Re: Problem rebuilding container on 2450 with PERC 3/Si

I've got the same server/raid controller.. And mine reports no battery
present as well..  I'm assuming it's either not availilable or an addon
for the controller.



On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Andrew McCall wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am having problems on a Dell PowerEdge 2450 when rebuilding the
> container.
>
> I get to about 26.5%, and then the rebuild fails leaving this message in
> /var/log/messages:
>
> kernel: aacraid:ID(0:01:0); Medium Error, Block Range 18888320 :
> 18888447
> kernel: aacraid:ID(0:01:0); Unrecovered Read Error
> kernel: aacraid:Container 0 failed REBUILD task: I/O error - drive 0:1:0
> failed
> kernel: aacraid:Container 0 started REBUILD task on drive 0:2:0
>
> I have recently had to swap drive 0:2:0 after I had a total failure on
> it, but this message seems to indicate that drive 0:1:0 is broken too.
> There are no orange LED's on the front of the drive though.
>
> Am I correct in thinking that I need to call Dell to get 0:1:0 replaced?
>
> I have also left the server in the RAID BIOS, and it won't rebuild from
> there either.
>
> I have also noticed that when using the afacli command, that the
> controller seems to think it hasn't got a battery - is this right?
>
> AFA0> controller details
> Executing: controller details
> Controller Information
> ----------------------
>          Remote Computer: .
>              Device Name: AFA0
>          Controller Type: PERC 3/Si
>              Access Mode: READ-WRITE
> Controller Serial Number: Last Six Digits = 3435D0
>          Number of Buses: 1
>          Devices per Bus: 15
>           Controller CPU: i960 R series
>     Controller CPU Speed: 100 Mhz
>        Controller Memory: 62 Mbytes
>            Battery State: Not Present
>
> Component Revisions
> -------------------
>                 CLI: 3.0-0 (Build #4880)
>                 API: 3.0-0 (Build #4880)
>     Miniport Driver: 3.0-0 (Build #20773)
> Controller Software: 2.5-0 (Build #2991)
>     Controller BIOS: 2.5-0 (Build #2991)
> Controller Firmware: (Build #2991)
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrew McCall
>
>
>
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