RE: Dell 2600 drive issue

2009-12-07 Thread Phillip Partipilo
Issues Subject: RE: Dell 2600 drive issue what, you mean it requires 'magic firmware' ???sorry, couldn't help poke fun at last week's thread. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephanbar

RE: Dell 2600 drive issue

2009-12-07 Thread Erik Goldoff
9 11:06 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Dell 2600 drive issue Seen this before. Do you have the Dell Open Management tools installed? If so it will report what firware the drives are. Likely you will find that you have mismatching firmware and that will cause the drive to fail. Cheers

RE: Dell 2600 drive issue

2009-12-07 Thread Jim Slattery
ues Subject: Dell 2600 drive issue Hi All, I have an older Dell 2600 server with a PERC 4/Di. There are six drives in a RAID 5 configuration. The PERC reports one of the drives has failed. I've replaced the drive, rebuilt the array, then it fails again. Did it again, same thing. It

RE: Dell 2600 drive issue

2009-12-07 Thread RichardMcClary
system, there is probably RAID FW, RAID driver, and SCSI HD > firmware (run from a bootable CD). There might also be backplane > firmware and drivers. > From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 7:25 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject:

RE: Dell 2600 drive issue

2009-12-07 Thread Tom Miller
HD firmware (run from a bootable CD). There might also be backplane firmware and drivers. From:Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 7:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dell 2600 drive issue Hi All, I have an older Dell 2600 server with a PERC 4/Di

RE: Dell 2600 drive issue

2009-12-07 Thread Miller Bonnie L .
To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dell 2600 drive issue Hi All, I have an older Dell 2600 server with a PERC 4/Di. There are six drives in a RAID 5 configuration. The PERC reports one of the drives has failed. I've replaced the drive, rebuilt the array, then it fails again. Did it

Re: Dell 2600 drive issue

2009-12-07 Thread Stephan Barr
Seen this before. Do you have the Dell Open Management tools installed? If so it will report what firware the drives are. Likely you will find that you have mismatching firmware and that will cause the drive to fail. Cheers. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Tom Miller wrote: > Hi All, > > I ha

Re: Dell 2600 drive issue

2009-12-07 Thread Anders Blomgren
Faulty backplane. Had it happen a couple of times on 2650 and the older 4400/4300. Nothing to do but replace or migrate if you don't have a contract. -Anders On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Tom Miller wrote: > Hi All, > > I have an older Dell 2600 server with a PERC 4/Di. There are six drives

RE: Dell 2600 drive issue

2009-12-07 Thread Glen Johnson
e slot. From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 10:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dell 2600 drive issue Hi All, I have an older Dell 2600 server with a PERC 4/Di. There are six drives in a RAID 5 configuration. The PERC reports one of the drives

RE: Dell 2600 drive issue

2009-12-07 Thread Tom Miller
to:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 10:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Dell 2600 drive issue Hi All, I have an older Dell 2600 server with a PERC 4/Di. There are six drives in a RAID 5 configuration. The PERC reports one of the drives has failed. I've repl

RE: Dell 2600 drive issue

2009-12-07 Thread Glen Johnson
stem Admin Issues Subject: Dell 2600 drive issue Hi All, I have an older Dell 2600 server with a PERC 4/Di. There are six drives in a RAID 5 configuration. The PERC reports one of the drives has failed. I've replaced the drive, rebuilt the array, then it fails again. Did it agai

Dell 2600 drive issue

2009-12-07 Thread Tom Miller
Hi All, I have an older Dell 2600 server with a PERC 4/Di. There are six drives in a RAID 5 configuration. The PERC reports one of the drives has failed. I've replaced the drive, rebuilt the array, then it fails again. Did it again, same thing. It seems to be more of a drive bay issue, as