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    IBM Server X3650 (Type7979I2S) Raid Problem? Server RAID Card 8K-L

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      Hard drive firmware would be a key culprit here. Not sure where to find the updates, can you confirm that the same firmware from those drives is working in the other server? And is the controller firmware the same on the other server?

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        bhautik.shah @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller
        I don't have another server available.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @bhautik.shah
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          @bhautik.shah said in IBM Server X3650 (Type7979I2S) Raid Problem? Server RAID Card 8K-L:

          @scottalanmiller
          I don't have another server available.

          Oh okay, I thought that you were saying that you had these same drives working on another server. I misunderstood.

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender
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            If this is an original X3650, it's 10 years old. Hardware issues aren't a surprise.

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              bhautik.shah @Dashrender
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              @Dashrender Yes it's original 10 years old. 🙂

              Today, also one drive was defunct, pl. find attached screen shot.
              From two days ago i have just created a new array. pl. sugest me on this,
              0_1484893938092_raid error.jpg

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender
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                The options are pretty much limited to what was given.

                Update the firmware on the RAID controller
                update the firmware on the drives

                replace RAID controller
                replace drives

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                  @Dashrender said in IBM Server X3650 (Type7979I2S) Raid Problem? Server RAID Card 8K-L:

                  The options are pretty much limited to what was given.

                  Update the firmware on the RAID controller
                  update the firmware on the drives

                  replace RAID controller
                  replace drives

                  I agree. You have a hardware problem here. You might get lucky and have firmware fix it. If not, you need to replace things. Easiest is probably to replace the server.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender
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                    OK @scottalanmiller - since you mentioned replacing the server - what do you think the average server life should be for an SMB?

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                      @Dashrender said in IBM Server X3650 (Type7979I2S) Raid Problem? Server RAID Card 8K-L:

                      OK @scottalanmiller - since you mentioned replacing the server - what do you think the average server life should be for an SMB?

                      8 years is good, ten years is okay if you are not replacing parts. Once you are paying for spare parts, the economics of keeping an old server generally vanish.

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                      • iroalI
                        iroal @bhautik.shah
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                        @bhautik.shah

                        Check the battery in the Raid Controller, perhaps is empty.

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                          bhautik.shah @iroal
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                          @iroal Battery Status - Not Installed.

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                            bhautik.shah
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                            Hi All,

                            As per finding, There is no available online hard drives update for drives behind an ServeRAID-8k or ServeRAID-8k-l SAS controller.
                            After i have found the ISO image for Hard drive update that was only available for SAS HDD, I have update the Hard drive firmware yesterday, and hopefully it was all working fine from yesterday,

                            SATA HDD Firmware not available for Server RAID 8K,8K-l card, ( Currently installed SATA HDD Model - ST1000DM )

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                              iroal @bhautik.shah
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                              @bhautik.shah said in IBM Server X3650 (Type7979I2S) Raid Problem? Server RAID Card 8K-L:

                              Hi All,

                              As per finding, There is no available online hard drives update for drives behind an ServeRAID-8k or ServeRAID-8k-l SAS controller.
                              After i have found the ISO image for Hard drive update that was only available for SAS HDD, I have update the Hard drive firmware yesterday, and hopefully it was all working fine from yesterday,

                              SATA HDD Firmware not available for Server RAID 8K,8K-l card, ( Currently installed SATA HDD Model - ST1000DM )

                              Check the Smart status of the drive and test it with chkdsk unit: /R

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @bhautik.shah
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                                @bhautik.shah said in IBM Server X3650 (Type7979I2S) Raid Problem? Server RAID Card 8K-L:

                                Hi All,

                                As per finding, There is no available online hard drives update for drives behind an ServeRAID-8k or ServeRAID-8k-l SAS controller.
                                After i have found the ISO image for Hard drive update that was only available for SAS HDD, I have update the Hard drive firmware yesterday, and hopefully it was all working fine from yesterday,

                                SATA HDD Firmware not available for Server RAID 8K,8K-l card, ( Currently installed SATA HDD Model - ST1000DM )

                                Great, let us know once you've been able to verify that it fixed things. Good luck!

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                                  bhautik.shah
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                                  Hi All.

                                  After upgrading the firmware of hdd, its not helpful.

                                  at any time any of the sas or sata hdd may gone faulty.

                                  Now i have to decide add on raid controller on to this server.

                                  So can anyone suggest me the controller that supports RAID 5 also.

                                  Thanks in advance for your support.

                                  Thanks,
                                  Bhautik Shah

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @bhautik.shah
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                                    @bhautik.shah said in IBM Server X3650 (Type7979I2S) Raid Problem? Server RAID Card 8K-L:

                                    So can anyone suggest me the controller that supports RAID 5 also.

                                    All non-hobby RAID controllers support RAID 5. I actually have never heard of any RAID controller of any class that doesn't support RAID 5 with 20 years of working with RAID controllers. One must have been made at some point in history, but I've literally never heard tell of one.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @bhautik.shah
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                                      @bhautik.shah said in IBM Server X3650 (Type7979I2S) Raid Problem? Server RAID Card 8K-L:

                                      Now i have to decide add on raid controller on to this server.

                                      A quality RAID controller is not cheap. Even the most entry level one will be worth more than a ten year old server. I would replace the server with one that comes with a RAID controller already.

                                      If you are in the US, xByte makes this super affordable for Dell and now HPE servers. Outside of the US, I normally advice SuperMicro.

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