...

Has anyone run into this? Is anyone more savvy on this stuff? Would really appreciate any help! If the H965i is a new controller which will be used with Dell kit, it might be useful to get this into the image build.

Things I have tried:

• Trying version 10.0.0
• Trying it with a live ubuntu image (it shows up as dell sapphire rapids ahci controller)
• Trying overwriting to the kernel version to the latest kernel (6.14.0)
• Adding the CONFIG_SCSI_MPI3MR driver

[rpardini]

Hi! I'd say dmesg output from both Hook and maybe a known-working Ubuntu image might help.
It could be related to kernel drivers, missing firmware, etc...

[geoffo-dev]

so sorry that is where I got dell sapphire rapids ahci controller from - I think it almost certainly is a driver firmware issue, but Dell cannot confirm as they dont support Hook OS...