Re: Non-critial drive error inquiry

Le 06. 11. 15 01:17, Jeff Boyce a écrit :
> Greetings -
>
> I have a fairly simple question that I am hoping someone here can 
> answer.  I recently replaced a hard drive in my PE T610 with the same 
> manufacturer and model as the failed drive (Seagate ST3300657SS) .  
> After my raid rebuild with the new drive, OMSA still shows my new drive 
> with a Status=Non-Critical.  It also shows value for Certified=No.  Now 
> I understand why the drive is listed as not certified because I 
> purchased it from another vendor (not Dell), but I am trying to verify 
> why it shows a Status=Non-Critical.  Is it *just* because it is not a 
> certified Dell drive?  I am wondering this because the new drive also 
> has a different firmware version than the other drives in the RAID and I 
> am wondering if that is possibly the reason for the Status=Non-Critical.
>
> I know when the PERC H700 controllers were first used, the Dell firmware 
> did not allow non-Dell certified drives.  But I also recall that this 
> was changed with a firmware update and that non-Dell certified drives 
> are now allowed.  I am not sure that allowed / not-allowed is exactly 
> correct here, it may have been something less aggressive.  The firmware 
> version for my H700 controller is 12.10.6-0001, which I believe is up to 
> date but still need to run some firmware update checks.  The firmware 
> for my new drive is 000B, while the other original drives with updated 
> firmware is ES68. The Seagate website states that 000B is the latest 
> firmware for that drive, while the Dell support site states that ES68 is 
> the latest firmware.  I still have to figure out what is going on 
> there.  But my only question right now is what is the possible reason 
> for my Status=Non-Critical.
>
> Thanks.  Please cc me directly with responses as I only receive the 
> daily digest of the mailing list.
>
> Jeff
>

Hi,

We bought a drive from Dell. Unfortunately we have the same problem. Dell could not provide us with a certified disk.



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