We got a new dedicated/donated server for the CentOS infra, but it's using this HBA :
03:00.0 RAID bus controller: Broadcom / LSI MegaRAID SAS 2108 [Liberator] (rev 05)
It's now deprecated/removed from EL8 kernel, so the only way to get that node installed is to modify our automated reinstall-on-itself procedure (for new machines we receive) to inject through a "dd" the following needed kmod from Elrepo : kmod-megaraid_sas-07.710.50.00-1.el8_2.elrepo.x86_64
Documenting (through a blog post) how to do that remotely (without physical nor remote kvm/ipmi access to the server) would be helpful for other centos users in the same situation and willing to install fresh CentOS 8
Metadata Update from @arrfab: - Issue assigned to arrfab
Metadata Update from @arrfab: - Issue priority set to: Waiting on Assignee (was: Needs Review) - Issue tagged with: centos-common-infra, doc, low-gain, low-trouble
I gave it a test this saturday on a spare node (removed from our infra before being completely removed) and wrote a blog post. I'll install donated node after. Blog post : https://arrfab.net/posts/2020/Sep/05/remotely-reinstalling-a-node-on-centos-8-with-dud-driver-disk-update-kernel-module-for-nichba/
Awesome work, well done. :)
Donated node was installed with same method but megaraid_sas kmod/DuD. Server is now under ansible control and monitoring is so in the infra.
Metadata Update from @arrfab: - Issue close_status updated to: Fixed - Issue status updated to: Closed (was: Open)
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