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Re: DL380 G5 with P400 Controller - SAS & SATA disk query

 
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pjf39
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DL380 G5 with P400 Controller - SAS & SATA disk query

Hi

I'm new to supporting servers and have a problem which I'm hoping someone can help resolve.

I've searched these forums for 2 days and cannot find a similar query which has been answered.

Have DL380 server running out of disk space. Currently has 2 disks (RAID 1) for OS and 6 x disks (SAS 146GB in RAID 5) for Data. Boss has bought 6 500GB SATA drives to replace the 6 SAS drives but when we replaced the first SAS Disk with a SATA disk, the ACU cannot identify it and "fails" the disk - it doesn't rebuild the array. P400 already had it's firmware updated to latest (and BIOS update too) which was supposed to fix a problem with it failing good SATA drives.

Can P400 in a DL380 have a combination of both types of drive in the same RAID 5 array or do all disks need to be replaced at once and data restored from backup?

Any help very much appreciated.

Thanks
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gregersenj
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Re: DL380 G5 with P400 Controller - SAS & SATA disk query

You can have mixed drives on the controller.

But you can't mix drives within an array.

BR
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pjf39
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Re: DL380 G5 with P400 Controller - SAS & SATA disk query

Not the reply I was hoping for but I suspected that may be the case.

Thanks very much for the clarification.
gregersenj
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Re: DL380 G5 with P400 Controller - SAS & SATA disk query

You're welcome.

Note, aboute the mixing. It is SAS / SATA !!

If you put in larger SAS drives in, it will rebuild fine.

BR
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andrew rowley
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Re: DL380 G5 with P400 Controller - SAS & SATA disk query

Similar - but different

 

We have a DL380 G5 - been running with 6 x 500GB Sata disks for some time - thought we would use some SAS 10K disks to fill in the spare slots (so no change to existing array) - tried 4 different HP 10k 73GB SAS disks all failed with steady orange and ACU could not see them but a sata disk was recognised in both of the slots so no problem with the P400 or cage???

 

Andrew

Goutham_Sabala
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Re: DL380 G5 with P400 Controller - SAS & SATA disk query

Hi Andrew,
Are you sure it is a HP hard drive, HP doesnt have hard drives of 73GB capacity it is only 72GB sas hard drives ? bought the hard drives from a certified vendor ?
Hdd matrix : http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?cc=us&lang=en&objectID=c00305257&prodSeriesId=397642&prodTypeId=15351
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andrew rowley
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Re: DL380 G5 with P400 Controller - SAS & SATA disk query

Sorry - optimism rather than typing accuracy.

 

They are HP 72GB 10K SAS disks

Model DG072A8B54

P/N 375696-002

 

Andrew

Goutham_Sabala
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Re: DL380 G5 with P400 Controller - SAS & SATA disk query

Should not be a problem mixing the drives ( Sata and sas ) , is the firmware of the controller upto date?
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andrew rowley
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Re: DL380 G5 with P400 Controller - SAS & SATA disk query

Updated to 9.3 verson of firmware dvd (i know 10.0 is out but not aware of any relevant updates) - just it does not see any of the disks - 2 were "spare" disks and when they failed we purchased 2 new ones.

 

Seen contradictory notes elsewhere as to whether I should physically unplug all power cables rather than just power the server down when inserting the disks?

 

Andrew

andrew rowley
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Re: DL380 G5 with P400 Controller - SAS & SATA disk query

Ran the 10.0 DVD - updated ilo2 to version 2.7 otherwise no change - still no SAS disks being recognised.

 

Confused

 

Andrew