Maybe there's a config option in the controller to stop complaining about non-certified disks? On our T610 with PERC H200, OMSA shows a warning but here aren't any orange lights...
El 25/06/17 a las 22:49, L A Walsh escribió: > > John Barlow wrote: >> Probably just a warning state that the disks are not "dell certified"? >> Assuming you have a Dell PERC raid card, they normally give a warning on >> non-dell certified disks (even same model and make, but not dell branded >> disks give a warning). >> > --- > The controller for the internal disks is a Dell Perc card though none > of the disks used in it have been Dell "Certified" (came with 2x250GB > SATA's; that were replaced by 3x72GB 15k-SAS's for the OS). > >> I think you need to do more digging, maybe get Dell OMSA working, so you can >> find out more. >> > ---- > Maybe so, was such a pain to get working last time but maybe worth it... > Don't expect much more info from it, except it might say they are > non-Dell or > such. > > FWIW -- I left them in the machine, powered up, but unused, for ~3-4 months > (trying to make up my mind whether or not to put them to use) before I > got tired > of the blinking lights. The last test on them before removal still > showed them as "ok"... (though am not experienced w/determining or > recognizing pre-failure indicators on SSDs). > > -l > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of L A Walsh >> Sent: Monday, 26 June 2017 6:05 AM >> To: Poweredge Mail List <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Linux-PowerEdge] PwrEdge T610 w/MegaRaid SAS 1078 w/ SSD's - blink >> "orange", but "seem to work" >> >> I have a T610 that I bought w/an internal HW PERC?-RAID >> that linux shows as a LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS 1078 that >> is supporting 8 internal 3.5" slots (I think 12 internal 2.5" >> slots were an alternate model). >> >> I have some old 15K SAS disks that I want to replace with >> SSD's. Four of the slots are currently unused and I tried >> putting in 4 Crucial-Brand Sata-Based SSD's I had sitting around as a >> test run. >> >> I thought I'd config them as a RAID10 for safety and the controller >> indicated all were fine and had no problem configuring them for >> that config. The composite disk shows up under Linux with the >> expected storage size with "roughly" the expected performance >> characteristics. >> >> Problem that bothered me was that the slots that >> had the SSD's in them would blink orange, that would normally, >> I thin, be associated with a fault of some sort. The other three >> populated slots with SAS drives continued working >> normally and didn't blink orange, indicating that it was >> only the 4 SSD's that were getting the blinking orange fault >> indicator. >> >> The LSI controller didn't indicate any problems with the disks (they >> were 'fine' for RAID use) and Linux indicated no error, so I formatted >> and ran full-disk R/W tests on them with no problems. The LSI card's >> internal log and the BIOS's internal NVRAM log showed no problems with >> the disks. >> >> I checked to see that I had the lastest released Dell-ROM for that system >> as well as checking for the latest updates for the controller from both >> Dell's and LSI's (then Avago, now Broadcom's) websites and it appeared >> I had the latest releases for the machine and the controller. >> >> Any idea why the T610 would blink orange on SSD's? Any idea how >> to get it to stop blinking orange? >> >> I'd prefer to have it not falsely indicate a problem, but if >> it's an unfixable firmware problem, is it something I might >> just ignore? >> >> Any insights, pointers or ideas would be appreciated. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Linda Walsh >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-PowerEdge mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > -- Zuzendari Teknikoa / Director Técnico Binovo IT Human Project, S.L. Telf. 943493611 943324914 Astigarraga bidea 2, planta 6 dcha., ofi. 3-2; 20180 Oiartzun (Gipuzkoa) www.binovo.es _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge
