If you have been trying to install SBS 2011 on an HP ProLiant ML110 G6 server and have struggled as HP don’t support SBS 2011 on their Easy Set-up CD and booting from the SBS 2011 DVD-ROM and adding the Windows 2008 R2 RAID Controller Drivers doesn’t get you any further, then the solution to your problems is here!
Get hold of an 8Gb USB Memory Stick and download the following software:
http://www.thirdtier.net/2011/01/creating-bootable-usb-of-sbs-2011-standard-installation-iso/
(To be able to install / use the software you will need a Windows 7 64-Bit PC).
Rip an .ISO image of the SBS 2011 DVD onto your Windows 7 64-Bit computer, then install / run the software from the link above. Create the bootable USB Memory Stick using the .ISO image you created earlier and when completed, boot the server from the USB stick, add the RAID Controller Drivers (http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=uk&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=3984625&prodNameId=3984626&swEnvOID=4064&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-12f912453fee48179ee8c834d2) and you will be able to continue to install SBS 2011.
If, like me, you are in the middle of migrating from SBS 2003 to SBS 2011, then you may want to consider using the following migration guide which takes you painlessly through the entire process:
Enjoy!
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Hello !
Can you expalene How you add the RAID Controller Drivers ?
You need to download the drivers from the HP website (http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=uk&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=3984625&prodNameId=3984626&swEnvOID=4064&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-f48f94c33b3745a5bfaefeaeb1) then extract them to a USB drive and when you have booted from the Windows SBS 2011 USB drive and are at the point where you want to create a Disk for SBS to use, you can install a Driver from the USB drive and continue the installation.
Can I install windows 7 on this machine?
There are no specific Windows 7 drivers available from HP for this server, so you would not get support if you ventured down the route of installing Windows 7 on it, but I wouldn’t necessarily rule it out completely.
I would suggest you try it and see how far you get, but don’t be surprised if you don’t find drivers for all the hardware components.
Windows 7 can be installed on this machine. I have done that, but don’t remember how
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i want to know how include network drivers on the media(or usb rive)
This is not something I have done before. I would just add them to a USB drive and plug them in personally.
… or you just copy drivers for raid controler on USB stick and select it on install. The drivers are in folder compaq>drivers>w2008x64>hpahcisr on their Easy Set-up CD. That can save you hours of work!
Sebastijan
I expect you can – but not knowing how old the drivers on the CD are (sometimes the CD’s are several versions behind the ones on the web), I prefer to download the latest ones and that way I know I am up-to-date.
Alan
Worked like a charm Alan!! Thanks for the very usefull post. Want a job?
I’m self-employed. Not looking to become an employee if that is what you mean.
Glad the post helped. Happy to assist you if you have a project that needs some additional technical skills.
Alan
Thanks for a really helpful post, creating the bootable USB was taking aaages. I used the drivers you provided above, copied to a pen & this enabled SBS2011 to see / understand the RAID controller during the installation – worked a treat.
Many Thanks
Matthew Holt
You sorted me out once again Alan. Thanks for providing an easy guide unlike HP who must have been aware when they put the installation dvds in the boxes and gave us no direction as to how we were to install the OS when 2011 is not on the easy set up dvd. Isnt that what beta testing is for!!
The big IT companys have become like a bunch of old ladies who dont want to talk to each other. Kind of strange when you are jointly providing your products!!
Alan,
I, too, am struggling with installing SBS 2011 Standard on a DL380 G5. In my case, I have a P400 SAS controller and 8 73 GB disks. I have pulled down the drivers from the HP web site and whether I install the driver or not, I get the same message: Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an exixting system partition. See the setup log files for more information.
Could there be another driver required besides the SAS controller. If so, do you have any idea what?
Thanks in advance,
Larry Schuldt
Hi Larry,
Is this the driver that you are using?
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=uk&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=1121516&prodNameId=3288134&swEnvOID=4024&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-97136b7d1d834a808d6455fb20
Also – are you using / trying to configure the server with the latest SmartStart CD (version 8.70 x64) ?
Alan,
No, I’m not using SmartStart; I tried to use the latest greatest yesterday, but it didn’t offer SBS 2011 as an option with the DL380 G5.
I AM using the driver you referenced.
larry
Weird! Have you tried creating a bootable USB drive with SBS 2011 on it and then installing the driver?
Not as yet; I don’t own an 8 GB flash drive. I have tried both the Microsoft DVD and the HP Branded DVD with the same results. How do you manage the installation? Do you just drop the drivers in a different directory and then browse to it at the appropriate spot or have you figured out a way to merge the drivers into the installation?
Larry
I usually boot from the USB drive and then you can install a driver from CD / memory stick, it then finds the disk drive and off you go installing.
Alan,
You are correct. I was under the impression that the use of the USB key was just to get a faster installation. It is not, it’s mandatory. I would guess that some clever coder put in code to write some info about the driver to the bootable storage. That’s a very bad idea of the storage is a DVD-ROM, but works fine if it’s a flash drive… Anyway, it’s installed and running. Thanks!
Perfect – that’s great news. I always keep a USB version of SBS 2011 with me just in case now.
Thanks for the update.