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Old May 4th 04, 09:23 AM
Avory
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Default Compaq Proliant Storage System U1

I have a Compaq Proliant Storage System U1, RAID 5 x 4.3GB. Just the other
day, I turned on the storage system; w/o the drives starting/powering up!
The fans are on and the alert light off, power light on but nothing from
the drives. I've tried re-seating the drive with power on, but just a
brief flicker from each.

Can someone assist me with the problem?

Thanks in advance!
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Old May 4th 04, 11:12 AM
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the drives will NOT spin up untill the proliant CPU tells them too.

you have to hook it up to a system.

at least I think you do

bill

Avory wrote:

I have a Compaq Proliant Storage System U1, RAID 5 x 4.3GB. Just the other
day, I turned on the storage system; w/o the drives starting/powering up!
The fans are on and the alert light off, power light on but nothing from
the drives. I've tried re-seating the drive with power on, but just a
brief flicker from each.

Can someone assist me with the problem?

Thanks in advance!


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Old May 7th 04, 09:58 AM
Avory
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"MattD.." wrote in
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On Tuesday 04 May 2004 11:12, the murky waters churned and seethed,
the dark weeds parted and the water took on the sinister, shifting
visage of Bill B. The great maw opened and the following was heard:

the drives will NOT spin up untill the proliant CPU tells them too.


Yep. Mine is the same. You can hook them up to a SCSI controller such
as the Adaptec 2490UW and set the drive start signal in the SCSI setup
utility to "yes" and they will start up on bus scan and be recognized
as individual drives according to their locations, which is quite
handy for diagnosing problems with individual drives. Of course, these
storage systems are designed for RAID controllers primarily.


Thanks guys, I think u've simplified my troubleshooting effort. It
appears that SCSI controller is bugger!

Again, thanks for the support.
 




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