Dell Hotswap/OpenManage Issues
I have two disks in Predictive Failure on a Dell Poweredge C2100 (Using Open Manage 8.2). We got new SAS drives to hot swap in. I started with the Global Hot Swap (in Predictive Failure) and replaced it with the new drive.
At first it gave the Green Check Mark, "ready" and i could assign it to the Global Hot Swap in the Physical Disks Section but got the attached Caution message. It still allowed me to assign it as a hot swap but was not being recognized as a virtual Disk in the Raid Array. Prior to swapping we could see disk 12 in it's own "Global Hot Swap" section under the other 11 disks in the array.
When i tried the "Create Virtual Disk" and "Assign/Unassign Global Hot Swap" options in Virtual Disks it would not show up as an disk i could select.
When i went back to the "Physical Disks" section the new drive is now showing as "Foreign" and i don't see an option to reconfigure it.
Help is very appreciated.
At first it gave the Green Check Mark, "ready" and i could assign it to the Global Hot Swap in the Physical Disks Section but got the attached Caution message. It still allowed me to assign it as a hot swap but was not being recognized as a virtual Disk in the Raid Array. Prior to swapping we could see disk 12 in it's own "Global Hot Swap" section under the other 11 disks in the array.
When i tried the "Create Virtual Disk" and "Assign/Unassign Global Hot Swap" options in Virtual Disks it would not show up as an disk i could select.
When i went back to the "Physical Disks" section the new drive is now showing as "Foreign" and i don't see an option to reconfigure it.
Help is very appreciated.
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Oh great...
Yes. Finally found that foreign disk configure option and fixed that issue. I still have a disk failure as part of the array...what's best practice?
Taking the disk offline and then swapping for new one? Or Shutting the server down and replacing?
Yes. Finally found that foreign disk configure option and fixed that issue. I still have a disk failure as part of the array...what's best practice?
Taking the disk offline and then swapping for new one? Or Shutting the server down and replacing?
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Thank you for your responses Andy. Looks like we're all set. Hot swap kicked in and rebuilt and i got the second disk reassigned as the hot spare.
You can clear the foreign disk under OMSA by selecting the controller, then information/configuration,