FW: PERC3/Di reset on 2650 server running Red Hat 7.3

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STeve

-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Litt [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 8:05 PM
To: David Borg-Breen; linux-poweredge-Lp/cVzEoVyZskZv2Y/7f+AC/[email protected]
Subject: Re: PERC3/Di reset on 2650 server running Red Hat 7.3


> We've seen what sounds like the same problem  - i.e.:
>
>     > Two of our servers sometimes fail with the following message:
>     >       "aacraid: Host adapter reset request. SCSI hang ?"
>     > After this message, we get loads of error messages from the EXT3
>     > filesystem (it is not possible to access the filesystem
anymore).
>
> twice on a PE 2650 with Perc3/di configured with 18gb mirror and
3x73gb
> raid-5.
>
> Kernel is 2.4.18-19.7xsmp.
>
>
> Reviewing previous linux-poweredge messages I noticed the one below
from Apr 10.
>
> I never saw any details on what Dell was warning against.  Does anyone
know if
> the bios upgrade might fix this problem?

No, it will not.  My systems were shipped after this warning and came
with the newest BIOS, and they exhibit this probem.

>
>
> > Subject:  "Required" System bios & Raid updates?
> >
> > [email protected] [email protected]
> > Thu Apr 10 11:02:01 2003
> >
> >
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I just got a weird phone call from dell telling me that I needed to
> > upgrade my 2650's Perc3/DI & system bios to "prevent further
problems down
> > the road".
> >
> > They mentioned sending me an email detailing links for downloading
the
> > files, etc, but I havn't gotten an email yet, nor have I had time to
call.
> >
> > However, thats not my problem.
> >
> > I'm running redhat 8 on this machine, and I don't have my management
> > interface plugged in (when I deployed the machine I didn't even know
how
> > to work it! :)), and since I'm running 8.0, I guess OMSA isn't an
option.
> >
> > Can I update my scsi firmware and bios remotely? I'd prefer not to
have to
> > truck down to the datacenter and schedule maint. If I don't have to.
> >
> > Does anyone have any info on what the problem is? Is my server going
to
> > blow up if I don't attend to it? :)
> >
> > tia,
> > -kyle
>
>
> -David Borg-Breen
>
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