Was Dell Server Support involved in this? Would you be able to retrieve the PERC and/or the non-volatile memory modue from the old server? I believe that stores all the RAID information...
Again, get hold of Dell Server Support ASAP! Even if it is out-of-warranty, they've (in the past) been very cooperative in restoring failed RAID arrays (and try to retrieve the old PERC). -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. "Ziots, Edward" <[email protected]> wrote on 07/12/2010 11:13:40 AM: > Seems like one of the last POS Dell boxes in my Datacenter has gone > belly up, the servicing vendor has brought down another box and we > switched the drives over, when we booted it it claimed to read the > configuration we was going to loose data? Does this mean the Perc > 4e/Di is hosed, and I just lost my OS? > > I don?t have these problems when replacing a bad controller on my HP boxes. > > Any ideas for the Dell using folks out there, I am stumped?. > > Z > > Edward E. Ziots > CISSP, Network +, Security + > Network Engineer > Lifespan Organization > Email:[email protected] > Cell:401-639-3505 > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
