I'm trying a new install of XenServer 6.2 on an HP Proliant DL160G6 with a HP P410 raid card configured as RAID 5 over 4 drives, with a 256M BBWC. The install starts off properly, but when it gets to about 56% completion of "Installing from Base Pack", it just completely freezes and stops continuing. I am unable to switch consoles using Alt-F2, etc.
I've tried rebooting and restarting the install, but to no additional success.
If, however, I reconfigure my HW Raid as Raid 1 or Raid 1+0, the installation is successful, which makes me wonder if this is a compatibility issue with P410 Raid configuration, however, according to the HCL, the P410 is listed as compatible.
I've tried running Inquisitor as a stress test on the RAID, and it passes flawlessly in RAID-5 configuration.
How can I further diagnose where the problem lies? Is there a way to see exactly where/why this is failing? What would cause it to fail on Raid 5 but not Raid 1?
Please see the answer at: HP DL320e Gen8, 3TB drives, Windows Server 2012 R2 - HDD full capacity alocation difficulties during installation for general local disk and logical drive guidance. Perhaps there's a 1TB issue that you clear when using RAID 1+0, but not in RAID 5.
But your specific case here appears to be firmware related. The best course of action is to run the bootable Service Pack for ProLiant DVD.
Your RAID controller should be at revision 6.40. There's plenty in the change log that could be the root cause.