DL360 G4 does not boot from C: RAID array when cold booted.

[Andy_230]

Hi, I have a DL360 G4 with 2 300GB 10K disks in RAID 1, but once I have installed an OS it does not boot from the C: when cold booted. If i Ctrl-alt-del it then boots! I have checked in BOIS the controller order and boot order, and all seems fine. I have tried two installs now, one with SS 7.10 and SS7.20 and still same result, I think its a hard ware error rather than s/w, as It dosnt seem to ever see the C: drive. server F/W is 2/12/04 and 6I f/w is 2.36, anyone any ideas ? Fauly backplane or mobo maybe ?

Thanks

[amhakassa]

Hi Andy,

It sounds like you have the SATA model server, correct me if I am wrong

What is the "Boot controller order" in the BIOS?

and where does it end when you cold boot? what is the last message you got on the screen?


Regards
Amha Kassa

[Andy_230]

Hi Amha Kassa, thanks your your quick reply.
Its a U320 SCSI model, order in BIOS is...
Order is
IPL
A:
d:
C: (hard disk)
PXE
C: USB disk

Controller order is
6i
Onboard IDE.

It boots to the point of looking for a bootable a: diskette, then CD, then it hangs on c: hard drive for around 5 mins, then it tries PXE and the USB, its as if the array is empty. Then it carries on this cycle till it finds a boot device.

[Oleg Koroz]

Reset HDD & SCSI backplane, remove completely and push it back

[Hense, Klaus]

Hallo,
on a DL360G4 the connection between SCSI Backplane and Mainboard is often not correct. Please check this connection!