No device file for HP Smart Array 642

[Chris du Preez]

> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 3:35 AM, Chris du Preez <chris at flamengro.co.za> 
wrote:
> >
> > I have a small problem and would appreciate any help or of someone can 
point
> > me in the right direction in order to solve my problem.
> >
> > I have upgraded form Ubuntu-8.04 to Ubuntu-10.10 and in the process the
> > device files for my HP Smart Array is lost. I have include a line "cciss" 
in
> > "/etc/modules" to make sure the cciss module is loaded at boot time. I 
have
> > also put a line "cciss" in "/etc/initramfs-tools" and run "sudo
> > update-initramfs -c -k $(uname -r)".
> >
> > The module cciss is loaded in the kernel. When I use the command "lsmod |
> > grep cciss" I get "cciss 100213 0" but there are no "/dev/cciss". I have
> > installed the server kernel 2.6.35-22-server.
> 
> Have you configured the BIOS to detect/use RAID? Have you configured
> the array through the BIOS?

I have configured the the raids through the BIOS, but the problem is the kernel 
doesn't even pick up my controller.
I have installed hpacucli. When I try to detect the controller with "sudo 
hpacucli ctrl all show" I get a message "Error: No controllers detected."
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