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Dell Advanced Format HDD Detection Tool
I just downloaded the new tool released by dell (http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz&releaseid=R306204&SystemID=lat_e6420&servicetag=&os=W764%20&osl=en&deviceid=29611&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=1&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=0&libid=41&typeid=-1&dateid=-1&formatid=-1&source=rss&fileid=461656) but I am not able to recognize drives plugged into my Precision WorkStation T7400. I'm running 1 Seagate Momentus 3 HDD (sent by Dell for testing) plugged directly into onboard SATA. I also have a SAS drive plugged into the Dell PeRC SAS Controller and another two 150GB SATA drives plugged in onboard.
When running DellAFDT.exe -r on any of the disks I am getting the following error message:
"Disk is a SCSI device. This tool works only with IDE disks."
I can understand seeing the error message when executing against the SAS drive on the SAS/SCSI controller, but why wouldn't the other two show up?
When running DellAFDT.exe -r on any of the disks I am getting the following error message:
"Disk is a SCSI device. This tool works only with IDE disks."
I can understand seeing the error message when executing against the SAS drive on the SAS/SCSI controller, but why wouldn't the other two show up?
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June 10th, 2011 08:00
Dustin Hedges
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June 10th, 2011 09:00
"No IDE disk not found"
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June 10th, 2011 11:00
DELL-Warren B
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June 17th, 2011 08:00
Spoke with the Dev team, the onboard SATA port on the T7400 may be enumerated through your SAS controller which would identify it as a SCSI drive which the AF Detection Tool doesn't evaluate.
You can verify which controller the drive is being enumerated with by checking the following.
Device Manager->Disk Drives->{for each drive}->Properties->Details->Enumerator
Thanks,
Warren
Dustin Hedges
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June 17th, 2011 09:00
Thanks for the clarification Warren.
Dustin
Dustin Hedges
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June 17th, 2011 10:00
I checked this on a T5500 that does NOT have a SCSI/SAS controller and all drives show "IDE" under the Enumerator property so this seems to be a function of the SCSI/SAS Controller overriding this setting.
Thanks,
Dustin
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June 20th, 2011 09:00
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June 30th, 2011 13:00