Greg Zartman wrote:
These drives are sitting in a Supermicro 2U 12-bay chassis with
a BPN-SAS-825TQ SAS/SATA Backplate
My SAS/SATA controllers are 2 x IBM SERVERAID M1015 crossflashed to IT
mode (i.e., pass-through).
I've wired the IBM M1015's to the backplate in what I believe is the
correct order so the drive bay numbers on the backplate match the
drive order on the raid card. However, I'm not entirely sure how to
verify this.
Question: What is the best way for me to know where a failed drive is
located in the chassis? Perhaps the backplate/raid card are smart
enough to light up the red error LED when a drive fails, but I'm not
certain of this.
If the card doesn't light the error LED, I'd trace the drive in one of
two ways:
If the drive is still recognised by format, run a surface analysis and
look for the (very) active drive.
Or
If the drive is a goner, scrub the pool and look for the (very) inactive
drive...
Better still, make use of the number labels that Supermicro supply with
the chassis!
--
Ian.
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