Guess you'll have to break out the cot, John :)

>>> John Cook <john.c...@pfsf.org> 4/7/2011 10:20 AM >>>
That's great info, thanks! Unfortunately there's the little detail of
physically swapping the drive out.....
John W. Cook
Systems Administrator
Partnership for Strong Families

________________________________
From: Miguel Gonzalez <miguel_3_gonza...@yahoo.es>
To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>
Sent: Thu Apr 07 13:12:21 2011
Subject: Re: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5

There is a CentOS live CD from Dell called OMSA that can be used for
certain models to run updates, BIOS upgrades and certain firmware
updates. It also has the dset and online diags on it but you can
configure a network interface and SSH the system, so you can run things
remotely.

Miguel

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De: richardmccl...@aspca.org <richardmccl...@aspca.org>
Asunto: Re: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5
Para: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>
Fecha: jueves, 7 de abril, 2011 13:07


What does Dell Server Support say?  I can't remember the details, but a
firmware and OpenManage upgrade later, my "failed drive" was back up and
running.  I can't remember the details because it was 2-3 years ago. 
This was a 2550 which whose service contract had run out like 3 years
previously.

Despite the bad press Dell sometimes gets in this forum, the techs are
only concerned with whether or not they can get your server back up and
running, not whether or not you have a valid support contract.  (Parts,
however, would be a different matter...)

Then again, a firmware upgrade would involve another trip back to the
remote site...
--
richard

John Cook <john.c...@pfsf.org> wrote on 04/07/2011 11:58:01 AM:

> So I have a Dell 2850 with 6 drives in raid 5 and one completely
> failed and another is predicted to according to the OpenManage
> software. I replaced the failed one and it's rebuilding but I was
> wondering if anyone has an opinion on whether or not I can replace
> the suspect drive before the other one completes it's rebuild as
> this is a remote office and I really don't want to drive back out
> here just to swap a drive out.
> John W. Cook
> Systems Administrator
> Partnership for Strong Families
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