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Re: LC3 RAID Upgrade Problem

 
Steve Toplis
Occasional Contributor

‎10-09-2002 12:44 AM

‎10-09-2002 12:44 AM

LC3 RAID Upgrade Problem

I've got an LC3 with 3 x 9GB disks set in RAID5. I want to replace them with 36GB models. I bought what should be the correct disks from Primary Storage: they came in the correct Hotswap caddies. They are Fujitsu drives without SCSI ID selector jumpers, they should self configure.
When I boot the Server with the new drives installed the RAID card will not detect them. I've tried clearing the current configuration & doing a Detect but they don't show up. When I reload the configuration & put the old drives back in everything works.
So questions: should the LC3 automatically assign SCSI IDs and should it be able to recognise 36GB drives?
Any help will be appreciated!

Steve.
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Ricardo Rocha
Valued Contributor

‎10-09-2002 02:05 AM

‎10-09-2002 02:05 AM

Re: LC3 RAID Upgrade Problem

Hi Steve

The SCSI id's are automatically attributed to the disks depending on the position they have, so this shouldn't be a problem (your old 9 gb disks don't have also the scsi jumper, do they?). I'm not sure if the new disks you have are supported, but try to put one disk at a time in the Netserver and run a detect in the NetRaid Menu (Ctrl+M). What happens sometimes is that a bad disk can make all the others to "disappear".

Regards,
Ricardo
"there is this old man who spent so much of his life sleeping that he is able to keep awake for the rest of his years"
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Theo Hill_1
Honored Contributor

‎10-09-2002 06:39 AM

‎10-09-2002 06:39 AM

Re: LC3 RAID Upgrade Problem

Set the drive jumpers for SE. This will allow the backplane to assign the HDD a SCSI ID.
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Steve Toplis
Occasional Contributor

‎10-09-2002 06:49 AM

‎10-09-2002 06:49 AM

Re: LC3 RAID Upgrade Problem

Theo: the drives don't have any jumpers on them at all!

Steve
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Greg Carlson
Honored Contributor

‎10-09-2002 07:48 AM

‎10-09-2002 07:48 AM

Re: LC3 RAID Upgrade Problem

Steve,

Try to cable up to the embedded SCSI controller on the LC3 and see if the hard drives detect. Also tell us the model number of the 36gb hdds. The LC3 never supported any hard drives over 18gb.

Ciao,
Greg
Lets Roll!
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Steve Toplis
Occasional Contributor

‎10-10-2002 03:49 AM

‎10-10-2002 03:49 AM

Re: LC3 RAID Upgrade Problem

Hi Greg
The drives have a model number MAN3367MC, Part number CA05904-B200. There is a sticker with HP-H36.OPU10/K3 on the drive as well.
It is a Ultra 160 SCSI/SCA2/LVD drive.

Is there a Knowledgebase article / pointer to the fact that the LC3 will only take up to 18GB HDs?

Regards

Steve
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Greg Carlson
Honored Contributor

‎10-10-2002 08:57 AM

‎10-10-2002 08:57 AM

Re: LC3 RAID Upgrade Problem

Steve,

This link is not from an HP site but the information is copied from HP.

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/e4services/net1810hotsw.html

Ciao,
Greg
Lets Roll!
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