Greetings ...
I have a client with a PowerEdge R310 ... one of the drives in their Mirror (1TB SATA Hot Pluggable) has failed (rapid flashing amber light) and we need to swap out the drive with a new one.
I've had issues in the past with just throwing a new drive in and letting the mirror rebuild itself. The issues that I've had have had to do with BIOS and/or Firmware and/or Drivers on the server and/or internal components being too out of date and when you introduce the new drive with a newer firmware on the drive it causes problems when the mirror tries to rebuild.
What I'd like to know is if there is a way for me to fire up a CD or DVD or download a package of some sort that be able to do a sweep through the server and check for outdated BIOS, Firmware and Drivers on the server and internal components and help me download and install before introducing the new drive.
Thanks again so much in advance for any help! Cheers
Michael