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Hello everyone,
Due to the recent change in the VMware company (bought by Broadcom) and the end of the free licence, my ESXI 5.5 is no longer working properly. Without a free licence, it is impossible to start a VM so, it's complicated to run and experiment on different labs. So I need an alternative and Hyper-v Server seems to be the good choice.
I'm having trouble installing the Hyper-V Server on my HP Proliant DL360e Gen8 with the B320i proprietary RAID controller. When I try to select the disk where the hypervisor will be installed, my RAID drive is not showing up. I think it's because the Hyper-V doesn't have the proper driver to handle the B320i controller. I've tried looking for solutions all day, but haven't found anything that works. Does anyone have any leads on how to solve this issue?
Best, Max
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Hi Max，
If Hyper-V Server does not come with the driver for the B320i RAID controller, you may need to contact HP or download the Windows driver for the RAID controller from the HP site, then click "Load driver" to install the driver manually in Windows Setup.
Best Regards,
Ian Xue
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Thank you very much Sir !
I was not sure it was the correct solution as the driver is for "old version" but it also works on Hyper-V Server 2019. This is the link to the driver if it can help someone else: https://support.hpe.com/connect/s/softwaredetails?language=en_US&collectionId=MTX-e834302394464bb1
I had some trouble because there were no boot partition on the array created but trying to recreate it and it works so that's perfect ! Best alternative to VMware
