Hello everyone!

I have a small question for you guys. I currently have a server with a P420 PCIe RAID Card on it, the card itself gets really hot (at around 80-85C, even with an added fan on the heatsink. It is a DL380 G8e server with 10x8TB in a Hardware RAID 5 array.

My question is this: I know that I can put this card into IT mode (drive passthrough to the OS) but would this mean the card temperature would get lower ? I guess yes, but I want to know your experience !

Thank you !

  • KraftingOPEnglish
    1•7 months ago

    There is a SAS connector on the Motherboard, but I have 12 drives and I’m unsure if it would work. Nothing gets reported in the OS as another RAID controller on the OS.

    I thought about plain HBA too, but if I can avoid putting money for now ahah

    Firmware is the latest, I try to keep my systems up-to-date as much as possible!

    • @[email protected]English
      1•7 months ago

      Worth trying the port. Plug it in, remove the RAID card, and see if you get any disks in the BIOS or the OS (booting a live image if your OS is on the RAID). You might need to change some settings in the BIOS; I haven’t fiddled with HP servers.

      • KraftingOPEnglish
        1•7 months ago

        I might try it, but for now I don’t really want to put the server offline for a test ahah, I’ll try to get info about this port tho.