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March 21st, 2013 09:00

CERC ATA100/4ch RAID Crash

Setup:

Dell PowerEdge 600sc

4GB RAM

Windows Server Ent 2K3

Drives: 2 - 80GB OS mirrored

Drives: 4 - 250GB Data RAID 5

RAID Controller: CERC ATA100/4ch RAID

I recently had one of the OS disk crash.  My vender sent me a  160GB replacement.  In the process of sync'ing the OS drives the RAID stated beeping

When I checked I was getting the error:

Configuration of NVRAM & drives mismatch (normal mismatch).

Checking the card documentation...  it stated the problem as being: 

 The configuration stored on the RAID card does not match the configuration stored on the drives.
The documentation stated to do the following:
When prompted, press a key to run the BIOS Configuration Utility. Select Configure—> View/Add Configuration from the Management 
Menu. Use View/Add Configuration to examine both the configuration in the non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM), and the configuration
stored on the hard drives. Resolve the problem by selecting one of the configurations.
After checking both places (NVRAM and config stored on drives)... I found the NVRAM had 1 data drive up (0) and 3 data drives failed (1, 2, & 3).  
The config stored on the drive showed 2 data drives (0 & 1) up and 2 drives down (2 & 3).
 
I removed the RAID card and allowed the 2 OS drives to sync (reestablish the mirror)... they did so with no problems.  However I still have the issue with
the RAID card...  Any assistance would be helpful...
 
Thanks
Shug 

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March 21st, 2013 17:00

Hey Chris  I found (Brenden):

en.community.dell.com/.../17563945.aspx

Worked like a charm... just cleared the old/failing array and configured a new one... all data is there...

Thanks

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March 21st, 2013 09:00

Shug,

If you have the data retrievable you will want to make a backup. What is the raid configuration on the controller supposed to be? You can resolve the mismatch by selecting one of the configurations, but that can cause the array to fail. So first off I would get a backup if possible.

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March 21st, 2013 10:00

I would have to have at least 3 drives to have good data... neither config is showing 3 drives...

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March 21st, 2013 10:00

RAID 5,  What I'm confused about is they are both wrong.... 1 config has 1 drive enable and 3 failing, the other has 2 drives enabled and 2 drives failing...  Looks like I've lost my data on drives... correct?  I do have the data back up...  Just wondering if I have to start all over and just wipe out the RAID config wipe the drives and restore the data...?  also wondering why 1 config is showing 1 drive good and the other is showing 2 drives good...

Thanks for the quick response...

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