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June 14th, 2018 12:00
Replacing a hot swap drive
Hello,
We have a T710 PowerEdge server running CentOS 6.9, with 8 SATA, 7200 rpm, 2.5 inch, 500 gig drives.
One of the drives is indicating a failure. In the documentation I've been able to find, it looks like the failing drive needs to be marked for removal first, then removed, then replaced with the new drive.
We have the new drive, but how do you mark the old drive for removal without having to power down the server and go into the RAID bios? We want to avoid downtime as much as possible.
In a previous lifetime, I worked with PE servers running Windows, and Dell had a nice GUI application where this could have been done - does such an application exist for Linux?
If I were to just yank the old drive and stick in the new drive without this "mark for removal" step, is that going to hose something in the RAID?
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June 21st, 2018 12:00
You can just swap the drive, it shouldn’t cause any issues.
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June 15th, 2018 09:00
Hi,
There is OMSA for linux. http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/drivers/driversdetails?driverId=H5PK8
Phil.e
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June 15th, 2018 15:00
Ok, I found the answer to one of my own questions - the description says both local and remote administration. One other question - does it only work through an iDrac interface or will it work through the regular network connection?
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June 15th, 2018 15:00
Cool. Is that installed locally on the server or can it be installed on a remote management server?
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June 18th, 2018 08:00
Through a regular network connection.
Phil.e
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June 21st, 2018 12:00
Btw, the server I tried to install Open Manage to was CentOS 6.9, not RHEL 6 exactly, but theoretically, it's supposed to be the same thing.
Phil.e
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June 21st, 2018 12:00
I downloaded the file for Open Manage at that link, and tried to run it and got an unsupported OS error.
Is it possible to just mark that drive for removal via a command line on the server?
Or, I've got another sys admin telling me that being a hot swap server I should be able to just pull the old drive and stick in the new one without any problems. What will happen if you skip that step "mark for removal"? How risky is that?
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June 21st, 2018 13:00
Ok, that worked - no fuss, no drama. The indicator lights took about a minute to turn on, which made for a little anxiety, but all seems fine now. Thanks!