ProLiant ML310 G5 Smart Start fails

[Matt.T]

Hi Terry,

Thanks for the quick reply. I do have the on board Raid Controller.

Is there another tool (Other than the Built in ROM based management tool) that I could run on Windows XP to monitor the Raid?

In the case of a drive failure how could I manage these drives since they are suppose to be hot-swap.

Thanks again Terry for your prompt help!

Regards,

Matt

PS (For HP): I believe HP should put drivers from Win XP on their web site. This is suppose to be a low end server and not everyone could pay $1000+ for the Windows Server 2003.

[Terry Hutchings]

Hot swap-ability for the drives is also dependant on the controller. Technically, I don't believe the embedded array controller supports that. There should be an Adaptec raid manager that runs as a service when using the embedded controller. I believe the software available at the following url will install on top of XP also:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=3580655&prodNameId=3580656&swEnvOID=1005&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-3f27718395524ff393ffc94d2d

[Matt.T]

Terry you are wonderful!!

I have installed the Adaptec raid manager and it works like a charm.

Matter of fact, I have pulled one of the drive and put that back into the bay, I noticed on the Raid Manager it is rebuilding the new drive automatically!

Thanks again Terry you made my day!

[beraus99]

Hi Matt, hi Terry.

Thanks a lot to you both!!

Terry for the link and Matt for the report of the test.

Now i know what to do.

And, yes: HP should provide WinXP Drivers for this sort of server. (Win XP pro is much cheaper than any Win Server System; if someone have to use windows.... like me)

[beraus99]

Hi again.

I installed the HP Storage Controller Software and it seems to work.

Now I tried to configure the "send a mail in case of error" feature.
But this fails.
I got the following error: "RCPT error sending ....."

Has anyone of you tried those feature?

I have to use the smtp server of my internet provider.

Is there anywhere a possibility to configure a authentication for such a smtp server? (login + pass)

Thanks a lot again!

[Matt.T]

Hi again,

I have noticed something on my Server with the Hot-Plug SATA Hard drive LEDs do not lit-up (or show any activities) after the server is up and running.

When it boots I could see both LEDs on each of my drives (2x250GB SATA) lit-up for 1 sec (part of the initialization).

Is it something normal or should I be worried?

According to the Server Documentation: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01272003/c01272003.pdf

Page 8: on that PDF talks about Hard Drive LEDs.

Please let me know with your findings.

Thanks again all for your help.

Regards

Matt

[Terry Hutchings]

The behavior from the LED's is normal. This is from the quickspecs for that server:
NOTE: When hot-plug SATA hard drives are installed, SATA LED functionality and full SATA hot-plug capability are not supported with the embedded controller. For full LED and hot-plug support, an optional SATA RAID or SAS controller must be installed. SAS Controllers support both SAS and SATA hard drives.

....Go to the following URL and search on LED:
http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12858_na/12858_na.html

[Matt.T]

Thanks Terry. You just made my day one more time! Now I could go home peacefully!

Regards,

Matt

[beraus99]

Has anybody a answer for my question?

Thanks a lot

[Matt.T]

beraus99,

I am not an expert here, but the looks of it... you need an MTA (Mail Transfer Agent - something like Sendmail) running on your local LAN which will be configured to RELAY your local mails to an external server.

I don't think the Storage manager is complex enough to have all those features.

I hope this helps!

Good lucks!

Matt