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    How to diagnose bad smart array 5i?

    So, I've been able to get by with two 5i controllers. Whenever the machine was stopped, I swapped in the other controller and the system booted. However, in upgrading from Kubuntu 7.04 to 8.04, I've had to reboot several times and now both 5i controllers are not working. After a few days, I'm...
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    How to diagnose bad smart array 5i?

    Arrgh, it happened again. A month or two ago, I purchased a 5i controller on eBay and my Proliant DL380 G2 was working fine again. I was even able to reboot a few weeks ago when I swapped in some larger drives. Alas, Comcast changed my IP address- I could no longer access my webpage, nor...
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    Flakey smart array 5i

    Thank you for your suggestions. I found a replacement 5i controller on ebay for about $80 (incl shipping) and it works fine (so far.) I searched for the 641 and found it to be a little more expensive and the 532 to be cheaper. I'll be referring to this thread should a future need arise...
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    Flakey smart array 5i

    Back in September ('07), there were two posts and some discussion about the smart array 5i in Proliant DL380's that prevent cold re-booting. http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1399006 http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1417671 Well, I had to cold boot yesterday and sure enough...
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    How to upgrade hot-swap drives without rebooting?

    Thanks for your reply. You confirm what I was hoping. My intent is to replace the drives one at a time, after partitioning the new drives with one larger partition and formatted with the same type filesystem. I'm not quite sure what you mean by extending the logical and OS volumes. Currently...
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    How to upgrade hot-swap drives without rebooting?

    I have a Proliant DL380 G2 that has an issue with the Smart Array 5i (http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1399006) that I am reluctant to cold-boot. I wish to replace one pair of 18GB drives with a 36GB pair. Can I simply replace the pair one at a time? Should I partition and format the...
  7. johnzbesko

    How to diagnose bad smart array 5i?

    For me, I simply waited a few days and the controller magically started working again. This problem seems to be related only to cold boots- a simple "init 6" reboot does not bring down my server. Outside of this restart issue, the machine has been running 24/7 for a couple of weeks now. Weird...
  8. johnzbesko

    How to diagnose bad smart array 5i?

    So, on an impulse, I started up the machine--and it worked! The smart array initialized and the server booted. All is well. Which begs the question- how reliable will this be? Do I have a problem with heat? I have installed the HP linux drivers/software, but I did have a problem with acpi. Any...
  9. johnzbesko

    How to diagnose bad smart array 5i?

    Thanks for your suggestion. A quick google search seems to show they are cheaper than the 5i. How does one connect an alternate scsi controller? Is there a single cable I would use to connect the backplane of the drives to the alternate? Or is it more complicated than that?
  10. johnzbesko

    How to diagnose bad smart array 5i?

    Can anyone suggest other options, such as a PCI RAID card or some other scsi controller so I could at least use the hard drives and attempt software RAID?
  11. johnzbesko

    How to diagnose bad smart array 5i?

    Well, I suppose I could bite the bullet and get a replacement. I hope it's not the backplane. I wish I could further test this before spending big money.
  12. johnzbesko

    How to diagnose bad smart array 5i?

    I've tried reseating everything, short of taking the unit apart. I reseated the cables from the array backplane to the motherboard; I reseated the array controller card onto the motherboard (the piece underneath the PCI riser); and I have reseated the PCI riser numerous times as I tried a...
  13. johnzbesko

    How to diagnose bad smart array 5i?

    Also, no, I do not have a battery cache and the smart array does not initialize during POST. When it did, the server was able to boot and I was able to detect the array and partition it with the HP diagnostic CD. I also tried removing the Light Out PCI card, but that didn't help.
  14. johnzbesko

    How to diagnose bad smart array 5i?

    Umm, I believe it booted up by chance- I don't know what I might have done to fix it. I have updated the firmware and also booted the diagnostic CD- which also did not detect the smart array. However, the BIOS does show an IRQ for a RAID controller. So I am confused and frustrated. I...
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    How to diagnose bad smart array 5i?

    I recently acquired a surplus Proliant DL380 G2. It has a Lights Out board and six hard drives. I installed Ubuntu. Then, I added a gigabit PCI ethernet card. Upon boot, the smart drive array did not seem to be recognized, ie. the smart drive did not initialize and the system would not boot. I...
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