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HP ML110 G5 RAID 10 Failure
Hi there.
We've had a couple of HP ML110 G5 servers running for a couple of years, but now the of the servers reports a disk failure a few days ago; Failed drive: controller 1, port 0. I called HP support and they told me we just had to replace the disk and then the RAID would rebuild itself. So I replaced the disk with a new one and booted up the server but only got missing file NTosKRL.... So I reattached the original disk and everything worked again and the server booted up again. The RAID is still reporting a disk failure but how do I then solve the problem?
The disk I replaced with is the same type but it seems the firmware version on the new one is HPG6 and the old one is HPG1. Should I enter the RAID on boot with F8 or what can I do? The server is running RAID 10 on the HP onboard storage controller.
We've had a couple of HP ML110 G5 servers running for a couple of years, but now the of the servers reports a disk failure a few days ago; Failed drive: controller 1, port 0. I called HP support and they told me we just had to replace the disk and then the RAID would rebuild itself. So I replaced the disk with a new one and booted up the server but only got missing file NTosKRL.... So I reattached the original disk and everything worked again and the server booted up again. The RAID is still reporting a disk failure but how do I then solve the problem?
The disk I replaced with is the same type but it seems the firmware version on the new one is HPG6 and the old one is HPG1. Should I enter the RAID on boot with F8 or what can I do? The server is running RAID 10 on the HP onboard storage controller.
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CPetrich12
Sorry, I didn't see the part about F8. If that is how you enter the onboard controller configuration utility, then do that. From there you can fail the bad drive, replace and then make it active again and then do the rebuild. Hope this helps.
When the server was built, did the HP RAID manager get installed? This would be the one that is accessible from within Windows. If so, you should be able to hot swap the drive as well...if memory serves me.
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Thanks. I'll try F8 to get into the RAID manager, but is a little nervous about coming to destroy the RAID totally :s I have the HP RAID manager installed in Windows and the drive now shows up as a failed drive and the RAID is degraded.
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I powered down the server. Exchanged the disk and booted up again. When in Windows I opened the HP Storage manager and added the new disk as a hot spare and the RAID started rebuilding itself automatically :) Thank you for your help
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