Physical disk related issues – Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H200 User Manual

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Troubleshooting

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Physical Disk Related Issues

Table 7-2.

Physical Disk Issues

Issue

Suggested Solution

The system does
not boot from
the PERC H200
card.

Go to the Configuration Utility and verify the controller's boot
order and also ensure that the desired Preferred Boot Device is
set correctly.

NOTE:

See your system documentation for information about boot

device selection. Also, see "Assigning a Preferred Boot Device" on
page 59.

Physical disk is
not enumerated
during POST.

• Go to the Configuration Utility and ensure that the physical disk

is not enumerated in the SAS topology.

• Verify the cable connection.

• Reseat the physical disk.

• Check and reseat the cable.

One of the
physical disks in
the volume
shows the status
as "Failed".

• Check the SAS cables.

• Reseat the physical disk.

• Check the enclosure or the backplane for damage.

• Contact Dell if the problem persists.

RAID 1 or RAID
10 virtual disk
does not rebuild.

• Enter the Configuration Utility and ensure the physical disk is

enumerated in the SAS topology.

• Ensure the new disk is of the same drive type as the other disk in

the virtual disk.

• Ensure the new disk is of equal or greater capacity as the other

disk in the virtual disk.

• Ensure the new disk is not detected as an inactive virtual disk

under the RAID Properties menu. Delete the newly inserted
inactive disk.

• Ensure the new disk is a Dell supported SAS, SATA or SSD disk.

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