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Re: how to configure raid5 with hot spare for MSA 30 in HP-UX server

 
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akshitshah
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how to configure raid5 with hot spare for MSA 30 in HP-UX server

how to configure raid5 with hot spare for MSA 30 in HP-UX server??

here i have one RX2620 server which is attached with MSA30. it is configured as raid5 with hot spare previously. now the raid5 is crashed and i have to reconfigure it again.

please reply me as early as possible....
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Torsten.
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Re: how to configure raid5 with hot spare for MSA 30 in HP-UX server

First of all you need to tell what controller you have (e.g. an smartarray).

Do

# ioscan -fn

and look for a /dev/ciss_ device.

The use

# saconfig /dev/ciss_

# sautil /dev/ciss_

and post the results to give us more details.

Hope this helps!
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akshitshah
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Re: how to configure raid5 with hot spare for MSA 30 in HP-UX server

Dear Torsten,

I have PCI-X SmartArray 6402 RAID Controller in my rx2620 server.

please give me further procedure.


Thanx a lot for your reply.
Torsten.
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Re: how to configure raid5 with hot spare for MSA 30 in HP-UX server

Please give me the details I asked for.

Hope this helps!
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akshitshah
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Re: how to configure raid5 with hot spare for MSA 30 in HP-UX server

here i have attached details you have mentioned.
Torsten.
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Re: how to configure raid5 with hot spare for MSA 30 in HP-UX server

Sorry, word says document corrupt.


Can you paste the data to notepad and attach?

Hope this helps!
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akshitshah
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Re: how to configure raid5 with hot spare for MSA 30 in HP-UX server

# saconfig /dev/ciss4


saconfig (/dev/ciss4): Error - FW command bad status (IDENTIFY_PHYSICAL_DRIVE)
saconfig (/dev/ciss4): Command completed, but error has occurred, cmd_status=1

Physical drive 145 not responding

******************** SmartArray RAID Controller /dev/ciss4 ********************

Auto-Fail Missing Disks at Boot = enabled
Cache Configuration Status = write cache temporarily disabled (code=1)
Cache Ratio = 50% Read / 50% Write

---------- PHYSICAL DRIVES ----------

Location Ch ID Size Status

External 2 0 146.8 GB OK
External 2 2 146.8 GB OK
External 2 3 146.8 GB OK
External 2 4 146.8 GB SPARE

---------- LOGICAL DRIVE 0 ----------

Device File = c4t0d0
RAID Level = 5
Size = 420027 MB
Stripe Size = 16 KB
Status = FAILED

Participating Physical Drive(s):

Ch ID

2 0
2 1
2 2
2 3

Participating Spare Drive(s):

Ch ID

2 4
akshitshah
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Re: how to configure raid5 with hot spare for MSA 30 in HP-UX server

plz find the attachment for sautil.
Torsten.
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Re: how to configure raid5 with hot spare for MSA 30 in HP-UX server

First I would pull the bad disk (ID 1).

This bad disk probably block the entire bus.

A single failed disk should never turn a RAID 5 into failed.

Does anything change?

Does the spare kick in?


Please come back once the disk is replaced and the RAID is still failed.

Hope this helps!
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Torsten.

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akshitshah
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Re: how to configure raid5 with hot spare for MSA 30 in HP-UX server

Dear,

i have one rx2620 server which is connected to MSA30.

my filesystem is in external scsi in MSA30.

even i have a hotspare for this.

but now two scsi is failed. and my raid5 is crashed.

now i have to rebuit raid5 in external scsi in MSA30 through rx2620 server.

so please suggest me what to do???