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April 29th, 2008 12:00
PE2900 - system log warning's
I replace 8 oem 250 gb sata drives (ST250620NS) on 750 gb (ST3750330NS) sata drives in dell pe2900 server. I create new raid 5, and after server is boot, in system log i find new warning messages:
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Server Administrator
Event Category: Storage Service
Event ID: 2335
Date: 28.04.2008
Time: 19:10:23
User: N/A
Computer: SRV28
Description:
Controller event log: PD 00(e1/s0) is not a certified drive: Controller 0 (PERC 5/i Integrated)
This messange repeat 8 time (eq number of replaced hdd). This warnings repeats every time, when server is reboots.
What i need to do for fix this warning?
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david.j.wood
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April 29th, 2008 18:00
To my reading that's just a warning from the Dell software that the particular drive you've used (ST3750330NS, which is a Seagate Barracuda ES.2 750GB SATA drive) isn't certified by Dell on your hardware. It doesn't mean any more than that.
Judging by the firmware bundle, Dell used the previous generation Seagate Barracuda ES 750GB SATA drive on some servers. I can't see you being able to disable this warning without uninstalling Server Administrator - though I expect it to be benign.
I'm likely to be installing four ST31000640SS drives (Seagate Barracuda ES.2 1TB SAS) in my PowerEdge 2950 III; Dell don't sell these drives and that's the kind of storage I need in this server. I realise that I'm stepping outside the strict confines of Dell's qualification, though Dell do use a lot of Seagate drives. The machine has two 300GB 15000rpm SAS drives from Dell - they're ST3300655SS drives (Seagate Cheetah 15K.5 300GB SAS).
theflash1932
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June 6th, 2013 22:00
You can either get Dell certified drives or a non-Dell controller ... there is no way to disable the alerts. It is more than a two-bit identifier ... they are tuned to the requirements of Dell controllers. You can do what you like with your server, but you bought it from Dell, and in order to guarantee its reliability and performance, Dell certifies drives to work with their controllers without issue. This is common among most of the OEM's, not just Dell. Certified drives can be purchased through suppliers for MUCH less than buying the same certified drive from Dell.
racassel
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June 6th, 2013 22:00
How can I disable these alerts, they are spamming my event log 50 a day. Its the same model drives, for $300 less. Thats a lot ot pay for two-bits written into a chip to say they are certified. Server is out of warranty anyhow. Please, its my server how can I make it go way and stop nagging me.