topic e220i raid 1 disk fail. in ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL)

e220i raid 1 disk fail.

e200i raid 1 disk fail. — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 19:11:08 GMT

We have prolient 640c server and two disk are configured in raid.one of the disk is failed.OS is on raid 1 disk.plz reply how to replace failed disk

Re: e220i raid 1 disk fail.

Johan Guldmyr — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 19:29:03 GMT

sure it's not a bl460c ?

is it an e200 controller?

this is listed in the controller user guide.

generally with smart array controllers you take otu the broken one (confirm it is broken!) and put in one that is of equivalent or larger size.

Re: e220i raid 1 disk fail.

e200i raid 1 disk fail. — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:22:19 GMT

Server is -ProLiant BL460c G1

error from diagnostic util.

Consolidated Error Report:
Controller: Smart Array E200i in Embedded Slot
Device: Physical Drive 1I:1:2
Message: The physical drive has failed.
Controller: Smart Array E200i in Embedded Slot
Device: Logical Drive 1
Message: Logical drive state: The current array controller has a bad or mi
ssing drive. This logical drive is operating in interim recovery mode with reduc
ed performance and a further physical drive failure may result in data loss depe
nding on the fault tolerance.

Re: e220i raid 1 disk fail.

e200i raid 1 disk fail. — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:26:31 GMT

its OS disk. can we replace faulty disk without server down ?

Re: e220i raid 1 disk fail.

Johan Guldmyr — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 09:05:31 GMT

yes you can
rebuild will start automagically