HD going offline

[Nick_Parrott at Dell.com]

Hi,

Could be a corrupted RAID signature, which can only be fixed by low
level format of the drives, then re-create the array. First step would
be to check in the PERC BIOS for medium errors on the disks;

Configure >View/Add Configuration > Press F2 on each disk and check for
errors

As Joe rightly said, firmware the lot. There are a surprising amount of
HDD firmwares about nowadays, all rather critical..

Nick 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of joe green
Sent: 06 November 2007 17:32
To: 'Peter'; linux-poweredge-Lists
Subject: RE: HD going offline

Have you checked on Firmware updates for both the Perc3 and hard drives?

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
[mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Peter
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:20 AM
To: Linux-PowerEdge at dell.com
Subject: HD going offline

Hi all,
I have a PE 1500 with Perc3 DC (128mb) Raid Controller and 2 36GB HD  
in a Raid 1 configuration. Since about 2 weeks both 2 HD will go  
offline without any known reason. I only can boot the server again if  
I go in to the Perc3 setup and force the HD back online. Sometimes it  
will be ok for a couple days, sometimes just for a couple of hours.  
There is nothing in /var/log/messages that would indicate any problem  
with the HD which makes me think it is a problem with the Perc3  
controller. I do have another controller coming in a couple days but  
was wondering if it is something that can be fixed?
I would be thankful for any tips, hints or ideas.

Peter M.


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