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deleted array controller

Hi Guys,

We have recently installed a new HP blade enclosure (c7000) and a handful of blades that have been working fine. Anyway, i was trying to wipe a blade and put windows 2008 server on it, but somehow in the process, i managed to wipe of the HP Smart Array controller. Does anyone have any idea how to get this working again?

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Boot SmartStart CD and the Array Configuration Utility is available under maintain server option. Or you can hot F8 at the right time to configure it during boot. If using Smartstart you'll either have to use a USB DVD (and it's fussy about which ones work) or virtual CD through iLO.
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I've tried that, but once i'm in smart start, it says theres no array to be configured? i think our junior has deleted. On post boot, it actually says that there is no array controller installed? this is my trouble! Please see the attached pic for a little bit more info!

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Sounds like the firmware is corrupt. It's possible that the firmware update CD can fix it but quite likely you'll need a new board from HP. I don't think it's something your junior can have done unless he was doing a firmware update on it and pulled the power out half way through. Erasing the system through Smartstart or similar won't cause this problem, it's a hardware fault and just coincidence that it happened when it did.
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