SATA Drive woe's
Hello guru'sI am really hoping someone can help me with this problem. I have recently purchased a PE1950 II with a PERC 5/I controller (latest firmware).The problem I have is the SATA drives I...
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if you installed these in the caddies yourself, make sure the mounting screws use the SAS drive position marked on the caddy. The SATA position is for use with a interposer board and positions the...
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Many thanks for your response.Yes they are using the SAS screw holes.I have even tried using a SAS 5/I controller, but still the SATA drives are not recognized.Maybe these disks are not compatible with...
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When you power on the server, do you get any led activity on the hard drives when the perc posts. The leds should flash on the disks as they're checked by the perc and spun up. Another check, once the...
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Ram part number dell: snpj160cc/2g. 99L0283-001.A00LF P910234-0031749 HYNIX: HMT125U7BFR8-H9. 2GB 2Rx8 PC3-10600E-9-10-E0
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Yes, I do get LED activity, although it is a consistent blink every second.At the F1/F2 prompt if I remove a disk I get an E1812 HDD Removed error on LCD displayAfter reinserting the disk and hitting...
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In perc config is no unknown device no errors on this disk. I can setup it and raid 0 is automatically preconfigured but I can't press ok
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All i can think of. If these are new drives they will be 6gb sata. Maybe the contoller can't autonegotiate the speed down to 3gb. You could see if the firmware is up to date:...
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The firmware is already at the latest version.Many thanks for all your help with this.I think I am going to have to get the SATA disks swapped for SAS.
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I wish I knew what to tell you ... if you had a certified disk, you could eliminate the possibility of either a controller issue or an issue with the drive's compatibility (which would be my assumption...
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Get 3gb SAS disks then, i don't think a 5year old contoller will support the 6gb interface.
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Hey thanks for the reply. Too late for this one a I returned it to where I got it. This box was as they say "HOSED". The only way toget it to start or do anything was to plug it in to AC. At that point...
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Update.I tried an old 80GB MacBook hard drive and it picked it up straight away. It would seem that the 6gb interface is not supported as you said. Many thanks for your help Tommo.
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Hi Guru'sI recently came across an issue with incompatible SATA 6gb/s drives on a PERC 5/I controller, I was wondering if I could fit a PERC 6/I controller to our Dell 1950 version 2 server and then...
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The PERC 6/i is fully supported on the 1950 (although it may require the BIOS/ESM to be updated first), but you would need the Integrated version, as the Adapter version may not work properly in the...
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Many thanks for your response. The drives are certified by Dell SATA 6gb/s drives, they do not even show up on the PERC 5/I controller, however I put in an old MacBook SATA 3gb/s drive and it was...
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