Hard disk problem

[tareq_2]

hi all
i have rp7420 server with single partition , and two iinternal hard drives the problem is that i cant find the second hard drive i try ioscan and SAM with no result i can only find the first hard drive and the cd drive ,i reboot the server and stop the booting process in the 10 seconds to see if the system can find the second hard drive as boot device but the system didnt see it , help me plz

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

More than likely the second disk is either dead or needs to be unplugged and plugged back in.

They do die sometimes.

Are there any lights on it at startup time?

SEP

[Eng. Mohammad]

i tried to remove it then plug it again but no thing changed , the orange led is ON on booth hard drives while housekeeping power is applied to the server .

i swap the two hard drives the system can see the second hard drive this time ( But not the first that have the OS )

so i dont think it is a hard drive problem

any smart ideas ?!

[Torsten.]

How many cells and core i/O cards do you have installed? In which slots are the disks?

If there is only 1 cell, the disks must be in the upper slots.

[Eng. Mohammad]

i have just one cell and the hard drive is in the upper slot (the lower two slots are closed ) next to the first hard drive

[Patrick Wallek]

If you switch the slots the hard drives are in, and you can only see the drive in one slot, the you may have a bad slot. If so, it is time to call HP for support and have them look at the machine.

[tareq_2]

thanks for help