Hope someone can help me with this one.

Got water damage and had to replace Dell PowerEdge M/board and RAID Controller Cards.
System now will not boot as it sais the File:  C:'WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM is not corrupted,
and suggest I repair with the Original CD by selecting "r' at the first screen to start repair.

I've tried that, but then it tells me the system has no hard drives.  I have 4 hard-drives in this DISK Array,

and I noticed that in trying to trouble-shoot this, it tells me I have RAID 10, but cannot find a way to change it.

I suspect I need something to modify/config the RAID again, but not sure what to use.

Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Thanks

TonyC

Hello!

I need to install the Windows Server 2003 R2x64 to P520-dell server and can not find a driver for PERC H710 adapter for this OS.

I need to create a floppy disk with the driver to install the OS. Help me please!! 

As long as a non-Dell drive is recognized by the H710P controller, and I'm able to set it up in a RAID, will RAID errors with regard to the non-Dell drives be reported? 

I setup a RAID10 (16 x 256GB crucial m4 SSDs) in a R720, and it appears in the OS just fine, but since they aren't OEM drives all the amber lights are always blinking.  I can live with that, but what I can't live with is a non-Dell drive failure within the RAID that isn't reported by the H710P controller, since it isn't Dell branded.

Thanks for any insight!

Hello.  I have a PowerEdge R720XD with 4 disks in a hardware RAID 5 Array (#4 is a hot spare, so it is not included in the array itself).  I want to add another disk to the array to increase the useable size, while keeping one hot spare and RAID 5.  OS is Server 2012 Standard (which probably doesn't matter for this conversation)

I installed a new disk (same as the others) into the server.  When I access the Lifecycle Controller, I don't see any option to add a disk to the RAID array.  When I go through the RAID configuration, it looks like reconfiguring the array would destroy the existing array and create a new one, which I would think would destroy my data.  Would reconfiguring the array this way delete all of my data on the existing array?

Does anyone know if I can add a disk to the array without losing my existing data?  And if so, how do I accomplish this? 

Hi, I have an error on my Dell server, Battery on Perc H700 Integrated.. 3 1/2 yrs old

Failed message.

We were getting a Backplane enclosure error with a failed drive on the virtual Disk. (Storage Drive 2: Drive Slot sensor for Storage, drive fault was asserted) I replaced the drive and it rebuilt. the backplane error went away. It came back and I replaced that drive which rebuilt ok.  now the Battery has a red X. Is it time to replace the server, the PERV or Backplane, can it be repaired through a frimware update (currently Firmware Version 12.0.1-0083 Driver Version 4.17.02.64) 

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks

Config:

Raid 0 single SSD disk on PERC 710 controller.

Raid 5 12 HDDs on PERC 710 controller.

I have installed debian on raid 0.

After installation, machine reboots and then can't boot directly.

I have selected CTRL-R, CTRL MGMT screen and selected raid 0 VD to boot.

But every time I turn power on, reboot, cold/hot boot, It never boots directly on Debian. It says no bootable media found, then it only boots if I press F11 on this error screen, then select Hard Disk C, then PERC COntroler. Only doing this every time the system finally boots. This is annoying because sometimes I have to reboot and then have to manually do this.

I am about to inherit the support role for an ageing PowerEdge server running Server 2003 Standard, and equipped with a Perc 4/SC controller with two Seagate 146GB drives configured as RAID-1. One of the drives apparently failed some time ago, and the client has attempted unsuccessfully to source a replacement drive to repair the array.

Due to other factors it is not feasible to replace the server with a MS Server 2012 build at this stage (though that will be the goal once the current server is stabilised). I propose in the first instance to replace both drives with new 300GB drives, and migrate all data using image backup/restore. Can anyone tell me what drives are compatible with the Perc 4/SC? Specifically, does the Perc 4/SC support SCSI and/or SAS drives (with or without suitable cable adapters, if necessary)? What is the maximum per-drive capacity?

We have a customer with a PowerEdge 2900 with a PERC5i RAID card that has a history of failed hard drives. It was originally configured with eight 250GB drives, set up in a RAID 5. One drive failed out early on and to keep their server up, the customer replaced it with a 1TB, which the RAID controller just treats as a 250GB. The customer has had problems with frequent hard drive failures. We would replace the failed hard drives singly, but it reached the point where we bought the server back into the shop to look over it and try to see if there was something else going on.

This most recent time the complaint was that drives were falling out of the array. I wanted to try to make this thing work, so I replaced those two drives as well as the RAID card, the backplane and the SAS cables, then built a new RAID 5, did a full initialization on it and then ran Dell's 32-bit diagnostics on the entire system. Everything passed multiple loops. To try to further stress the system we ran a command from a linux CD to scan the surface of the drives. At some point over night, a hard drive failed, not one of the ones I had already replaced. So I replaced this one and tested it with Dell diagnostics, again with no errors. We returned it to the customer.

It's only been a couple of weeks and they've had another hard drive fail, in that same slot. The RAID controller reports it as failed and the drive has an amber light. Does anyone have any ideas as to what's going on here? Is there something that could be causing multiple hard drive failures? Could there be something else wrong that is just manifesting as hard drive errors?

I just bought a new PE T420 with iDRAC.

As soon as I put in my SSD drives they started blinking amber, and the LCD readout says "PDR1101 Fault" for both drives.

Both drives are brand new, and they are both working just fine.  I've built them into a raid 1 array, and they are working just fine.

I've found nothing about this error code online.  Can anyone suggest what I might do?

Hello,

We have a number of Dell blades running Perc h700 and Perc h710 cards.

Most of these are running Samsung 840 pro SSD drives, and Samsung 830 SSD drives - these drives are running perfectly fine, and simply show us as "non certified" and the array is "Non Critical", this causes no problems.

Now we've just installed some servers with the latest crucial 960GB SSD drives, and again it all works fine, but every time the machines boot it's reporting errors into the CMC log : 

• Server 12 health changed to a critical state from either a normal or warning state.
• Fault detected on drive 0 in disk drive bay 1
• Fault detected on drive 1 in disk drive bay 1.

Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening?

Here are the omreports:

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root@zeus # omreport storage vdisk
List of Virtual Disks in the System

Controller PERC H710 Mini (Embedded)
ID                        : 0
Status                    : Ok
Name                      : Zeus
State                     : Ready
Hot Spare Policy violated : Not Assigned
Encrypted                 : Not Applicable
Layout                    : RAID-1
Size                      : 850.00 GB (912680550400 bytes)
Device Name               : /dev/sda
Bus Protocol              : SATA
Media                     : SSD
Read Policy               : Adaptive Read Ahead
Write Policy              : Write Back
Cache Policy              : Not Applicable
Stripe Element Size       : 64 KB
Disk Cache Policy         : Enabled

root@zeus # omreport storage pdisk controller=0
List of Physical Disks on Controller PERC H710 Mini (Embedded)

Controller PERC H710 Mini (Embedded)
ID                        : 0:0
Status                    : Non-Critical
Name                      : Physical Disk 0:0
State                     : Online
Power Status              : Not Applicable
Bus Protocol              : SATA
Media                     : SSD
Device Life Remaining     : Not Applicable
Failure Predicted         : No
Revision                  : MU02
Driver Version            : Not Applicable
Model Number              : Not Applicable
Certified                 : No
Encryption Capable        : Yes
Encrypted                 : No
Progress                  : Not Applicable
Mirror Set ID             : Not Applicable
Capacity                  : 893.75 GB (959656755200 bytes)
Used RAID Disk Space      : 850.00 GB (912680550400 bytes)
Available RAID Disk Space : 43.75 GB (46976204800 bytes)
Hot Spare                 : No
Vendor ID                 : ATA
Product ID                : Crucial_CT960M500SSD1
Serial No.                : 1311092FA641
Part Number               : Not Available
Negotiated Speed          : 6.00 Gbps
Capable Speed             : 6.00 Gbps
Device Write Cache        : Not Applicable
Manufacture Day           : Not Available
Manufacture Week          : Not Available
Manufacture Year          : Not Available
SAS Address               : 4433221104000000

ID                        : 0:1
Status                    : Non-Critical
Name                      : Physical Disk 0:1
State                     : Online
Power Status              : Not Applicable
Bus Protocol              : SATA
Media                     : SSD
Device Life Remaining     : Not Applicable
Failure Predicted         : No
Revision                  : MU02
Driver Version            : Not Applicable
Model Number              : Not Applicable
Certified                 : No
Encryption Capable        : Yes
Encrypted                 : No
Progress                  : Not Applicable
Mirror Set ID             : Not Applicable
Capacity                  : 893.75 GB (959656755200 bytes)
Used RAID Disk Space      : 850.00 GB (912680550400 bytes)
Available RAID Disk Space : 43.75 GB (46976204800 bytes)
Hot Spare                 : No
Vendor ID                 : ATA
Product ID                : Crucial_CT960M500SSD1
Serial No.                : 1311092FA619
Part Number               : Not Available
Negotiated Speed          : 6.00 Gbps
Capable Speed             : 6.00 Gbps
Device Write Cache        : Not Applicable
Manufacture Day           : Not Available
Manufacture Week          : Not Available
Manufacture Year          : Not Available
SAS Address               : 4433221105000000

root@zeus # omreport storage controller
 Controller  PERC H710 Mini (Embedded)

Controllers
ID                                            : 0
Status                                        : Ok
Name                                          : PERC H710 Mini
Slot ID                                       : Embedded
State                                         : Ready
Firmware Version                              : 21.2.0-0007
Latest Available Firmware Version             : Not Applicable
Driver Version                                : 06.504.01.00-rh1
Minimum Required Driver Version               : Not Applicable
Storport Driver Version                       : Not Applicable
Minimum Required Storport Driver Version      : Not Applicable
Number of Connectors                          : 1
Rebuild Rate                                  : 30%
BGI Rate                                      : 30%
Check Consistency Rate                        : 30%
Reconstruct Rate                              : 30%
Alarm State                                   : Not Applicable
Cluster Mode                                  : Not Applicable
SCSI Initiator ID                             : Not Applicable
Cache Memory Size                             : 512 MB
Patrol Read Mode                              : Auto
Patrol Read State                             : Stopped
Patrol Read Rate                              : 30%
Patrol Read Iterations                        : 9
Abort Check Consistency on Error              : Disabled
Allow Revertible Hot Spare and Replace Member : Enabled
Load Balance                                  : Not Applicable
Auto Replace Member on Predictive Failure     : Disabled
Redundant Path view                           : Not Applicable
CacheCade Capable                             : Yes
Persistent Hot Spare                          : Disabled
Encryption Capable                            : Yes
Encryption Key Present                        : No
Encryption Mode                               : None
Preserved Cache                               : No
Spin Down Unconfigured Drives                 : Disabled
Spin Down Hot Spares                          : Disabled
Spin Down Configured Drives                   : Disabled
Automatic Disk Power Saving (Idle C)          : Disabled
Time Interval for Spin Down (in Minutes)      : Not Applicable
Start Time (HH:MM)                            : Not Applicable

---

I have a 2950 that has a Perc 5i.  Original issue was LED with the error: "W1228 ROMB Batt < 24hr" .  Swapped battery with a new battery that I precharged on a test system.  No errors on boot.   After box loads win2k3 it gives error again even after clearing ESM log and rebooting with new battery still shows error on LED and gives error in OMSA that battery is failed.   

Next I swapped the Raid Controller and that cleared the W1228 error.  No errors in bios about battery either on boot.  Go into OMSA and it still shows failed battery.  I have tried two good batteries and both show same issue.   They don't give errros in bios but show failed in OMSA.    Pulled  battery from stock that wasn't precharged and on boot showed error about being discharged.  After 30 minutes rebooted and bios error was cleared.   Which should indicate battery is charging.   Still when I load os and look at OMSA it still shows failed battery with 3 different batteries.  I also swapped battery cable to be sure it was ok. I  Have run SUU and updated all FW and OMSA.

Have no idea where to go from here.

Hi All,

I had a failed battery in our PE2950. I ordered one off of Ebay new and replaced it last week. I then went into OpenManage and ran the learn cycle. After a week I went in and now it is showing as non-critical. I will be going to my DC next week to troubleshoot but I assume I can only plug the wire into the battery one way, correct? Does this appear to be a faulty battery?

Controller PERC 5/i Integrated (Slot Embedded)
ID                  : 0
Status              : Non-Critical
Name                : Battery 0
State               : Missing
Recharge Count      : Not Applicable
Max Recharge Count  : Not Applicable
Learn State         : Active
Next Learn Time     : 0 hours
Maximum Learn Delay : 7 days 0 hours

I currently have 4 drives in my server

First Disk Group 

Slots 0 and 1 have 73 GB drives (Array 1)

Slots 2 and 3 have 146 Gb drives (Array 1)

I would like to add 2 more drive

Into Slots 4 and 5?  1 TB (Array 1)

I see the drives come up as ready not on-line.

Is it support to have 3 different sizes drives configured as

Array 1’s

If I put into slots 4 and 5, 146 GB drives it seems to see
them

And make a 3^rd disk group and Virtual disk

Hi

I bought a R620 with H310 .... just realised no cache, slowest piece of poooo i have :)

so I want to upgrade to the H710P (I believe), which one do I order can I replace the H310 does it take up a slot or ???

Thanks in advance 

Alex

Hello everybody,

Yesterday after make maintenance my poweredge 2900, the sas 6/ir controller is disable 3 of 6 disk. After process initializing ... only 2 disk work. I,m havy a raid 0 configure with 2 disk, the other are disk with out raid. whats up???

Hello,

A client has a 2800 server ( Adaptec 39160, PERC 4e/Di) has a failed RAID 5 due to controller. I was able to match a duplicate 2800 with the same configuration disks, OS, etc. 

The RAID 5 array has three disks, of which only one shows online (the logical volume has failed), two drives would/will power up, but have "fallen out" of the array,  when I arrived. My question is since the problem was due to the controller card, is it possible that the data has not been lost? 

To make matters worse the tape backup unit had been not working. I had to order the client another tape unit, so I restore data, but older data and put this data set onto a NAS. The sequence of events was due to a lack of understanding that all data could be lost without a tape back up and regular drive maintenance. as well economics on the part of the client.The client was politely warned several times that data loss was quite possible if the drives went/fell out of the array..

Is it possible to move the drives to the working 2800 and recover the array with the working controller?  Or is it that the data was lost even if  the drives did not go bad, die etc?Orr will the disks have to be sent to one of the data rescue services given what has occurred?

In advance thanks for any help.

Hello, 

I am having issues getting the PowerEdge R515 server to see WD Blue 1.0TB (WD10EZEX) drives. I have installed Dell PERC H700 Integrated Firmware 12.3.0-0032,A02, as this according to the patch notes removes the non-dell certified blocks but hasn't resolved my issue. 

There are no lights showing on the drives, I checked the slots with a Dell drive and it works. The RAID controller is not detecting any of these WD physical disks either.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Niall 

We have the following configuration :

Dell 2950, PERC 6/i, (the firmware is the lastest).

Disk Group 0

• 2 Disk  -  73 GB RAID 1

Disk Group 1

• 4 Disk - 300 GB RAID 5

The problems is the disk 1 , 4 on the RAID 5 fails. this disks was replacement by new disk. But the RAID NOT rebuild. Both show in the conttroller Missing.

What should I do ? for rebuild the RAID 5  It's posible recover the RAID 5.

Thanks a lot

Hello all, I installed Server 2008 on R720 sometime back and all was fine until last week when the server wouldn't boot into windows anymore. We decided to run VMWare ESXi on it via a bootable USB but have since faced various issues and error messages:

During boot up: f/w is in fault state, 0xff0f2022)

Then: Baseport adapter is not responding..no adapter

I then ran the Unified Server Configurator's hardware diagnostics and got this message:

No hard drive detected or disk controller not supported

Also got these error codes during the hardware diagnostics:

Error code 2000-0251

Validation 120023

Msg: Event log- The log contains failing records

Can anyone provide a guide on how to fix this issue? I would really appreciate your help. Thanks.

When I enter into the Lifecycle Controller and choose firmware update and then use ftp.dell.com I do not see the H710 listed to show me what the current BIOS and available BIOS is.

If I choose to view the current firmware, it shows me that I have H710 with firmware 21.1.0-0007, from last year.  I need to get the newest version as I am troubleshooting an issue with VMware support and they want the latest firmware on the box.

This is a VMWare box so I'm really hoping to be able to use the Lifecycle firmware update.

The Lifecycle controller was able to update the rest of the firmware.