RE: Drive not approved for array

[Ilsemeyer]

Where are the Dell image written or stored? Will it help if the PCB of the bad drive gets unmounted/unscrewed and move it to the brand new exact drive model?

Seems like a logical thing to do! 

[DELL-Donald Wi]

Hello, 

Changing out the PCB will not resolve it.  It's a custom process that MFR uses, there's no way to retrofit an OEM drive to work. 

 Regards,

Don

[Khenikandza]

Faced the same issue today.  Thanks DELL for the "nice" feature. Worked with NetApp years had no problem with that. The controller set with 2 spares. Is there a way to reduce amount of spare to get rid of the amber light? The controller is not super critical. 

[DELL-Donald Wi]

Hello,

 The number of spares is set by the RAID type.  RAID10 and RAID50 get two spares, R5 and R6 get one spare.  There's no way to change a two spare configuration to one spare w/o changing the RAID type.

 Regards,

Don

[badmodofinga]

I found interesting results when I searched google for:
"Flash Dell Firmware into Seagate Generic Drives"  
I'm not sure if it will help as we have lots of spare drives & haven't tried it.