How to install Ubuntu Server on HP ProLiant MicroServer Gen8? (original) (raw)

For the records (and since the MicroServer Gen8 is currently available for approx. 200 € incl. CPU and 2 GByte RAM):

Installing Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS and Kubuntu 14.04 LTS on a new HP machine (BIOS 06/06/2014) works out of the box, with a the onboard RAID controller in RAID mode and 4 SATA HDDs installed (not yet in use). So far, I installed the OS to the internal microSD card (Ubuntu, holding the MBR) and an internal USB stick (Kubuntu).

Additionally, HP offers some of their software (the Management Component Pack for ProLiant, MCP) for *buntu at http://downloads.linux.hp.com/SDR. I did not try too much, but installed a few of them on the Ubuntu system, using kernel 3.16.0-45-generic #60~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP but hplog -t already provides some output:

ID     TYPE        LOCATION      STATUS    CURRENT  THRESHOLD 
 1  Basic Sensor Ambient         Normal    73F/ 23C 107F/ 42C 
 2  Basic Sensor CPU (2)         Normal   104F/ 40C 158F/ 70C 
 3  Basic Sensor Mem. Brd. (3)  Normal    86F/ 30C 188F/ 87C 
 5  Basic Sensor System Board    Normal   136F/ 58C 221F/105C 
 6  Basic Sensor System Board    Normal   109F/ 43C 154F/ 68C 
 7  Basic Sensor System Board    Normal   111F/ 44C 190F/ 88C 
 9  Basic Sensor System Board    Normal   109F/ 43C 161F/ 72C 
11  Basic Sensor I/O Zone        Normal    96F/ 36C 147F/ 64C 
12  Basic Sensor Chassis         Normal   104F/ 40C 154F/ 68C 

Other hplog options produce plausible output as well. So does hpasmcli -s "show dimm".