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

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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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            • B
              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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                • iroalI
                  iroal @bhautik.shah
                  last edited by

                  @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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