Need help recovering from 6404 Raid controller failure

[Ulf Zimmermann]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 07:57:40PM -0400, Barry Friedman wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Ulf Zimmermann <ulf at alameda.net> wrote:
> 
> > You can just let it sit in the BIOS of the SmartArray controller it will
> 
> How do you do this?

As the server goes through the bios, press F8 when it gets to the 6404 display.
You should be able to select the Info option to see the progress.

> 
> > rebuild there too. Or you can download the SmartStart CD and boot it.
> > Run the Raid management tool from there to see progress.
> 
> Thanks Ulf.   The machine is stable again after reseating all the
> cards for the third time.
> Will the 6404 rebuild while the machine is running or is it necessary
> to run SmartStart?

It should automatic rebuild in any powered on state.

> 
> dmesg shows:
> ciss1: *** Physical drive failure: SCSI port 1 ID 4
> ciss1: *** State change, logical drive 1
> ciss1: logical drive 1 (da1) changed status recovering->OK, spare status
>        0x15<configured,failed,available>

Hmm, not 100% sure, I haven't run Proliants with FreeBSD in a while (unfortunatly).

But my guess is it marked the standby failed? If you enter the BIOS via F8
at the 6404 prompt and display the logical drive, it should show the exact
status there too.

> 
> Any idea how to translate this?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Barry Friedman
> Emax Computer Systems Inc.,
> 480 Tweedsmuir Ave.,
> Ottawa, Ont. Canada K1Z 5N9
> Phone: (613) 725-3198  Fax: 725-0298
> 

-- 
Regards, Ulf.

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