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Raid 1 disk failing how to know which disk?
I have a T3600 with the onboard H310 controller. One disk is failing in raid 1 configuration. I can see it is ID 1 in controller bios but how to relate that to the physical location of disk?
speedstep
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April 26th, 2016 08:00
The H310 console application
A BIOS screen displays information about the controller and configuration.
During startup, press when prompted by the BIOS screen
Operating Systems Windows 7 32-bit Windows 7 64-bit Windows Vista 32-bit Windows Vista 64-bit Windows XP .
downloads.dell.com/.../DRVR_SAS_PERC_MSM-DV6JF_setup_ZPE.exe
DRVR_SAS_PERC_MSM-DV6JF_setup_ZPE.exewww.dell.com/.../dell-perc-h310-spec-sheet.pdf
DS1Patrick
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April 29th, 2016 18:00
I installed the windows megaraid app, Apparently when you add the replacement disk the controller is not smart enough to know a rebuild is in order. Instead it creates another non-raid configuration of the new disk. Deleted this config then the disk is available to use for rebuilding existing array.
DS1Patrick
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April 26th, 2016 10:00
Sure, got that but it does not tell me which disk to replace. I know it is ID one but when I open case how to know which one is ID1?
speedstep
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April 26th, 2016 12:00
Disconnect the power or data on ONE drive. You have a 50 50 CHANCE of getting it right.
DS1Patrick
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April 27th, 2016 21:00
Actually as it turns out the connectors are labeled as to 0/1 I replaced the disk but it show disk0 as ONLINE and disk1 as Non-RAID. Do I need to choose the option of Convert to RAID capable? Please no guesses here.