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ServeRAID 6i problems (IBM xSeries 235 86717CG)
i am having errors in a Raid 5 configured in this hardware, the controller have 5 73GB (FRU 32P0730), all of it seems to be clean (in controller status, physical leds and PFA status information).
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How to disable the built-in RAID in x3650 M3?
We have an IBM server x3650 M3, and I'm trying to install Linux without using HW RAID (ServeRAID), as per cluster storage software vendor requirements.
The problem is that the server exposes the ...
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Problems booting an IBM Server with ServerRaid 4Lx
I have an IBM server xSeries 205 with a ServeRaid 4Lx on it that after a power faliure refused to boot. it presented a error message during ServerRaid BIOS boot phase stating:
ServeRAID? ,Slot1, ...
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System can't see ServerRAID M1015 virtual drive?
We connected the card to our system and have created a new mirror RAID 1 virtual drive, Now we want to clone our existing single drive to this new virtual drive, but our cloning software Acronis True ...
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ServeRAID 8i setup
I purchased a second hand IBM eServer x345 with ServeRAID 8i and 3x 36GB SCSI hard drives.
I'm having difficulty setting up an operating system as the drives don't appear in either Arch or Ubuntu ...
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Cloning existing disk to RAID 1 on ServeRAID M1015 (SAS9220-8I)?
I'm trying to clone an existing single disk (on Windows server) to RAID 1 via new ServeRAID M1015 / SAS9220-8I HBA card, but can't find in the card's bios options any way to do so.
Can anyone advice ...
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Installing Windows 2003 x64 on IBM x346, possible?
Hoping someone has some helpful insight. I have an IBM x346 with a ServeRAID 7k RAID controller. I have setup a 3 drive array in RAID5. I did have Windows 2008 x64 installed, it detected the partition ...
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Email alerts when RAID fails on IBM server?
Have two RAID controllers on an IBM server (X3500 M3) running Windows 2008R2:
ServeRAID M5014SAS/SATA Controller
LSI Adapter, SAS 3000 series, 4-port with 1064E
Can anyone explain how to get email ...
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What does Quick Initialized RAID status mean?
We have re-created RAID1 on our IBM X3400, with the 8K-l RAID card, and now the RAID1 is in status of Quick Initialized.
I've read online that the performance of this status is might not be optimal, ...
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IBM ServeRAID bad stripes and synchronize
After one of the drives in our IBM RAID gone, we bought a new one and replaced it.
The rebuilding went fine, but now we see "Bad stripes" reported for the logical disk.
Moreover, some data can not be ...
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Zero-channel RAID for High Performance MySQL Server (IBM ServeRAID 8k) : Any Experience/Recommendation?
We are getting this IBM rack mount server and it has this IBM ServeRAID8k storage controller with Zero-Channel RAID and 256MB battery backed cache. It can support RAID 10 which we need for our high ...
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Raid, Serveraid and CRC check
In the bios interface of Serveraid controller is possible to set the PHY speed. Beside this there is a parameter called CRC check which can be set to true or false.
Knowing this, some questions:
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IBM ServerRaid 8K and Sata1 issue
I have a X3400 with 8 x (43w7598 250GB SATA 3GB/S HDD) set in the frontal bay and connected to ServeRaid 8K controller.
The raid array works well but, even if I set the controller PHY to 3.0 (rather ...
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X345 and ServeRaid 5i - Defunct Drives
I have an old IBM X345 server with a ServeRaid 5i card that I was running as a fileserver/test-server.
It was running VMWare ESXi 3.5, with a virtualised OpenSolaris machine inside of this this (as ...
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Can an IBM ServeRAID 4mx controller work on a non-IBM server?
I have some IBM ServeRAID 4mx controllers on some aging IBM x360 servers (Pentium III 1.5 ghz CPUs); I also have a SCSI disk array with two ports, which can be attached to those controllers; and I ...
