ML370 and PowerQuest
I'm using a DOS boot disk (made with Power Deploy Disk Builder) to connect to the network for creating a PowerQuest image. Under normal conditions, it takes 8 seconds to launch PowerQuest. I can do it...
View ArticleHP Proliant DL160 G6 - Physical drive status: Predictive failure
Greetings! I have HP Proliant DL160 G6 server (model No. 590161-421) configured with two logical volumes (both RAID 1), first contains two 300Gb SAS physical drives (boxes 1-2), second - a pair of 2 TB...
View ArticleP420 in DL380p gen8 serializes configuration tasks
I have a pair of DL380p gen8 servers that I am testing for a storage-intensive application. doing this requires that I configure them in a number of different ways (changing the RAID config, the...
View ArticleDL380 - MDS600
HelloThe technology:I have a HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 with a Smart Array P420 controller to which 2 HP 146 GB 6 G SAS 15 k are connected as RAID 1and a Smart Array P822 / 2 GB FBWC 6 GB SASto which a...
View ArticleConnecting 2 servers together w/ vhdci cable
Is this possible? I have a ml370 g3 and dl380 g3 running ubuntu 12.0.4lts on both servers. On the ml370, i'm running 6 hdd's in a 1+0 setup w/ a 642 controller and the dl380 is running 2 hdd's in 1+0...
View ArticleHP SATA ARRAY
Hello, After I made the array on my Proliand ML150 G3 windows installation show me two partitions separatly. I think should be one partition. Where is my problem?
View ArticleHP DL380 G7 with P410i and P800 running Debian squeeze - possible hpacucli...
Hi, I have a an issue with a DL380 G7 using 1x P410i and 1x P800 controller.The server is running 64-bit Debian Squeeze and is up-to-date with updates. The problem is after the P800 was installed. The...
View ArticleDL185 G5 Storage Server Will Not Update
Trying to install the 7.1 Service Release on this server. It currently shows Service Release 6.9. When I run the setup, I get an error 'The HP Storage Server Service Release Setup has been run on an...
View Articlenew logical disk become Array A
Hi, We have an issue with a Smart Array 6i controller, hosted in a ProLiant DL380. There is an existing RAID1 logical volume configured since years. We have added 3 new disks on the fly (hot plug) and...
View ArticlePossible to rebuild RAID5 with larger hard drives?
I have a DL 380 G5 with a 6 drive RAID5 array of 300GB drives. I want to expand it with 500GB drives. can i swap the drives out one by one and rebuild the array each time with the 500GB drives?
View ArticleReplace SATA drives with SAS via hot swap?
My client has a DL380 G5 with a Smart Array P400 controller. Currently I have three RAID 1+0 arrays configured, all using SATA drives. This is a highly used server and we're starting to see drive...
View ArticleSAS Drive Activity/power LED help!!
Ive got a Proliant G6 with a P411 SAS card connected to an LSI 620J storage enclosure and 15 and 10K seagate Savvios.Some of the drives show a continous power LED and flash when accessed, and the...
View Articlefaulty hard drive question
ive got a 2x160 gb hard drives in my proliant dl180 server and i have raided them together into raid 1 one of the drives went faulty so i called HP and they sent me a 250gb hard drive instead of a...
View ArticleAdd drives to existing raid 5
Hi, I have a ML350 G6 with raid 5 configured. I'm wondering if it's possible to add an additional drive to the raid array without rebuilding the whole array ie. I don't loose any data and just expand...
View ArticleHow to upgrade an existing 1+0 array to larger discs?
Hi, Is there any other way to expand my 1+0 array other than take a total backup - replace harddrives to larger ones - create new array - and restore? I have the following configuration:ProLiant DL380...
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ACU is unable to configure this controller.
This is DL360p Gen8 with P420i BBWC. I have reset the BIOS to default setting including Erase Boot Disk option. As you can see I am using the offline ACU. At boot at F8 prompt, it will not let me...
View ArticleBurning PCI-E riser card in SE1102 with 4 port gigabit NIC
Hi All, I recently bought a used SE1102 server from eBay, and decided to add a 4-port HP Gigabit NIC (NC364T) to it for use with VMware.After connecting it to the PCI-E riser card, and installing the...
View ArticleWindows ISO
Apologize ahead of time as I am new to HP's processes. Have a Gen 8 DL360P server that has two failed drives. Replaced the RAID 1 volume with new drives and now trying to use the Intelligent...
View ArticleREPLACE A FAULTY DISK (RAID 5 CONFIGURATION WITH SMART ARRAYP410i) HP...
HI, I have a HP proliant G7 with smart array p410i in raid 5 with 5 disk of 300 GB.one of my disk begin clignote orange. I think it's going to dead.I want to know if i can replace it now.And also know...
View Articlep420 reset
We have a SMartarray P420 that seems bricked after a firmware update from v3 to v6. Everything was working fine before the update. During bootup it says:Selftest failure (cmd=0h, err=00h,...
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