Slow disk initialization
I have a server with following configuration
Intel Xeon 5160 3 GHz X 2
28 GB RAM
OS : Windows 2008 R2 Std
The server has have 4 volumes (Size given below) coming from SAN (HBA's are running with 2 GBps port speed)
2 No. ~6 TB
1 No. ~ 9 TB
1No. ~ 3 TB
Problem is it take ~ 20 - 30 min to show up this volumes on server after reboot. When I open the disk manager after reboot, it stays hung for 20-30 min. Once they show up everything works well..
My question : Is it normal? if not what could be the problem??
Intel Xeon 5160 3 GHz X 2
28 GB RAM
OS : Windows 2008 R2 Std
The server has have 4 volumes (Size given below) coming from SAN (HBA's are running with 2 GBps port speed)
2 No. ~6 TB
1 No. ~ 9 TB
1No. ~ 3 TB
Problem is it take ~ 20 - 30 min to show up this volumes on server after reboot. When I open the disk manager after reboot, it stays hung for 20-30 min. Once they show up everything works well..
My question : Is it normal? if not what could be the problem??
strivoli
You should check firmware and driver versions. They might be (very) old and should be updated.
ASKER
HBA Firmware and powerpath is updated.. What else we need to check?
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Two HBA cards, make Emulex LPe11000-E 4Gb PCIe Fibre Channel Adapter
Firmware version : 2.82A4
Driver Version : 7.2.70.019
HBA's are running with 2 GBps port speed
PowerPath 5.5 SP1
Firmware version : 2.82A4
Driver Version : 7.2.70.019
HBA's are running with 2 GBps port speed
PowerPath 5.5 SP1
So what is on the other end of the fibre? What RAID controller and what RAID setup?
ASKER
RAID 5
Storage is VMax 40K
Storage is VMax 40K
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So, are you saying this issue has nothing to do with the size of the volumes?
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