This is the procedure for starting the rebuild on your PowerEdge Expandable Raid Controller (PERC) 2/sc in the Array Manager.
1. Locate the Array Disk with the failed drive. The Disk should have an Icon of a Red X on it. The Red X represents a Failed hard drive.
2. Right Click on Array Disk X:X and choose Rebuild.
3. After reading the warning click Yes.
4. The Disk will rebuild and return to the Online status.
There will be some performance degradation while the rebuild is completing, it is advised to do this at a low usage time, but it is not critical to get everyone off the server.
Hi Mark, I need to replace one of the drives in my raid 5 array. I don't have a hot swappable backplane so I have to shutdown to replace the drive. When I power up, will the system take me into the perc bios menu for the rebuild? I would like to do the rebuild using the Windows Perc console.
No it will not take you there, it will complain about the degraded array and produce the annoying beep, but will still boot to the operating system. Here is a hint, silence the perc alarm before starting the rebuild, for you will not be able to turn it off once the rebuild has started. If your array is large enough it may take 14 hours to do a rebuild, more if you lower the I/O dedicated to the rebuild.
If I don't have a copy of the Dell OpenManage Array Manager, is rebuilding the volume via the PERC 2's BIOS page the only way? If so, do I have to keep it in that stage while it's rebuilding, or will it let me boot up to Windows?
Can the OpenManage Array Manager be downloaded anywhere? I inherited a 4350 server and didn't get any of the original CD's with it.
I assume you have a M/S OS or a Novell O/S with that MSCE and CNE, but that still gives a lot of choices, you'll need to select the O/S and expand the systems management section to find the correct version of array manager for your O/S.
warwizard, MCP, CCNA, and DCSP (Dell Certified Server Professional) Took the CNE courses for NW 3.12, never bothered with the tests.
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This is the procedure for starting the rebuild on your PowerEdge Expandable Raid Controller (PERC) 2/sc in the Array Manager.
1. Locate the Array Disk with the failed drive. The Disk should have an Icon of a Red X on it. The Red X represents a Failed hard drive.
2. Right Click on Array Disk X:X and choose Rebuild.
3. After reading the warning click Yes.
4. The Disk will rebuild and return to the Online status.
There will be some performance degradation while the rebuild is completing, it is advised to do this at a low usage time, but it is not critical to get everyone off the server.
pvestal
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September 30th, 2002 18:00
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Toontje
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October 11th, 2002 12:00
Hi Mark,
I cannot find that option in the right-click menu of the drive. Not even greyed-out. What do i do wrong?
Regards,
Ton.
bmtn
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December 23rd, 2003 04:00
DELL-GaryS
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December 23rd, 2003 16:00
Hi,
No it will not take you there, it will complain about the degraded array and produce the annoying beep, but will still boot to the operating system. Here is a hint, silence the perc alarm before starting the rebuild, for you will not be able to turn it off once the rebuild has started. If your array is large enough it may take 14 hours to do a rebuild, more if you lower the I/O dedicated to the rebuild.
DELL-GaryS
bmtn
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December 24th, 2003 04:00
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October 18th, 2005 21:00
Can the OpenManage Array Manager be downloaded anywhere? I inherited a 4350 server and didn't get any of the original CD's with it.
Thanks
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October 19th, 2005 17:00