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Warning Lights On (Dell) EMC CX500 And DAEs
The drive with the amber light has likely failed and should be replaced. The replacement should be done hot (not powered down). Pulling one drive out of the 'caution' zone will not impact the array. It is designed to withstand a hot swap. As for the DAE, you could have a bad power supply, bad... -
Losing Drive in RAID 5
Repeated failures of downstream drives might lead me to believe that the 0 drive was the culprit particularly since you say the drive doesn't rebuild once reinserted. That seems to say to me that the controller is waiting for drive 0 to signal an operation was completed so that commands could... -
IBM 326m does not start correctly
It's possible that you have a faulty server. If you are not hearing any beeps at power on, you may have a bad cpu or motherboard.If you're hearing beeps then note the code.. I would assume that it would be a memory fault code if you are hearing the beepsbut, depending on the pattern you hear... -
Install 39320A PCI-x card on Power Edge 2950
You could purchase a PCIX riser card or return the scsi card for a PCIe version. -
Dell Poweredge 2650 will not complete Post
I have had cases where the motherboard was not compatible with the riser card but it did not stop POST. I would suggest taking the riser off and making sure there are no bent pins. Beyond that..the usual recommendations to strip the machine to a basic level...no pci cards installed.. remove the... -
Aviion 9500 with two-20 slot Clarions has a faulty drive
If it is the old SCSI Clariion, just 25 pin comm cable to a dumb terminal or hyperterm should get you to Gridman. Once there that may refresh your memory. I think the settings were 96-8-even. You might have to play with that a bit..not a 100% on that. Might be thinking about the next generation... -
Data General AV9500 with defective 9GB Clarion drive
Nope..unaffiliated. Just an old DG tech.. worked some BL Trading customers back in the day.. but that's about it. -
Data General AV9500 with defective 9GB Clarion drive
That is just too old.... Park Place International http://parkplaceintl.com/ still services old DG gear. The EMC Storage Solutions forum will have help on Clariion. -
Making a Bootable CD
The iso file you downloaded should be burned to a CD. If your IBM system has a DVD, you may burn to a DVD. Many older systems have CD Drives and, of course, the DVD would not booton those systems. I'm not familiar with your burning program. You should have the option of just burning the iso... -
IBM x235 DEFUNCT RAID drive issues and questions.
Using the ServRaid CD is the best way to find out what the status of the array is. If the disks were configured as a Raid 0, you would have to restore the system from backup (after replacing the failed disk). IF you had a Raid 1 or Raid 5 configuration, you may be able to 'force' the drive... -
IBM xSeries 236 and adaptec sata controller problem?
You might want to try to update the bios. IBM shows this machine at 1.08 -
adding additional Hard Drives to PERC 3/di controller
Drives do not have to be identical. You can create another raid 5 with your three empty slots. -
Disk in degraded state
I believe the array should be reporting 'online' if it is in a viable state. Can you actually access the data? If it is just the 146 reporting as 'Ready' then you probably just need to get into OpenManage and force the rebuild. -
AX150i Drive Format??
It may be a Flare code issue. You could go back to Dell and ask them what Flare revision you need to support the drives you purchased. -
IBM X series 225 raid 5 Array problem
The C drive should be easy. Just go back to the Ctrl I menu where you set the factory defaults and select the menu itme that reads the configuration off the disk. You should see your mirror again once you've done that. As to the D drives... it is often the case that a faulty drive will cause... -
2850 EOD76 BP Drive 4 error
I've had issues getting a rebuild to kick off on several Dell servers. Technome's suggestion to update the firmware and bios is a good one. In my cases, I just had to bring up Dell Openmanage Array Manager and force the rebuild to begin. You should be able to download the iso for the... -
Raid5 drive replacement
The new drive may be the new hot spare. The best way to be sure of your configuration is to have the IBM ServRaid application on your system. -
Delll 2650 drive problem?
There was a problem with Maxtor drives that was fixed by a firmware update. The drive would flash amber indicating a predictive fault. Reseating the drive usually clears the light for a period of time. You should update the server to the latest firmware and bios. Just go to support.dell.com... -
Recovering RAID data
You don't say why the server won't boot. If it is because the raid drives are showing defunct, you may be able to get things going again with the IBM ServRaid disk. Moving the drives to another similar system may allow you to transfer the array but, if you are transferring drives that are... -
Dell 2550 power blinking green
PCI cards have been known to hang up a post sequence. Try executing the post without any pci cards installed.
