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тАО01-06-2008 11:58 PM
тАО01-06-2008 11:58 PM
Re: ML350 G5 Disk Failure
Today we installed another P400 controller, ran our stress tests, and the server passed with flying colours! Yay...
Now all we need to do is convince HP that it is some fault with the E200i (be it drivers or firmware - I don't really care) on the ML350 G5, get them to supply the part (P400 controller) for free (and compensate my collegues and I for the many hours we have wasted!).
We also need to get another P400 for our other client that is experiencing the exact same issues on the exact same hardware.
Ant
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тАО01-07-2008 07:24 AM
тАО01-07-2008 07:24 AM
Re: ML350 G5 Disk Failure
Are you using the P400 w/bbc? And good luck trying to get HP to compensate you. ;)
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тАО01-07-2008 03:12 PM
тАО01-07-2008 03:12 PM
Re: ML350 G5 Disk Failure
They told me (like HP technical support did) this is a software issue caused by an **improper configuration** of server. They make this decision after our talk, they never had a look at the server!
Maybe working with HP products produces this intellectual damages? ;-)
So, considering that the customer doesn't want to pay more that 500 Euro for a new controller, I think this could bring to legal actions....
Ant,
please let us know any news about the P400 testing (with BBWC?).
Franco
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тАО01-07-2008 03:50 PM
тАО01-07-2008 03:50 PM
Re: ML350 G5 Disk Failure
No BBC on the P400, just the standard 256 MB cache. One thing I was reading about the E200i - it will support RAID 5 with 128 MB cache - both our servers had this upgrade in place, but still failed.
I will let you all know how we go with HP in regards to getting these parts for free - and also what sort of response we get from HP about the inabality of the E200i to work properly.
Ant
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тАО01-08-2008 07:58 AM
тАО01-08-2008 07:58 AM
Re: ML350 G5 Disk Failure
About a month ago we needed to purchase a replacement server for one of our applications so we knowingly purchased a ML350 w/E200 and BBWC. I did some testing on this server. It was a plain Jane Windows 2003 build. I intentionally did not put SP2 on it. I tested w/7.9 and after 20 reboots and gigs of data, I did not receive the error. I put SP2 on the server and after just two reboots, I got the error message. I was not able to duplicate it performing any particular action. I installed the STOR Port update from MS, another 20 reboots later and gigs of data and no error. The ML370 has been in production for 3 months and the ML350 for about a month. Knock on wood, we haven't had any issues with either. Fortunately for my customer, I caught this and questioned it before it went into production. I├в ve built enough servers and been in this industry long enough to know that any Array Controller status message after the server is built is not a good thing regardless of what the stupid Indian in Tech Support says.
IMHO, I believe SP2 in the culprit and the issue occurs during shutdown. I have not seen nor heard of anyone having the same issue with a Linux or Novell based host. I don't think the SCSI subsystem in Windows is working with the driver correctly. I have not been able to replicate this issue once I installed the updated STOR port driver from MS. I wish I had time to build a Novell or Linux box and test with that.
BTW, I second everyone├в s opinion on HP's support. The stupid Indian techs don't know crap, they don't give a crap and they are morons. Just another instance of why we need to stay the HELL out of those countries, those people don't know anything nor do they care and they have no business in the tech industry. I see it time and time again even with the people who come to this country to work. Why in the hell doesn't HP see that, oh wait, the only thing most execs see is green. Sorry......
Hope this helps.
Blake
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тАО01-11-2008 09:16 AM
тАО01-11-2008 09:16 AM
Re: ML350 G5 Disk Failure
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тАО01-11-2008 09:36 AM
тАО01-11-2008 09:36 AM
Re: ML350 G5 Disk Failure
Scott
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тАО01-11-2008 10:01 AM
тАО01-11-2008 10:01 AM
Re: ML350 G5 Disk Failure
i'm running firmware 1.66 on the e200i with driver 6.8.0.32. i manage about 30 of these ML350 G5's at various clients. they are all identical and were all purchased within 6 months of each other. almost all report 1794 errors which are preceded by 1792 errors - saying the battery charge is low. fortunately, i'm running sas drives, so i hope to not experience the failures of the entire sata raid array that were reported above when a single drive fails. i want to get these tech issues resolved, but I want to do something to send a loud message to hp corporate so it doesn't happen. you know that many of their components are IBM, right? it's just how they integrate that's different. god knows IBM has been sucking lately too.
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тАО01-13-2008 05:50 PM
тАО01-13-2008 05:50 PM
Re: ML350 G5 Disk Failure
Now they have asked for one my techs to go onsite again (so much time being wasted on this issue) so they can try playing around with the e200i settings, turn off write caching or something.
Will let you all know how it goes ofcourse - needless to say (but I will say it anyway) getting really p*ssed off with all this.
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тАО02-25-2008 06:57 AM
тАО02-25-2008 06:57 AM
Re: ML350 G5 Disk Failure
After disabling it I neither got one "1792-Drive Array Reports Valid Data Found in Array Accelerator" message, nor I got any DATA CORRUPTION problem, with any driver version (tested versions: 6.6.2.32, 6.8.0.32, 6.10.0.32).
So, if you get problems with E200i+BBWC controller, DISABLE ACCELERATOR !!!
I hope this could help you.
In the meanwhile I discovered another nasty issue on ML350G5, but I will post it in a specific thread........
Franco