PowerEdge 840 - Raid Card Failure
I'm attempting to find a replacement card. I only need to get data off the old server. I know IF I got a card from Dell I would be able to recover. I'm on the fence about buying a card from eBay for...
View ArticlePoweredge R900 Perc 6/i Problem
Hi,I have a Poweredge R900 server with Perc 6/i and a 3.5" x 5 backplane. I've been using (4) 600GB Dell SAS 15k drives in a RAID 10 configuration with no 5th drive. I just got around to adding a 5th...
View ArticleH700 Firmware update fails
I am trying to upgrade an H700 controller to the latest firmware, but the update tells me it is not compatible with the system.Trying to apply this upgrade to SLES 11 SP2sh...
View ArticleHDD appears in multiple connectors causing fault and virtual drive disappear
Hardrive and virtual drive fails following that I can see same drives listed on multiple connectors port A and B. Using Dell R910 / Perc H700 Integrated / Sata drives in 4X4 backplane.Please help
View ArticleDell PERC9 (PERC H730, H730P or H830 Raid cards) : Passthrough to VM...
Has anyone had any success with Dell PERC9 (PERC H730, H730P or H830 Raid cards) passthrough to a VM on Esxi 5.x. I wanted to know if anyone has successfully assigned a PERC9 card PCI Device to a VM...
View ArticleSAS6/IR with a failed RAID 1
My PowerEdge 300 has two Dell ST3146356SS's in a RAID 1. The primary drive is failing, but the SAS6/IR doesn't see it that way. It marks both drive as unlikely to fail. However I know the primary...
View ArticlePowerEdge R620 - Connect SSD to SATA Controller
I have a PowerEdge R620 that has a H710P installed and two SATA drives connected to it, I also have the 8 x 2.5" backplane installed. Is it possible to adjust the backplane so that I can connect a...
View Articleperc h800/700 - trace OS's WWID,WWN or whatever address/identifier back to...
I've been looking around, geez.. it must be possible, but how?cheers
View ArticleVery slow write speeds on Perc H700 and RAID10 6x900gb drives
Hello,I have a PE R610 with PERC H700 Integrated with 512MB and BBU, 6x900GB drives configured with RAID 10.Element Size: 64KBRead Policy: Adaptive ReadWrite Policy: Write BackOS: DELL Custom build of...
View ArticleSSD Recommendations for T420 with PERC H310.
Can anyone recommend an affordable SSD brand/model to buy for the T420 with a PERC H310? Don't need much storage. Even 64 GB will do. I will need 8 so looking for the best price/value to performance...
View ArticlePowerEdge 1950 Perc5/i not recognizing replacement drive
Good evening,I'm working on a Poweredge 1950 with a Perc5/i RAID controller. Two arrays, one RAID0, one RAID1. Windows Server 2008 R2. One of the RAID1 drives (Slot 2) failed, so we ordered in a...
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DELL H730P connect with Intel RES2CV360
i want connect dell h730p to a Intel RES2CV360 SAS Expander.but my server report an error:
View ArticleFIEMWARE UPGRADATION
HII everyone.i am very new on dell servers. acn any one suggest me the procedure to upgrade the firmware of server DELL POWEREDGE T410 as i want to use non-dell hdd.
View ArticlePhysical Disks on Controller PERC 6/i Integrated - Unknown state after...
I have hot swapped quite a few drives over the past couple of years, without any problems. I hot-swapped one yesterday and had different results. Physically, everything appeared as normal... green...
View ArticlePoweredge sc 145
Hi i need help ti install windows server 2008 R2 i can't find any Harddrives on the select hardrive to install windows on and it says i need to use a driver but i dont know how to find the driver or...
View ArticleT410 PERC 6i RAID5 with 4 drives only
The server was rebooted today and 2 drives are flagged as "Missing"In Foreign view one drive is shown as "rebuild and foreign" and the other drive is "Online and foreign"What is the procedure? Try to...
View ArticleUpgrading R410 with Perc 6i
Hi there,I'm trying to upgrade my R410 with a Perc 6i card for Raid5. I have 4 SATA HDDs that are cabled (no hot-swap/back plate). Can anyone confirm what cable (part number) I need in order to connect...
View ArticleIs there a way to disable or hide SAS drive on LSI SAS 3008 controller?
I am setting up Dell Precision 7910 workstation that has LSI SAS 3008 controller and 2 SAS drives connected to it. Posting in Server forum because I think it will have more people familiar with LSI...
View ArticlePoweredge 2850 raid 5 array with 6 drives - 1 drive degraded
I have an existing dell poweredge 2850 with 6 drives. one of the drive is configured as a global hot spare. the remaining 5 scsi hard drives store the data. recently one of the drives have gone into a...
View ArticleAddind disk to RAID 5
Hi all,i have one question for you: I have 1 poweredge R720 with sevens disks. Four are in RAID 5 (OS installation) while three disks are not in RAID. I want to add this 3 disks to the raid 5 without...
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