Solid Yellow LED on replacemet drive(s)

[Frank McConnell]

I am working on a DL360 G4 server where each replacement drive shows a solid yellow led after startup. The ACU just reports it as a failure, no matter which drive, of 2, is inserted. When first replaced the drive worked, as a mirror, for a few days but now, either replacement drive shows the same thing. Client won't allow me to put the still working drive in slot 0 into slot one so I can't check if I have 2 bad drives at the moment.

[Rob Leadbeater]

Hi,

Could be a bad SCSI backplane, but I'd be tempted to try another replacement drive first...

Regards,

Rob

[Frank McConnell]

Hi Rob;
The client has already replaced the backplane, with no changes to condition. He asks me; What is the exact procedure for restoring a broken mirror? Do replacement drives have to be prepared in some way? Would the system start up if the working drive in slot 0 was moved to slot 1?

[Kumdist]

Frank boot up with a single drive in slot0. See how it boots. Then pull out the drive and insert the other drive into slot 1 and boot up. There is not Data loss in this.. Just that the mirror is broken which you can later recreate.
Advise if they both manage to boot up ok.

[Frank McConnell]

Hi Kumdist;
I have tried something similar to that. Both of the replacement drives, placed in either slot give a solid yellow LED. Some suggestions will have to wait for our maintenance window which is 8 to 11 PM on Sundays.