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Problem with RAID controller for Dell PowerEdge 4400 Xeon Server
I am having weird problem with my server (Dell PowerEdge 4400 Xeon Server) its completely not responding very frequently (app. every 2hrs.) I need to restart the server manually by pressing the power button. During its bootup its giving me an error message like
Problem with Controller#0 (or container#0) on RAID#0 after 30 seconds it proceeds and starts up in a usual way without any errors, it works fine for 2 to 3 hours after that I won't respond to any commands even if we move the mouse or press any key on the keyboard it doesn't even show any screen on Monitor. Restarting it is the only way with which I can make it running.
This server is running as a web server as well as Domain Controller. I need to make it up and running all the time.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Problem with Controller#0 (or container#0) on RAID#0 after 30 seconds it proceeds and starts up in a usual way without any errors, it works fine for 2 to 3 hours after that I won't respond to any commands even if we move the mouse or press any key on the keyboard it doesn't even show any screen on Monitor. Restarting it is the only way with which I can make it running.
This server is running as a web server as well as Domain Controller. I need to make it up and running all the time.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
dlongan
First off, whats the error the controller is indicating? Use <CRTL-A> (during the boot process)to access the BIOS configuration tools to determine what is the issue.
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Here are some series of steps which it is showing up when it is booting up
Dell PowerEdge expandable RAID controller 3/Di, BIOS v2.7-1 Array Controller Started.
Following containers have missing members and are degraded
container#0-RAID-5
BIOS installed successfully.
Can this be a problem for the server to not respond very frequently.
I have even got this message when Windows 2000 is running
ArrayManager Alert Message(Errors)
VxSvc_Perc2Pro 4/19/2005 7:06:49PM PERC 3/Di Controller 0, virtual Disk (Virtual Disk 0) rebuild failed.
One more thing the total harddisk capacity of my server is 100GB but there is only 350MB of space on my C drive.
Will this make an issue.
Help me please !!!
Dell PowerEdge expandable RAID controller 3/Di, BIOS v2.7-1 Array Controller Started.
Following containers have missing members and are degraded
container#0-RAID-5
BIOS installed successfully.
Can this be a problem for the server to not respond very frequently.
I have even got this message when Windows 2000 is running
ArrayManager Alert Message(Errors)
VxSvc_Perc2Pro 4/19/2005 7:06:49PM PERC 3/Di Controller 0, virtual Disk (Virtual Disk 0) rebuild failed.
One more thing the total harddisk capacity of my server is 100GB but there is only 350MB of space on my C drive.
Will this make an issue.
Help me please !!!
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As far as I know we will have three lights for each hard drive, one for power on, second for in use and third for error, the thing is all the drives have power on light glowing all the time, and all the drives except one is glowing intermittently (which indicates that it is in use) but one drive is not glowing active light, and no light is glowing in orange color.
Will one of the hard disk failure leads to the malfunction of the server.
Will one of the hard disk failure leads to the malfunction of the server.
If we will go the doctor methodology and diagnostics; I'd say you are experiencing RAID adapter problems; inner comm problems may caused by inappropriate circuit structure. Try to replace the PCI slot of the RAID adapter and see if you have any change...
Cyber
Cyber
>Will one of the hard disk failure leads to the malfunction of the server.
Yes - from what you've posted previously, it sounds like the RAID structures may have become corrupted (which may be the cause of your BSODs) in which case your only path is to back up, blow away and recreate the container then restore.
Replacing the disc that has no activity may force the array to rebuild correctly, but, quite frankly, I doubt it. I suggest you prepare for the worst case scenario...
Yes - from what you've posted previously, it sounds like the RAID structures may have become corrupted (which may be the cause of your BSODs) in which case your only path is to back up, blow away and recreate the container then restore.
Replacing the disc that has no activity may force the array to rebuild correctly, but, quite frankly, I doubt it. I suggest you prepare for the worst case scenario...
Split?
No complaint here...