Dell Poweredge 1400sc beeping

I will try that when I can shutdown the box but I was hoping I could find the correct Open Manager softwre to load on the box and maybe see what is wrong.  Any idea what I would need for that?

If you want to do diagnostics yourself, here you have links to downloads:

DELL Diagnostics CD ISO:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R107682&SystemID=PWE_PNT_P3C_1400_SC&servicetag=&os=WNET&osl=en&deviceid=10658&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=3&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=36&fileid=142340

PowerEdge 1400 SC drivers and downloads:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=&SystemID=PWE_PNT_P3C_1400_SC&os=WNET&osl=en&catid=&impid=

I am not 100% sure, but I guess this OpenManage package installation will help you diagnose the RAID controller:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R100481&SystemID=PWE_PNT_P3C_1400_SC&servicetag=&os=WNET&osl=en&deviceid=745&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=5&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=36&fileid=129859

The link for Open Manager takes you to a txt file telling you that it is now part of Server Administrator but I cannot find a copy that is compatible with the 1400sc

on the start menu, under RAID or PERC controllers, you should have a utility. You can also download the utility from dell's website.

Once in the utility you can tell the controller to turn off the alarm so it's not so annoying until the replacement drive arrives.

Here's a link to openmanage server administrator, but after installation it requires a reboot. Also not sure about the newer versions but with the older versions it was not suggested to install it on a degraded array.
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R108443&SystemID=PWE_PNT_P3C_1400_SC&servicetag=&os=WNET&osl=en&deviceid=2331&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=13&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=2&libid=36&fileid=143370

So as Labsy suggested it was a failed drive on a 3 drive raid 5 array.  I disabled the alarm and now need to find a replacement drive.  It is a Quantum 36GB 10k SCSI drive.

Question

Can I just replace the failed drive and then go into the Raid config and rebuild?

Yes, that's the procedure.
PowerEdge 1400sc does not support Hot-Swap disks, so you need to bring server down, replace disk, and rebuild that disk.
Replacing disk: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/pe1400sc/en/sm/remove.htm#hard-disk_drives 

You can find instructions for your RAID controller here (under SCSI Controllers):
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/Storlink/

But most probably when you enter RAID controller configuration menu at bootup by pressong CTRL + M or CTRL + L (depending on your controller), you will find your newly inserted SCSI disk under:
Objects -> Physical view -> DISKxy
Status of disk will be "Offline" or "Ready", but will differ from 2 other disks, so be sure to issue "Rebuild" on correct disk!

I think that makes sense.  So Once I see the new drive in the Raid configuration console DO I need to format and do other things or will highlighting it and clicking rebuild do everything.?

The controller is a Perc 2 I think, it is so ancient.

Thanks for the help

I replaced the drive and when I boot into scsi cmos it still says it is failed  and cannot recognize the drive.  I have changed the power connector and the  location on the scis cable but it is still the same.   Any immediate help  would be appreciated

Have you checked SCSI ID jumpers on the new drive? It should have the same ID as old drive, or, in case of backplane (if there is backplane connector instead of SCSI cable) no ID set.

And RE on this:
"...So Once I see the new drive in the Raid configuration console DO I need to format and do other things or will highlighting it and clicking rebuild do everything?"

No format or manual preparation is to be done. Formatting is done on logical level, not on RAW level, so all you need to do is, as you say, just highlight it and select Rebuild operation.

Couldn't find jumpers right away they were on bottom of drive but everything fine now.

Thanks

Sory for my response that took so long - I was kinda ill, and absent :)
Glad you solved it.