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Drive Failure
So we have a PowerEdge R710 (ST: 7FGTPM1) that has a drive failure. It has 2 drives in a RAID 1 config so it is still up ad running on the other drive for the time being. I have an identical R710 unit that I've been cannibalizing for parts to keep this one up and running. I was going to replace the failed drive with one from the spare unit.
My question is do I need to wipe the drive from the spare first before I plug it in or is this truly hot swappable where the RAID controller will do its magic for me? I guess what I'm trying to ask is if there is a preferred proper procedure for swapping this drive?
The RAID Controller is just a Dell SAS 6/iR Integrated Controller.
DELL-Josh Cr
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October 30th, 2017 16:00
Hi,
The RAID controller will take care of it, you do not need to wipe the drive beforehand.
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November 1st, 2017 06:00
So I replaced the drive in the chassis and the display on the front did turn blue and the error went away. However, when I go into the OpenManage Server Admin module, the disk shows offline. I do not an option in OpenManage to bring the disk online. Is there a particular process for this?
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November 1st, 2017 09:00
What does it show in the SAS6/ir BIOS? Sometimes you have to switch the drives so that the good drive is 0 and the new drive is 1.