PowerEdge 2900 hard failure [MS]

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• DELL Poweredge 2900 - disk failure

  Hello

  We have an old Dell Poweredge 2900 our SQL Server database running server.  Last week, we discovered that Raid 5 is degraded and disk 0 disk 1 is seeing completely to the bottom and the poster.  We were already down, so even if we had it running by buying a replacement of the SAS 146 GB 10 k disk we would still be short of storage of data of space.  I bought a SAS Seagate Cheetah 15 k 600 GB ST3600057SS and I would like to replace the failed drive with it.

  Question:

  (1) open handle is not installed, but want to install.  What version I can use for this 2900 server.

  (2) my replacement of a 146 GB with a 600 GB can work?

  Please for your advisor as this database server is essential for my operation of the company.

  Thanks in advance

  Hello.

  ISOSA

  (1) open handle is not installed, but want to install.  What version I can use for this 2900 server.

  Download OpenManage Server Administrator v7.4.0.2 form this link: http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=MGRG4

  ISOSA

  (2) my replacement of a 146 GB with a 600 GB can work?

  Replacing 146 GB with 600 GB of disk drive will not provide any extra space you need because the table will use only 146 GB of total space 600 GB on the new drive. What controller you have installed? In case the only option available for you that your controller does not support the extension of ability online (ECO) could be to backup your data, delete the existing RAID array and re - create another table with the new readers of 600GO. Restore data from backup and re-install the operating system.

• PowerEdge 2900 hard drive upgrade

  Am trying to upgrade and back a DPE2900 that was dropped on my knees together.

  Ive replaced the two power supplies.

  DPE2900 2nd gen, W2008 R2 server OS, PERC5i, YM-158MBo, 16 GB of RAM.

  I'm looking for input on the feasibility of the following:

  8 - WD60EFRX red WD 6 TB IntelliPower 64 MB Cache SATA 6.0 GB/s 3.5 "Bare hard drive NAS RAIN 10 disks for storage.

  2 - WD Re WD5003ABYZ 500 GB 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache SATA 6.0 GB / s 3.5 "Datacenter capacity hard drive internal bare drives in RAID 1 for operating system.

  I also need to find the Bay of Flex 1 x 2 and wiring for this upgrade.

  All comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

  Hello. Unfortunately, the PERC 5i does not support 2 TB + drives, so this won't work. We also recommend the use of certified Dell discs to ensure communication also own firmware.

  The modular Bay 1 x 2 are on the web by many third party retailers. Check that you are getting all 3 cables that should come with the modular Bay.

  Please let us know if that helps.

• PowerEdge 2900 showing predicted failure after disk replacement

  Hello

  I posted this same message in the forum of the disk drives, then I realized there's a specific forum for disks hard server so I'm copying here.

  We have a Poweredge 2900 with HDs 2x500Gb on RAID-1. One of the drives has failed and we replaced it with an identical disk that works very well (same brand, model number Seagate, etc.), but without a Dell PN.

  After replacement, the controller began to rebuild the RAID, but it shows "predicted failure = Yes" for this new album. The disc is currently still under reconstruction.

  One thing to notice is that apparently the Perc firmware is outdated. OpenManage shows that the current Perc 6 / i firmware version is 6.0.2 - 0002, and the minimum required version of the firmware is 6.2.0 - 0012. If I go to the Dell support site and enter a label for the Server service, it shows me a download available for the Perc firmware with version 6.3.3 - 0002.

  The questions are:

  -Is generally allowed to use not Dell certified readers if they are of the same brand and model as the other disk?

  -How would I determine the source for the warning of predicted failure?

  -It would have something to do with obsolete Perc firmware? Are there risks associated with Perc firmware upgrade?

  Thank you very much in advance for your help!

  --
  Julio.

  Update for our fans to the forum thread. Original poster concluded that used replacement drive was indeed bad. He is later replaced by a good drive and will update the server accordingly.

• Hard drive SAS 1 TB per Dell PowerEdge 2900 [MS]

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  avrei di una quotazione by a SAS hard drive need da 1 TB Seagate ST31000640SS da cute in UN Server knew sostituzione Dell PowerEdge 2900

  Saluti,

  Enrico

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• Adding hard drive for poweredge 2900

  I need to add a hard drive for storage on a server poweredge 2900.  There are 4 HARD drives in a RAID 5 array, but I don't want to add the new hard drive in the array.  I installed the HDD but impossible to initialize the disc and do it online.  Is there something that needs to be done first?  I do not have the options to reconfigure, only blink and add spare of the OSMA.

  Thank you

  Assuming you have a PERC 5/6, it is important to know that the PERC does NOT support non-RAID.  So, if you want to use a disk like a stand-alone drive, you must first configure it in a RAID array.  The only RAID level that accepts a single drive is RAID 0.  You can do since within the OMSA inside the BONE (storage, PERC, Information/Configuration, create/New in list dropdown controller), or you can do it from the CTRL-R during POST utility (brightness, control F2, Create/New - be sure to check the advanced options and initialize boxes).

  (Reconfigure is the option that you choose to add it to your existing 5 RAID to increase its size.)

• Dell PowerEdge 2900 RAID and drive down

  I have a Dell PowerEdge 2900 server. The primary transmission table has three drives and RAID 5. The system came this way, and it has been humming for quite a long time. Recently, one of the disks has deteriorated and the light on the drive flashes green and light amber. The light amber, I figured, it means that there is a problem with the drive and must be replaced. Then, I found a replacement on Amazon.com drive and installed (the drive is hot, but my cold started to be sure). I installed the drive, but keeps flashing green and amber light.

  I didn't know that I shouldn't have to replace the drive in this way, so I will now try to figure out what to do next. I hoped to reallocate the foreign disk so that I can use it, but my server always shows the reader, not having even if the new replacement drive is in the slot, now.

  I'm running PERC 5 / I integrated utility of Configuration Bios 1.04 - 019 a

  I started the server and you press CTRL-R. I've highlighted the controller and press the F2 key, what is operations. When the operations window opens, there are three menu items:

  Create new VD
  Zero Config reset
  Foreign config

  The only thing that I am allowed to do in this menu is to reset the configuration. I can't move my cursor upwards or downwards for one of the other choice of two menu.

  Scroll when the virtual disk and he discovers, it still shows the first two discs and a lack.

  When I press CTRL + N to display the next screen, I see a player listed as failed.

  How can I rebuild my RAID with this new drive? If I can't do it, what is the best way to remove the RAID and start over? If I delete the RAID and do it again (and if my replacement drive is indeed well), how can I make sure that my server not to see it, not having so that I can start using it?

  Alternating flashing green/orange means that the disc is in a status of predictive failure. What OS is running system? If you hotswap drive next failure they may possibly other issues table because the drive was online and participating in the table with errors on the disk. The adequate alternative method is to use our software Openmanage Server Administrator to run a consistency check on the table and then the drive offline. Once this has been done you can then swap the drive. It seems that in your case, that the new drive had bad data copied on it and it made a predictive failure as well. We want to do is run our hard drive diagnostics and test drives in the system.

  http://downloads.Dell.com/FOLDER01456532M/1/Dell-onlinediags-Win32-2.30.0.70.exe

  Install and run the GUI version in the start menu. In the left pane select the PERC 5 and then in the lower right pane select quick test and then to run tests.

• PowerEdge 2900 switchable hot

  I have a Dell PowerEdge 2900 running windows Small Business SERVER 2003, we will be taken out of service soon, but we just had a departure by car to go bad - seeing yellow flashes and error on LCD server message: 'E1 H10 HDD1 fault.'   daily backups and weekly regular running properly because of corruption, then I copied the table as a security measure.  I bought a new drive identical to the 4 existing disks that are configured as Raid 1.

  The drive is a:
  341-4430 750 GB 7.2 K rpm Universal SATA 3Gbps 3.5-inch hard drive

  The raid controller is:
  341-5754 1 SAS/SATA embedded RAID 1, PERC 6 / i integrated/SAS6/iR

  Can I leave the server running and pull the wrong drive and drag the new, without running applications before or after this procedure, and will be automatically rebuild the raid?

  I know that I need to replace the server.  But my immediate need is to solve the problem of bad disc, and I'd appreciate any advice or a link to the instructions in this procedure.

  We are a small non-profit and have none of the staff and no budget assistance, or I would have called in help.

  Thank you

  Jeff

  It is a Dell application that will interface directly with the hardware. It must be installed on any Dell server that you manage. On the downloads page, it is called OpenManage Server Administrator - Managed Node, use the 32-bit version.

• PowerEdge 2900 on board sata ports

  I have a PowerEdge 2900 server and would like to put in a single spare 2 TB SATA for additional storage (non-critical).  The motherboard has two onboard SATA, A & B ports.  When I try to connect the drive onboard SATA ports, the BIOS does not detect anything, and when I change the type 'Auto', save the settings and restart settings are not stored in the BIOS.

  I don't know if the SATA motherboard ports supports hard drives, or if there is other reason things do not work.  I tried different cables and tried the drive in another computer, and everything works fine in another computer.  Plan to put in some additional SAS drives in the drive box, I'm looking for an intermediate solution.

  Any help is appreciated.

  Thank you
  Josh

  I've seen this same problem and fixed it. He must go to "Shipped" in the bios and enable "Onboard Sata".

• PowerEdge 2900 Fans full speed, amber LCD but no text

  I have a Poweredge 2900 which powered on and boots. But fans come to full speed and the front LCD is amber and speechless. He pitied the Remote Access Controller initialization failure. It starts up fine otherwise fine.

  I tried updating the BIOS to 2.7.0 and disconnect all power and remove the CMOS battery. But I can't always clearly the problem.

  What can I do about it?

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  Hello.

  Speed of the fans of the system is governed by the DRAC/BMC. Attempt to update the BMC http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=C6H4X Else do a soft

  reset the DRAC.

• The PowerEdge 2900 server RAID

  Hello everyone and good day

  I have a PowerEdge 2900 which was erased and raid configured with 2 discs and ready for os install. However when you try to use the Server Wizard, I get an error that his stats can not detect readers or they are not initialized. I do all the raid configuration and should be ready. I took a peek in the bios of the main server and I do not see listed in the boot sequence raid controller. all I see is cd rom on b sata and hard drive. until the server has been annihilated the raid controller has been listed in the boot sequence menu. I changed a setting that I shouldn't have or I am missing a part of the process? No matter which lend a little and fix this? I would like to get the server operational return. the server has a perc 6i

  When I got is the server was running. However, he came from a health care facility and had to be wiped.

  I have it wiped myself just by going to the raid controller and removing the VFD and reconfiguring with new configuration.

  Please tell me that I don't have just the weight of the heavier paper in my office.

  You must configure AND initialize the virtual disk (table)... tick all the boxes advanced and Initialize during the creation of the VFD.

  You can also use a version of "server Wizard" (obsolete) that does not support the hardware in your server.

• Replacement of 73 GB drives with 300 GB drives on a PowerEdge 2900 server

  I have a 8 years, PowerEdge 2900 OS hard drives are almost full (73 GB of mirrored disks @ 95% full), I would like to replace it with a 300 GB drives to buy me another year.  I have an image of the disc, but when I put the new disks in the Raid Controller said missed me the VFD.

  How can I get the Raid Controller to recognize new readers, if I can put the image on them?

  FBCJohn,

  The VD was missing when you deleted the 73 GB drives, what he lived.  The reason why you see VD lack is due to the fact that VD configuration information are stored on the disks and the controller. When the controller see that he did not drive with the corresponding configuration such that it has, it will show missing VD.

  The easiest way for them to just be seen by the controller would be to simply create a new VD with older readers. Then reinstall OS and reimage.

  If you plan on trying to maintain the existing VFD and then let me know and we can go from there, because the process is more complex.

  Let me know.

• HDD Sostituzione Server PowerEdge 2900 [SD]

  Ho need di supporto per sostituzione di da a 450 GB 15 k sulla macchina provider SAS hard drive:

  -Dell PowerEdge 2900

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• Update of firmware and drivers controller PowerEdge 2900

  Hello

  I have server PowerEdge 2900. Current configuration I see on OMSA:

  BIOS version 2.3.1 (former)

  Controller PERC 6 / i integrated.
  Version of the firmware is up to date.
  Firmware Version 6.0.2 - 0002
  Minimum Firmware Version 6.3.0 - 0001
  4.05.01.64 driver version
  6.1.7601.17577 Storport driver version

  I need to upgrade the firmware of the controller and make the Windows updates on this server. My questions:

  What is the correct order for the upgrade:

  1. Windows updates
  2. BIOS,
  3. ESM firware,
  4. Bottom of basket SAS firmware,
  5. Disk controller
  6. Firmware of the controller,
  My questions would be:
  How can I verify ESM and bottom of basket SAS version of the firmware on my server, maybe I do not need to update those?
  On the Dell support site, I could find only:

  Dell Server BIOS, 2.7.0Dell SAS Backplane Firmware, v.1.05, A01Dell BMC Firmware, v.2.50, A00Dell PERC 6/i Integrated, v.6.3.1-0003, A14
  

  and how to find software to update the drivers:
  4.05.01.64 driver version
  6.1.7601.17577 Storport driver version
  ?
  The Dell supports any automatic tool to collect and install the drivers and firmware required on a single server of Windows (except ITA)?
  Server is very critical, thanks,

  Yes, it's safe.  It can be run from within the OS, or you can start on SBUU and serve Suu repository for update packages.

  In most cases, it is easier to update of Windows, but it is not necessary.

  1. Windows updates
  2. BIOS,
  3. Environmentally sound management software (Yes, must be updated to BIOS).
  4. Bottom of basket SAS firmware (also needed),
  5. Controller driver (did you mean driver here? pilot, when it is available, it should be updated before... If current firmware to run 2008R2, new drivers are available through Microsoft Update - if available)
  6. The controller firmware
  7. The hard drive firmware
  8. NIC, DRAC, etc..

  When / if get the support.dell.com site update files, use Packages to update for the format of Microsoft Windows.

• Setting up multihomed PowerEdge 2900 for the fault tolerance

  I try to configure a PowerEdge 2900 server with two network cards on the same subnet-tolerant, but cannot find a way to do it properly. I found this:

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/175767/en-us/

  who says:

  "Some manufacturers are tolerant network adapters to guard against a single point of failure. These adapters enable two adapters to be placed in the same server, but only allow the use of an adapter at the same time. If the primary card fails, the driver disables the first card and activates the second with the same address configuration. The end result is a pretty seamless transition to the replacement adapter. This is the preferred method to guard against a single NIC as a single point of failure. »

  That it applies to PowerEdge or is there another way to set it up?

  Thank you.

  Paul