I have a poweredge T420 with two "Predictive failure" disks. Configuration is RAID-5. I'm hoping to hot-swap the disks 1 by 1 by after marking each drive as failed. In order to see the rebuild progress i was going to use "Open Manage" But i have problems with "Open Manage" which is not solvable at the moment (Contacted dell about this & still waiting for a fix) Is it possible to use "Lifecycle Controller" for the above mentioned purpose?
3
-
The answer is yes. You should boot into the lifecycle controller to see that, but it means a downtime. That's how it's going.– batistuta09Mar 13, 2017 at 10:50
-
@batistuta09 thanks for the reply. Can i take disks offline from lifecycle controller?– ThreedorMar 13, 2017 at 11:37
-
Yup, via Hardware Configuration Wizard.– batistuta09Mar 13, 2017 at 11:44
Add a comment
|
1 Answer
Do you know which controller you are using in the T420? I have user the 'MegaRaid' tool for Perc 5i / 6i / H200 and H700 controllers from Dell and found that it works really well for my purpose (And I can monitor the rebuilds and failures etc). I know it is re branded now to AVANGO but if you hunt around you can still download and use it.
I hope that helps you out.
-
-
I think the MegaRaid tool may well help you out. A link below: broadcom.com/support/download-search/… Select Software & Tools, Then the Windows version of the MegaRAID Storgae Manager. P.S. Username and password are the same as your Windows Login Details. Mar 13, 2017 at 11:42