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Virtual Disk Has Bad Blocks
We have RAID 10 and 8 Physical Disks and 1 Virtual Disk. We recently replaced a failed disk and we are getting message that "Virtual Disk Has Bad Blocks". How we can clear these bad blocks? Should we...
View ArticleUnable to configure raid
I just received a refurbished Dell PowerEdge R710. I have two 1 TB WD hard drives installed. I went into the raid config utility, and am getting this error: "configuration is not allowed error code...
View Article2 HD blinking Green/orange
Hello,I just check servers from one of my customers, 2 hard drives have LED blinking green/orange. I suppose there is/will be an issue (doc said The server is a PowerEdge R720xd. I used RAID 5, with 6...
View ArticleVirtual Disks Degraded (All)
Hi Dell Community Forum,I have been stuck trying to fix my server for a few weeks. The situation is as follows:1) Our current server is a Poweredge T310 with 2 hard disks X 2TB. The set up is RAID 5,...
View ArticleUpgrading R640 from SW to HW raid
We need to upgrade three R640s with the 8 bay chassis (321-BBKI) from SW to HW raid. Would a PERC H730 (405-AAEJ) with the proper cable work? If so, what would be the spare part number of the cable?...
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Discos Failure Predicted - PERC H700
Amigos,Estou com um servidor que está apresentando dois discos com Failure Predicted, isso é erro fisico dos discos? Existe algum procedimento que podemos fazer?
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Failed Disk Replaced But New Disk Not Rebuilding
We have RAID 10 on PowerEdge R720 and one from the 8 disks failed. So we took out failed disk as usual and hotswapped with new disk but new disk is not rebuilding. In the Open Manage Server Admin, we...
View ArticleT110 Raid 5 failed
Poweredge T110 Server, the RAID 5 is failed as attachemnt, the server cannot boot now, how to rebuild? thanks for your help.
View ArticleE1810 Hard Drive 3 Fault (T710)
Hi all,We have a T710 that is throwing a E1810 Hard Drive 3 fault. The server has been in place since before I was with the company, so I'm trying to make sense of my predecessors' work - I don't have...
View ArticleHDD in RAID-10 array stuck in rebuild status for weeks
Hi all,I'm reaching out to you all here since I simply cannot figure this one out using the normal web search methods that usually work. We had several HDD predictive failures and/or failures, and...
View ArticlePoewrEdge R320 questions...
hi guysI'm new to the forum and servers so forgive me if I will ask silly questions. here they are:1. do I need to have both PSU connected ? is the second one is for "backup" or if both connected...
View ArticleH700 replaced wrong drive
One of the hot swap drives was flashing so I got a new one. During boot I went into configuration then put in the new drive. It was SUPPOSED to go into a raid 10 volume. Somehow within drive...
View ArticlePERC H330 - Can I add a Fan?
Hello,I am using PERC H330 in a custom system. Is it possible to add a fan on top of the H330 card to cool it down? My idle temperate is around 55 C and I think that is high. If yes, where do I buy the...
View ArticleR730 failed local drive
Hi, I have a failed 500GB HDD in my Dell R730's local storage that forms part of a RAID 6 virtual disk (6 HDDs in total). The server has a PERC H730P Mini RAID controller. What are my options for...
View ArticlePoweredge r420 replaced sysboard- now cannot see both SAS drives
Hello!I have just replaced the system board in our Poweredge and when I try to boot the system cannot detect any of the 2 x 1T SAS drives. It only detects the NIC cards and the DVD drive. They were...
View ArticleBreaking a RAID1 on a damaged SAS 5iR controller
A client has a very old server with a failed SAS 5iR controller. The post don't show information regarding the SAS controller's configuration, just errors.I want to back up the data on the server and...
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Replacing SAS 5ir controller with a newer one?
Hi there!! I have a PowerEdge SC 1430 with a broken SAS 5ir controller. Since that controller is no longer available, is it possible to change it by a newer controller and keep the disks/raids...
View ArticlePerc H700 mini 5pin connector function ?
On the perc H700 is a small 5pin connector at the 512Mb memory card. what is the fuction of this ?
View ArticleNeed Driver
I tried imaging a poweredge T110 hard drive using imaging software Aomei, Macrium and Easus and haven't been able to find the correct driver to see the drive. When I boot the computer using the...
View ArticleH330 with Intel RAID expander - RES3TV360 - Direct Mapping Mode error
Hello,I have a Dell H330 Raid card, I want to be able to plug in additional hard drives and so purchased the Intel Raid Expander - RES3TV360. However as soon as I plug a SAS3 cable to the expander and...
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