Dell r710 and LSI 9207 4i4e
Hi guysI have the Dell r710with latest bios (6.4) and firmwareI also have 2 Samsung 850 Evo drives in the Harddrive EnclosuresI have the LSI 9207 4i4e installed in the non integrated PCI SlotsThe LSI...
View ArticlePERS S100 RAID 1, 2 drives, one failed system won't boot
PowerEdge T110 II, Server 2008 R 2.Ran Windows updates, rebooted, system want to do a recovery yet wont, bounde into the PERC and see 1 drive down. this happened on another server with same setup 2...
View ArticleR730 Non-certified hard disks
Hello,Does R730 support non-certified hard disks? I thought that it does. I'm trying to put HGST disks into it.Best,
View Articleomconfig "Operation not supported"
Poweredge M610, Windows Server 2012 R2, OMSA 8.1.0.1A disk in a RAID 1 would changed after fault but the new disk comes not online.When I try to bring it online with omconfig I get the error "Operation...
View ArticleBest way to stress test HDD's Pre-OS
I've got a T320 with a H710 card. I want to stress test the drives before I install my OS. Is there a good tool to do that? If not, what can I use with Server 2008 R2 that would test my drives?If...
View ArticleHow to upgrade a VRTX with a second Shared Perc 8
Hello,I'm looking for an "how to" configure the VRTX with a new second shared perc 8.I like to have a fault tolerant configuration.Thanks for your help.Olivier GAUJAC
View ArticleHow do I break a Raid 1 array so I can assign the 2nd disk as its own VD?
I'm setting up my system and want to stress test the disks. It came with 2 disks in a raid 1 and I temporarily put a windows server on it so I could run some utilities. Turns out in order to get to...
View ArticleRAID
I am setting up a new file server on a PE2600. I have 2 36GB drives in RAID 1. I also have 4 300GB drives. My question is what is the best way to "RAID" them? Space is not an issue. I want speed and...
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Dell Poweredge R720xd and PERC H730P RAID Controller - What cable to use?
Hi,I have a Dell R720xd that didn't come with a RAID controller. It came with an LSI SAS 9207-8i host bus adapter. I have since acquired a PERC H730P RAID Controller, which needs to be installed....
View ArticleDisk Failure Predicted - how to verify if drive is actually bad?
Have multiple PowerEdge 2950 & 710 servers with 2.5" SAS drives setup in RAID 1 on PERC 5/6 controllers.One 2950 server had a drive with "disk failure predicted"; I hot swapped the drive out,...
View ArticleNo ID on 2.5" NVMe PCIe SSDs ?
Hi,We got 400GB 2.5" NVMe PCIe SSDs (made by Samsung) with R730xd systems.The NVMe EUI64 field, which is supposed to have a globally unique id, has zeroes instead.As a result, there are problems with...
View ArticlePowerEdge T300 disk corruption
Hello,I have a client with a PE T300 that is suffering from data corruption on a 1TB RAID1 array (used as the data partition) on an SAS6 controller. The server also has a 250GB RAID1 array which is the...
View ArticleReplacing a Defunct Drive
We have a R710 with 8 drives. 1 array = drive 0 and 1 in a RAID 1. 2nd array = drives 2-7 in RAID 5. Lost drive 2 some days ago. Inserted a new equal size drive and it will NOT rebuild. I was...
View ArticlePERC 6/I on R510 with more than five drives.
I have one of the R510 boxes that's configured with eight bays and I've swapped the PERC 6/iR for a 6/i. I've used the correct longer cable to allow the battery to mount where it's supposed to and I've...
View ArticleFormat Physical Disk using PERC 6/i BIOS utility
I am using Dell R710 server which has raid controller PERC 6/i BIOS utility. I want to use few old hard disks on this server. As they are old disks, I first want to format them. How can I format those...
View ArticleShould I replace a disk with identical disk from another server?
Newbie question here: I have a server with SAS drive failure predicted and I hope to retire that server within a month. At the same time I have another 2950 that have been retired recently and (if...
View ArticleHow can I RAID 4TB drives on my PE 840?
I am a newbie here, but I have been studying the forum for days.I am determined to make (4) 4TB drives function in my Poweredge 840. I understand that the PERC 5/i controller is not going to do the...
View ArticlePowerEdge w/ PERC H730 Mini, Post install configuration
I have a server with a fresh install of 2012 R2. The DHCP, DNS, and AD services have been setup and a few things set in place. The problem is the tech before me did not configure the drives for RAID....
View ArticleDell 2950 Perc 5/i integrated firmware update runs but does not update firmware
I have an older 2950 server with a PERC5/i integrated RAID controller and RAID firmware v5.2.1-004 and OMSA says this is lower than the required minimum of 5.2.1-0067. The server is running Windows...
View ArticleRAID PERC 4 Controller Replacement
Greetings all,Had a RAID Controller fail on a Poweredge 2850, replaced it with an exact replacement, and now need the steps to configure the card. In the RAID Bios, I have the options to Configure...
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