https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/smartarray-p400-dl385-g5-esx-3-5-problems/m-p/4390586#M35853 Hi, we've installed ESX 3.5 on a pair of dl385 g5 servers with the P400 controller doing simple raid 1 arrays.<BR /><BR />One server just won't respond correctly and keeps showing in the Virtual Center as disconnected, even though I can ping it and I can use the VI Client to connect directly to the server.<BR /><BR />I found a utility called arrayprobe by searching the forums. I get this output from arrayprobe using the -r option (see below). It says there's an inconsistent stripe - sounds bad, but what does it mean and what additional troubleshooting should I perform?<BR /><BR />[root@vmext79 root]# arrayprobe -r -f /dev/cciss/c0d0<BR />Retrieving logical drive information from controller /dev/cciss/c0d0<BR />Number of logical volumes (00 00 00 08) : 1<BR />Controller /dev/cciss/c0d0 reports 1 logical drives<BR />Logical drive 0 found on controller /dev/cciss/c0d0<BR />Event code 5/0/0 with tag 1<BR />at 3-17-2009 09:29:42<BR />with message: State change, logical drive 0<BR />logical drive 0, changed from state 2 to 0<BR />state 2: Logical drive is not configured<BR />state 0: Logical drive is ok<BR /><BR />Event code 5/2/0 with tag 1<BR />at 3-21-2009 19:04:23<BR />with message: Parity/consistency initialization complete, logical drive 0<BR /><BR />Event code 5/2/3 with tag 2<BR />at 3-23-2009 23:25:31<BR />with message: Inconsistent stripe, LDrv=0 LBA=0x0003F6D00-0x0003F6DFF<BR /><BR />Event code 5/2/3 with tag 1<BR />at 3-25-2009 08:28:44<BR />with message: Inconsistent stripe, LDrv=0 LBA=0x0003F6D00-0x0003F6DFF<BR /><BR />Event code 5/2/3 with tag 2<BR />at 3-30-2009 01:48:22<BR />with message: Inconsistent stripe, LDrv=0 LBA=0x0006A0F00-0x0006A0FFF<BR /><BR />Event code 0/0/0<BR />with message: No events to report.<BR /><BR />Logical drive 0 on controller /dev/cciss/c0d0 has state 0<BR />OK Arrayprobe All controllers ok<BR /><BR /> Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:45:45 GMT MP James 2009-03-30T15:45:45Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/smartarray-p400-dl385-g5-esx-3-5-problems/m-p/4390586#M35853 Hi, we've installed ESX 3.5 on a pair of dl385 g5 servers with the P400 controller doing simple raid 1 arrays.<BR /><BR />One server just won't respond correctly and keeps showing in the Virtual Center as disconnected, even though I can ping it and I can use the VI Client to connect directly to the server.<BR /><BR />I found a utility called arrayprobe by searching the forums. I get this output from arrayprobe using the -r option (see below). It says there's an inconsistent stripe - sounds bad, but what does it mean and what additional troubleshooting should I perform?<BR /><BR />[root@vmext79 root]# arrayprobe -r -f /dev/cciss/c0d0<BR />Retrieving logical drive information from controller /dev/cciss/c0d0<BR />Number of logical volumes (00 00 00 08) : 1<BR />Controller /dev/cciss/c0d0 reports 1 logical drives<BR />Logical drive 0 found on controller /dev/cciss/c0d0<BR />Event code 5/0/0 with tag 1<BR />at 3-17-2009 09:29:42<BR />with message: State change, logical drive 0<BR />logical drive 0, changed from state 2 to 0<BR />state 2: Logical drive is not configured<BR />state 0: Logical drive is ok<BR /><BR />Event code 5/2/0 with tag 1<BR />at 3-21-2009 19:04:23<BR />with message: Parity/consistency initialization complete, logical drive 0<BR /><BR />Event code 5/2/3 with tag 2<BR />at 3-23-2009 23:25:31<BR />with message: Inconsistent stripe, LDrv=0 LBA=0x0003F6D00-0x0003F6DFF<BR /><BR />Event code 5/2/3 with tag 1<BR />at 3-25-2009 08:28:44<BR />with message: Inconsistent stripe, LDrv=0 LBA=0x0003F6D00-0x0003F6DFF<BR /><BR />Event code 5/2/3 with tag 2<BR />at 3-30-2009 01:48:22<BR />with message: Inconsistent stripe, LDrv=0 LBA=0x0006A0F00-0x0006A0FFF<BR /><BR />Event code 0/0/0<BR />with message: No events to report.<BR /><BR />Logical drive 0 on controller /dev/cciss/c0d0 has state 0<BR />OK Arrayprobe All controllers ok<BR /><BR /> Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:45:45 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/smartarray-p400-dl385-g5-esx-3-5-problems/m-p/4390586#M35853 MP James 2009-03-30T15:45:45Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/smartarray-p400-dl385-g5-esx-3-5-problems/m-p/4390587#M35854 A long thread on a similar issue here: <A href="http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1263562" target="_blank">http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1263562</A> Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:18:08 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/smartarray-p400-dl385-g5-esx-3-5-problems/m-p/4390587#M35854 MP James 2009-03-30T17:18:08Z