IBM Server X3650 (Type7979I2S) Raid Problem? Server RAID Card 8K-L
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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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@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,
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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 drivesreplace RAID controller
replace drives -
@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 drivesreplace RAID controller
replace drivesI 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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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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@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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Check the battery in the Raid Controller, perhaps is empty.
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@iroal Battery Status - Not Installed.
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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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@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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@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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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 -
@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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@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.
