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August 12th, 2015 09:00

RAID PERC 4 Controller Replacement

Greetings all,

Had a RAID Controller fail on a Poweredge 2850,  replaced it with an exact replacement, and now need the steps to configure the card.  In the RAID Bios, I have the options to

Configure -

Initialize -  in here I see my 2 logical drives that are offline

Objects

Clear

Rebuild

Check Consistency

Reconstruct


Any ideas how to proceed?   Thanks in advance


Pyke

  • theflash1932

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    Posted August 12th, 2015 09:00

    You need to boot to CTRL-M, Configure, View/Add ... choose Disk View, then save on exit.

  • pyke

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    Posted August 12th, 2015 10:00

    Under the Objects -->  Logical Drives, I see my 2 logical drive 0 and 1

    The View/Add Page shows 2 columns -  1st column has the 4 hard drives 0, 1,2,3 and the proc.

    Pyke

  • pyke

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    Posted August 12th, 2015 10:00

    Thanks, Those options I listed are on the next page. 

    View/Add Configuration, it shows 2 columns of drives.

    Thanks

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    Posted August 12th, 2015 10:00

    Thanks for the quick response,  I dont see an option for Disk View, my options are

    Space - SEL

    ENTER- End Array

    F10 Configure

    F2 Drive Info

    F3- Logical Drives

    F5 HSP

    Thanks

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    Posted August 12th, 2015 10:00

    Hi Flash,

    I'm not getting a choice of anything on that next page, just the 2 columns of drives and that options menu i posted earlier, no NVRAM or Disk View on this page.

    Pyke

  • theflash1932

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    Posted August 12th, 2015 10:00

    From the Main menu, select Configure, and then View/Add from the next/sub menu:

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    Posted August 12th, 2015 10:00

    The machine has 4 hard drives

    0 - Online   - Maxtor Atlas
    1- Online  - Maxtor Atlas

    2- Online  -  Maxtor Atlas

    3- Online      Maxtor Atlas

    4-  Online -  but not responding

    5- Fail

    6 - Proc

    7-   Blank

    8- Online - Not Responding

    9 -  Fail

    10-15 Online - Not Responding

    Both Logical Arrays are listed as Offline

    Pyke

  • theflash1932

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    Posted August 12th, 2015 10:00

    Then you have already either cleared or imported the configuration. What does the View/Add page look like (status, ID's, etc.)? If you go to Objects, Logical Drives, what is shown there?

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    Posted August 12th, 2015 10:00

    The View/Add Page shows 2 columns -  1st column has the 4 hard drives 0, 1,2,3 and the proc.

    Status of each ID? and the full ID for each?

  • theflash1932

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    Posted August 12th, 2015 10:00

    What the View/Add option is doing is giving you the choice which configuration you want to use. If you choose NVRAM, it will show you the controller's configuration (since you replaced it, the controller's configuration is not what you want); if you choose Disk View, it will show you the configuration stored on the disks. When you exit View/Add after having chosen a configuration, it will ask you if you want to save that configuration. Choose Disk View, then save on exit.