Storage spaces on R720
Hi, I am planning to test Storage Spaces/Direct on an R720. Do I need to replace the built-in Raid Controller as I need and HBA or can I just configured them as JBODs. Are there any issues with...
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New R730xd won't boot after OS installation
Hi All,Server 2012 R2 won't boot on brand new R730xd.The server has four virtual disks:OS RAID 1 2X280GB 10K SASSSD DATA RAID 5 4X1TB SSDDATA1 RAID 5 4X4TB HDDDATA2 RAID 6 8X4TB HDDIn the PERC...
View ArticleH710P controller state degraded, but pdisks and vdisks are OK
Hi, I have several PowerEdge R720 servers with PERC H710P and H710P Mini (embedded) controllers that are having issues. According to omreport, the controller is in a non-critical status and a degraded...
View ArticleDell R310 with SAS 6/ir Controller
I have a Linux CentOS 5.11 system with a Raid 1 with SATA drives. 1 of the drives failed when I received a new drive the SAS 6 controller doesn't recognize the new drive and the raid never rebuilds. Is...
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Dell PowerEdge R410 can not upgrade to HDD 6TB?
Dear Support team and all,I have the Dell PowerEdge R410, with 4 slots mounted hard drive, I use Windows Server 2008:+ Slot 1 and 2 running RAID 500GB disk slot.+ Slot 3 (WD) 2TB data pregnant+ Slot 4...
View ArticleDell Nautilus Firmware Update Utility for SAS and SATA Disk
Hello All,I've recently had a disk fail in one of the Servers I manage. I purchased a replacement disk and started the rebuild process.The disk is now displaying as online when you boot into the RAID...
View ArticlePowerEdge 2900 server raid
hello all and good dayI have a PowerEdge 2900 that has been wiped and raid configured with 2 drives and ready for os install. however when trying to use the server assistant I get an error that stats...
View ArticleT20 Raid 1
Hi Everyone,One of our schools has 2 Poweredge T20 servers the first is the DC that was installed today and is running fine, the second is the SIMS Server that was installed in December. Both servers...
View Article2 RAID controllers PERC 6/i on a DELL PowerEdge
Hi there,i just receive a DELL PowerEdge reconditionned (not sure this term is good), it seems that the server is based on a C2100.I have 2 RAID controller in it and 12 Hdd. When i launch the LSI bios...
View ArticlePE2900 Adapter at Baseport FC48C is not respondig
Hi All,today we have updated the firmware of Raid Controller (Perc 6/i) - File Name: SS-RAID_Firmware_F96NR_WN_6.3.3-0002_X00.EXE - After the update is required to restart the server. Unfortunately...
View ArticleR710 RAID 0 to RAID Configuration
I have a Dell R710 Machine that is currently setup as a 2 Hard Drive RAID 0 Machine. I would like to increase the reliability of this machine by making it a RAID 1 Machine and adding 2 hard drives, for...
View ArticlePERC 6/I in PowerEdge T610
Is maximum size of SAS drives 2 Terabytes and is there a fix to install 4 Terabyte drives?
View ArticleRaid 10/VMware Host ?
I Have a client that has 2 vmware host with 4 500gb drives configured for Raid 10 (Dell PE T420 servers PERC 710 Raid controller) VMware ESXI 5.1 essentials not running on a USB or SD card ( One host...
View ArticlePoweredge T620 Linux Installation
I'm trying to install RHEL 7 on a Poweredge T620. It has 6 1TB Drives. I configured Raid 5 with one Hot Swappable. It doesn't let me install the OS on the Raided Drives. I can only install the OS...
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VIRTUAL DISK 0 in raid 1 Degraded, the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system does not start. Two orange blink discs. Starting from the left are 2 and 5. Three faults records about six months ago...
View ArticlePE2950 /w H800 (Backplane Adapter Cable) ?
Hi Everyone,I have hot a wall and am hoping for some good news.I have a PE2950 being used as a ZFS Storage array. Currently there is a PERC 6/iR installed but it only supports drives to 2TB and we are...
View ArticleSCSI Hard drive failure
I have a Poweredge 1800 with 6 SCSI 147gb hard drives running raid 5. Last week had a hard drive to fail so I was running in a degraded state. I shut the machine down and replaced the Hard drive,...
View ArticleNew HDD for Poweredge T410
I have a Poweredge T410 and one of the hard drives is reporting a non-critical error. I'm concerned that eventually it's going to fail (it's at least 4 years old now) and I want to know what...
View ArticlePERC H310 for RAID1 array?
My Server build continues, noting that it will do DC duties, as well as file/print serving and media server duties into the future:I initially replaced the H310 controller, in favour of an H710P, to...
View ArticleT610 - PERC H700 Internal Integrated
Hi-We'd like to expand our current RAID5 VD for our data partition.Can we dynamically add more disk "without" wiping the array and re-initializing?Meaning, would our data be intact on our Windows NTFS...
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