https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/blade-server-post-message/m-p/4697897#M11611 By Logging into Array Configuration utility u can find which drive slot is degraded.<BR /><BR />If you have a windows on that blade. Try using HP Array Configuration utility it is a GUI and will be installed along with the Proliant Support Pack. If it is not installed you can download from HP and can able to findout which one is failed.<BR /><BR />More over you can also physically observr the LED status on the Disk Failed. You may notice AMBER LED on that HDD. Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:42:03 GMT Sivaramakrishna_1 2010-10-14T03:42:03Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/blade-server-post-message/m-p/4697894#M11608 Receiving the following post messages on Blade Server (ProLiant BL460c G1). Seems to be a disk array issue. Any idea on resolution<BR /><BR />POST Message 10/11/2010 15:07 10/11/2010 15:07 1 POST Error: 1787-Drive Array Operating in Interim Recovery Mode<BR />POST Message 10/11/2010 15:12 10/11/2010 15:12 1 POST Error: 1786-Drive Array Recovery Needed<BR /> Mon, 11 Oct 2010 13:28:13 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/blade-server-post-message/m-p/4697894#M11608 BPMOS 2010-10-11T13:28:13Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/blade-server-post-message/m-p/4697895#M11609 You have one hard drive failed / removed from RAID1 array.<BR /><BR /><BR />Replace the faulty one. Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:15:04 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/blade-server-post-message/m-p/4697895#M11609 JKytsi 2010-10-11T15:15:04Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/blade-server-post-message/m-p/4697896#M11610 How do i know which one of the hard disks has failed? Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:00:36 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/blade-server-post-message/m-p/4697896#M11610 BPMOS 2010-10-12T10:00:36Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/blade-server-post-message/m-p/4697897#M11611 By Logging into Array Configuration utility u can find which drive slot is degraded.<BR /><BR />If you have a windows on that blade. Try using HP Array Configuration utility it is a GUI and will be installed along with the Proliant Support Pack. If it is not installed you can download from HP and can able to findout which one is failed.<BR /><BR />More over you can also physically observr the LED status on the Disk Failed. You may notice AMBER LED on that HDD. Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:42:03 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/blade-server-post-message/m-p/4697897#M11611 Sivaramakrishna_1 2010-10-14T03:42:03Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/blade-server-post-message/m-p/6076083#M19052 <P>What if you have this problem when trying to install an OS to a previously perfectly running blade?</P><P>I have no OS running so i have no means to check and the SPP and/or Smart Start don't work so i can't use any of them to check either...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Could the 1787-error still be a faulty drive?</P> Wed, 22 May 2013 10:33:28 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/blade-server-post-message/m-p/6076083#M19052 Robert_Leksand 2013-05-22T10:33:28Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/blade-server-post-message/m-p/6076135#M19054 <P>You are posting against thread that is about 3 years old, usually better to start a new thread.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>What model blade server are you working with? More detail on why you can't run SmartStart.&nbsp; You should be able to run the Array Diagnostics Utility from SmartStart (or Intelligent Provisioning if it is a Gen 8 blade) to get the heath status of your disks.</P> Wed, 22 May 2013 11:25:44 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/bladesystem-general/blade-server-post-message/m-p/6076135#M19054 Jimmy Vance 2013-05-22T11:25:44Z