WeezyMike

@bearcat That statement was for the internal p420 RAID controller on the DL380p Gen8. I do not know what IR mode is. However following a few guides online I was able to use the HP SPP disk to boot into the raid controller. Using "hpssacli controller slot=0 modify Hbamode=on forced" and then confirmed that the controller was in HBA mode, also show in POST. When I use my PCI-e LSI 9211-8i HBA card, I have no issues with the install or running DSM. However after some reading I have found that if ANYTHING is in a PCI-e slot on the server it will spin up two fans baseline to 35-45%. makes a massive racket and wasteful power usage. When I use the p420i controller in HBA mode, everything seems to be installing as expected however, the install will not see any HDDs on the array. If I'm understanding things correctly this is due to the hpsa.ko driver not being present in Xpenology. When trying to use IG-88's extra.lzma, I will get the boot screen saying to go find the server but NOTHING ever shows up on network. I have checked my router and it never even pulls an IP. So it breaks something. THANK YOU for the time to try to help me figure this out!

@RGazda THE HBA card is a LSI SAS9211-8i. ($80 on Amazon) However I would like to use the internal p420 RAID controller that is integrated.

I was able to install a HBA card and get it running. However on the HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8, if anything it in a PCI-e slot, two of the fans run at like 40% non stop. So it will not settle down and is drawing unneeded power. My thought is IG-88s swap extra.lzma is missing the needed drivers for the nic. I have not clue how to fix that. I have a second Gen8 that I'm testing different extra.lzma's and everything I can think of. I will post if i figure anything out.

@IG-88

Just a bump hoping IG-88 or someone will see this and be able to help me out.

flyride, Thank you!! In my hours of frustrations I completely overlooked the fact that I am stupid and incorrectly edited the URL's. Followed the mistake you pointed out and BOOM, good to go. Thank you for helping me see my mistake and getting this going. {"data":{"activated":true,"serial_number":"**********"},"success":true}

Ok, I am stuck on this and need some help. I was able to get his to work for active backup for business on my baremetal test bulid. All went well so I finished installing all the hardware and setup for a fresh install. Now no matter what I do I get the {"error":{"code":400},"success":false} on the first step. http://192.168.1.246:5000//webapi/auth.cgi?api=SYNO.API.Auth&method=Login&version=1&account=****&******=PASS *=protected information. What am i doing incorrectly here. cant move on until i figure out why it does not like my user and passwd. all lower case, no specials letters or numbers or anything. IDK, HELP PLEASE.

Ok, So I really need some help with this. I have an HP DL 380 G8. I have set the controller to HBA mode and confirmed. I am using 3617 and the the correct loader. I can get to where Its trying to install however, it will not see the HDDs. I see how to fix this would be to copy IG-88s extra.lzma and good to go. This is not the case. I lost the abilty to find the server on boot. I have tested this and if i leave the org. extra.lzma it finds it, with IG-88s it does not. But I also understand that all i need from the test lzma is the hpsa.ko. I can open with 7zip and extract this from the test lzma. But how in the heck do I add it to the org. lzma. I cannot find a way to do this in 7zip. Totally lost now. Any help would be great. I have read so much trying to figure this out i am not confused on what to do next.