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

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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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              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
                    last edited by

                    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
                      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
                            last edited by

                            @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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