POWEREDGE 2900 RAID 10 HAS NOT DEGRADED

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• 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 caddy LED does not

  I have a PE2900 with 0 and 1 drives RAID 1 with my OS and 2-7 on raid 5.  Yesterday, I agree that the leds on disk 0 did not at all.  OpenManage shows the two disks, 0 and 1 and shows everything is good.  There is no errors of anything except when I try to manually flash drive which is not on I get error "failure of the operation to perform.  disks 0 and 1 are 250 GB company records that have been in service for about 3 years mark Dell.  I have replacement discs and caddies.  Should I hot swap 0 player it just not lit or all leave it alone?  This server is critical to my operation.

  Any help is greatly appreciated.

  TORTUGA415

  Please forgive my ignorance, but if the readers of 0 and 1 are raid 1 and the rest of the raid 5 drives is not important what slots are used for all readers?  I could just turn it off and move and lights without problem?

  No, it does not matter where the readers are. You have a RAID 5 with 0/2/4 disks and a RAID 1 with 1/3 of the discs. Drive Roaming is also supported, but that does not mean you should go swapping disks around willy-nilly. If you have a spare slot, move disk 0 at this location.

  TORTUGA415

  in your opinion, if all the diagnostics extraction you are not as I have a problem with the player who is not on just one drawback, correct?

  Yes, but confirm with diagnoses - it is probably a bad LED on the backplane.

• ESX 3.5 will recognize additional HDs on PowerEdge 2900 (is not a member of a RAID 1 configuration)?

  Hello gurus/VM-masters

  I am still a novice in the VM world: 3

  The installation program:

  Dell PowerEdge 2900 running VMware ESX Server 3i 3.5.0 build-153875

  Installation of two hard disks in RAID 1

  Only one store of data in RAID1

  The question:

  I have an extra hard drive that I want to add. http://Cheetah 15K.6, SAS (Serial Attached SCSI)

  I was wondering if there where it is possible to add additional hard drive and create a new data store to add new virtual machines on it?

  ESX will recognize it as additional storage?

  Is it bad/mess with existing RAID1 configuration?

  Or is it simple, plug-in HD

  Thank you!

  RAID 0 - a definition of tolerance drive no fault, in this case a single PIN.

  Many raid controllers able technical force you to set the drive as a feature available on the controller, before the operating system can see it, in this case a drive would give a raid 0 LUN set on the controller.

  Your controller will accept it is submitted or you need to take the material down to set it. Sometimes, this feature is available via an interface ILOM (Integrated Light Out Manager) of the server allowing the definition without an outtage.

  http://blog.laspina.ca/

  vExpert 2009

• PowerEdge 2900 Perc 6 / i internal Raid Controller

  OK, so I use a server Dell PowerEdge 2900 with a PERC 6 / i integrated RAID controller

  I have configured the RAID array very well, installed Windows 2008 R2 and works fine and dandy

  The only problem I encounter is that, when starting the server (Post), I get a message on the cable SAS B are not connected or misconfigured.  The bottom of the basket on my server, which goes to the internal drives, has only a port where I can plug a cable between the Perc 6 / i.  Where is the 2nd wire supposed to go?  I can't find the second port.

  Thank you

  Hello

  joeyjojo56

  I get a message on the cable SAS B are not connected or misconfigured.  The bottom of the basket on my server, which goes to the internal drives, has only a port where I can plug a cable between the Perc 6 / i.  Where is the 2nd wire supposed to go?  I can't find the second port.

  PERC connector 0 goes to the bottom of basket. Connector on the PERC 1 connects to the modular Bay. If you don't have the module Bay optional then you ensure that you use the 0 on the PERC and not the connector 1.

  Thank you

• 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.

• POWEREDGE 2900 - Perdita configurazione RAID [GRO]

  DELL POWEREDGE 2900 server

  Service etiquette: 82ZCL2J

  Buonasera

  Ho avuto no problem with there server sopra remainder. Non viene più caricato launch Windows. Dopo essere nella configurazione del raid entered, ho visto che non era più any configurazione impostata! (He raid age settato l 1).

  I have brain comunque non hanno personally I dati. Otherwise riconfigurare wanting it raid e vedere is it server riparte.

  Pero mi'd sapere come e stato possibile? It could be he controller guasto? Ed inoltre non having the che non possa ricapitare e possibile auswechseln tell it controller?

  Grazie

  Saluti

  Salve,

  Poter riconfigurare is he raid controller e tutto miss it to content. He reason by cui configurazione TR e persa could not dipendere dalla raid controller, banalmente a riavvio aspettato no la has uno sbalzo di corrente Può generare problemi di questo tipo caso in some.

  There's sono presenti sul nostro sito, especially sulla brain/raid controller firmware news.

  Saluti

• PowerEdge 2900 (and 2950) with PERC 5i - extend Raid 5

  Hello

  I have a Dell (PowerEdge 2900) server with a Raid PERC 5i (with BBWC) controller and 4 SATA drives installed (a virtual disk Raid 5, Windows 2008).

  Now I have an extra drive (same capacity, same speed) and installed on the server.

  I tried to expand the existing virtual disk (and the disk group) with the new physical disk drive in the BIOS of the controller and openmanage server administrator (managed node) running on windows.

  But it is not possible to do with this Raid Cntrl?

  Is there a way to do this without loss of data and maintenance of raid 5 redundancy?

  The same procedure I need to do on a PE2950 (PERC5i)

  Thank you and best regards,

  loop11

  What have you tried exactly, and what has happened or what have you seen?  You did not mention anything that leads me to believe that you tried this in the right place :)

  The PERC 5 / I can do without a doubt:

  With the disc, go to OMSA, PERC, case/bottom of basket, storage, physical disks and make sure your drive shows ready.

  If ready, go to the OMSA, storage, PERC, virtual disks, select Reconfigure in the drop down menu to your RAID 5, follow the wizard to add the disk.

  If the record shows the foreign, go to the OMSA, storage, PERC, Information/Configuration (link at the top of the page), click on foreign/clear in the dropdown menu, then follow the directions above.

• Dell PowerEdge 2900 - need to use internal drives for RAID

  Hi all

  I am the I.T. guy for small business from my father. I help them on the side.

  They have recently purchased a PowerEdge 2900 server used with 4 internal SCSI drives

  This server also has a Dell SAS 5 / i integrated controller

  I want to install Windows 2008 R2 standard on this server and use it as a file server and a place to host QuickBooks Enterprise.

  The problem, in that I am running is that I can't find in the Bios or anywhere in the server startup utilities where I can configure the 4 internal drives as a RAID 5 array. I want to do this and THEN install the Windows Server operating system. I used the last Build Server utility Dell and also updated all the firmware to the latest versions. The Build Server utility doesn't let me configure the RAID array.  What I'm missing here?

  Thank you very much for your help!

  I upgraded to a PERC 6 / i integrated RAID controller and now problem is solved. Just need a new controller internal RAID.

  Problem is solved!

• PowerEdge 2900 III RAID 10?

  Hello

  I have a server PowerEdge 2900 III with SAS 6/iR integrated (Embedded) and SATAu with two bays of 4 HDD int each Bay.

  I would like to install 8 1 TB SATA HARD drive each and make a RAID 10 for all HDD 8 configuration in total, I will have a 4 TB storage.

  Is it possible to do so as PERC 6/iR has two separate connectors?

  Thank you

  AG

  First, it is important to know what controller you have.

  SAS 6/iR can RAID 0 and 1 (and JBOD).

  The PERC 6 / i can do what you are wanting.

  RAID can be configured through the connectors without any problem.

• PowerEdge R420 - Raid internal H310 Perc not finding readers

  Hello

  I bought a mini H310 on my poweredge R420, but I am not able to configure the table because there are no physical disk seen by the controller.

  There are 4 cabled SATA drives... Doubt is that the H310 will not work with wired readers and perhaps is needed a bottom of basket?

  Thank you for helping

  Just gone through what we talked about previously. You said that you had connected him to the SATA port on the motherboard. With the mini, you will need this cable to SAS A near where the mini-map has been connected. You can see SAS A silkscreen next to the port. The cable there and check if the disks are visible.

• RAID battery showing as degraded, but is - this?

  Hello everyone, I have a PowerEdge 2900 server.

  BIOS version: 2.7.0
  RAID driver: 2.24.0.64, A07
  The RAID firmware: 6.3.3 - 0002, A-00
  OpenManage: v7.4, A00 w / patch v7.4.02, A00

  In the OpenManage software, under System--> Storage--> PERC 6 / I integrated--> battery, the battery shows 'Deteriorated' with the 'next time learning' showing only 0 hours.

  I tried to choose 'Start Cycle to learn' in the dropdown menu, but that doesn't change anything. I also tried to change the 'Cycle to learn late' at a time, but after this time, nothing happened and that the 'learn maximum' is now showing only 0 hours as well.

  Then, I opened a command prompt and run the command of omreport storage battery - output showed the same information as the OpenManage web interface. I then ran the action of omconfig buffer startlearn = = 0 = 0 command battery battery and got a successful command! message, but this does not seem to start the learning process.

  In the past when this has happened, I would like to restart the server and battery then begins a learning cycle and everything would be fine. So I rebooted the server yesterday in the hope that it would enter into a learning cycle. But this time, even after rebooting, the battery is always degraded showing.

  The log shows these events happening during the restart mentioned previously:

  T23: EVT #53554 - T23: 141 = battery is

  T23: * BATTERY CHARACTERISTIC PROPERTIES *.

  T23:  _________________________________________________

  T23: Auto learn period: 90 days

  T23: Learn next time: 0

  T23: Battery ID: 39320b 78

  T23: Delay in the meantime read: 167 hours from the scheduled time

  T23: Scheduled next Learn the: 01-07-2000

  T23:  _________________________________________________

  T23: * BATTERY DESIGN INFORMATION *.

  T23:  _____________________________________________

  T23: Capacity: 1900 mAh

  T23: Design tension: 3700 mV

  T23: Specification Info,: 1f40

  T23: Date of manufacture: 9.18 2008

  T23: serial number: 2936

  T23: Pack status-Config: e48c

  T23: Name of the manufacturer: SMP - PA

  T23: Device name: X 848389

  T23: Device Chemistry: LION

  T23: Design data: a0e072d7

  T23:  _____________________________________________

  T23: * BATTERY CAPACITY INFORMATION *.

  T23: _____________________________________________

  T23: Parent State of Charge: 100%

  T23: Absolute State of Charge: 74%

  T23: Remaining capacity: 1408 mAh

  T23: Full Charge capacity: 1408 mAh

  T23: Vacuum time: 65535 Min

  T23: Average time for vacuum: 65535 Min

  T23: Average time for Full: 65535 Min

  T23: Cycle Count: 38

  T23: Max error: 2%

  T23: _____________________________________________

  T23: * BATTERY TRACK INFORMATION *.

  T23:  ____________________________________________________________________________

  T23: Temperature: 30 C voltage: 4056 V

  T23: Current: 0 my GasGaugeStat: c0

  T23: GPID: a8ffb899 ChargerStatus: 1

  T23: Remaining capacity: 1408 mAh full load capacity: 1408 mAh

  T23: Stat Relative load: 100% FwBBUState: 1

  T23:  ____________________________________________________________________________

  The only other battery showing later events are:

  03/05/16 19:37:30: EVT #53577-05 / 03 / 16 19:37:30: 149 = battery temperature is normal

  03/05/16 19:37:30: EVT #53578-05 / 03 / 16 19:37:30: 163 = current battery capacity exceeds the threshold

  03/05/16 19:37:30: EVT #53579-05 / 03 / 16 19:37:30: 242 = full battery charge

  03/05/16 19:38:35: EVT #53580-05 / 03 / 16 19:38:35: 155 = reprogramming of the battery in the meantime: battery is under load

  This information means that RAID storage battery is still able to keep the cache in case of failure? All virtual disks are still show that the use of writing political back - don't know if it would have changed to write through if there was indeed something wrong with the battery.

  Thanks for the help!

  Hello.

  I see the controller firmware and the BIOS is up to date and absolute State of Charge is 74%, which is good. Clear the system event logs and try to re-allocation of places the battery. See if it will re - start the learning cycle. If it does not omconfig battery action = startlearn controller = 0 = 0 battery command again.

• 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.

• 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.

• PowerEdge 2900 - size USB drive external Maximum

  Hello

  I inherited the responsibility for a Poweredge 2900 server last year. Recently, asked me to mount a NTFS 5 TB external USB drive.

  This failed with the following message is displayed:

  $ mount/mnt/external_usb_3
  Cannot read the last sector (1220940596): invalid argument
  TIPS: The volume is a RAID/LDM, but it was not yet, the installer
  or it was not setup correctly (for example by not using not not mdadm - build...).
  or a bad device tries to be mounted,
  or the partition table is corrupt (partition is smaller than NTFS).
  or the NTFS boot sector is corrupt (size NTFS is not valid).
  Failed to mount ' / dev/sdf1 ': invalid argument
  The device "/ dev/sdf1 ' is not a valid NTFS partition.
  Maybe you selected the wrong device? Or the entire disk instead of one
  partition (/ dev/hda, not/dev/hda1)? Or vice versa?

  I know the Poweredge 2900 has a limit of drive HARD internal 2 TB because of the PERC5 / i controller. Is this also true for external USB drives? Or is this another limitation HW or OS? I was reading the documentation and found no (or too looked) the answer.

  Is it possible to mount a drive of this size of form/repartitioning fitness?

  Thank you

  Brendan

  I don't think that USB would have this type of prescription, unless there was a problem of driver forbidding him. Material, I would say 'no '.