From owner-freebsd-proliant@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 21 13:35:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F21CF106568F for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:35:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from friedman@www1.emax.ca) Received: from www1.emax.ca (www1.emax.ca [69.13.248.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9C078FC22 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:35:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www1.emax.ca (www1.emax.ca [69.13.248.199]) by www1.emax.ca (8.12.11/8.12.9) with ESMTP id n9LDMHFw053019; Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:22:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from friedman@www1.emax.ca) Received: (from friedman@localhost) by www1.emax.ca (8.12.11/8.12.9/Submit) id n9LDMHar053018; Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:22:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from friedman) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:22:17 -0400 From: Barry Friedman To: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20091021132217.GA49634@emax.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.42 Subject: Need help recovering from 6404 Raid controller failure X-BeenThere: freebsd-proliant@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bfriedman@emax.ca List-Id: "Technical discussion of FreeBSD on HP ProLiant server platforms." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:35:10 -0000 OS: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p2 Machine: HP Proliant DL380G4 SCSI Raid Controller: 6404 The situation is that one disk of a raid5 array failed. When the machine boots, the controller tries to initiate a rebuild onto the spare disk. The machine boots and within a short time the system resets. (This is the same problem that I had with this machine a while back, however, reseating cards does not help) I need to find out how to run the disk rebuild off line, i.e. what software is required and what is the procedure. HP only lists ACU for Linux and windows systems. What do you use with a FreeBSD machine? Also, if I can get access to another system is it possible to do an image copy of the good disks so that I can get a backup before proceeding with the rebuild? Any help appreciated. Regards, -- Barry Friedman Emax Computer Systems Inc., 480 Tweedsmuir Ave., Ottawa, Ont. Canada K1Z 5N9 bfriedman@emax.ca Phone: (613) 725-3198 Fax: 725-0298