DeChache
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Seems like I have used other drives in my Dell servers but I cannot recall right now if they were pulls from other Dells or not.
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Got the T320 in, and unfortunately like the last time, it throws a drive fault. In the LSI config (from the ctlr-R prompt) it shows the cachecade as ok. But it throws the amber led after a minute or so, and in vmware health status shows the drive faulted. Tried with a intel 320, and crucial m4. About the only other thing I could try is putting 2 of them in there, perhaps it wants to see a raid1 with 2 ssd's, but I don't have another sled and don't feel like popping a drive out & using that one, as I'm 99% sure it won't work anyway. Maybe they will release a firmware update down the road that allows it, once it's not the latest & greatest controller.
Vendor lock in pisses me off. At least I put in my my own ram, $360 vs $960 for 48gb.
Which controller? This is the 710p, and it was still throwing errors even after deleting the cachecade, just leaving the ssd in there unconfigured.
ok, I tried a few different things, and now it seems to be working without throwing an error. I'm using the 80gb intel 320 again. Previously I had nuked the drives completely, this time I wiped the drive, then re-initialized it in windows (giving it an MBR, but didn't create a partition). Also before I was putting it in the last of the drive bays (#7), leaving #6 empty (0-5 are in use), this time I put it in #6. Also I created the cachecade in the system setup gui (post -> F11 system setup -> device setup), rather than the very basic lsi ctrl-R utility.
I'm not sure which of these mattered, but it's a step in the right direction. I'll have to do some testing once the rest of the server is up and running to see if it's actually working.
Why do your servers have drives in them? Get a SAN, VMware.
ok, I tried a few different things, and now it seems to be working without throwing an error. I'm using the 80gb intel 320 again. Previously I had nuked the drives completely, this time I wiped the drive, then re-initialized it in windows (giving it an MBR, but didn't create a partition). Also before I was putting it in the last of the drive bays (#7), leaving #6 empty (0-5 are in use), this time I put it in #6. Also I created the cachecade in the system setup gui (post -> F11 system setup -> device setup), rather than the very basic lsi ctrl-R utility.
I'm not sure which of these mattered, but it's a step in the right direction. I'll have to do some testing once the rest of the server is up and running to see if it's actually working.
Is cachecade something you need to purchase a license code for or is it a standard feature of the H700 and H710?
Why do your servers have drives in them? Get a SAN, VMware.
Its not a security douche bag its me or another competent admin. You wouldn't be the first tech I got fired.
And no I don't stand in your bubble I'm down at the end of the isle working and just monitoring.
Get off your high horse.
Why do your servers have drives in them? Get a SAN, VMware.
Dell's so cheap they don't even ship a caddy with the replacement drive? LOL!
Dell's so cheap they don't even ship a caddy with the replacement drive? LOL!
and since when has a caddy ever failed ? like never, and really, how hard is it to pull the 4 screws out and swap the drive.
Dell's so cheap they don't even ship a caddy with the replacement drive? LOL!
tell that to the guys in china that are selling the ones they pull off drives people send back on ebay lolHow do you think they keep prices down? By not handing out caddy's.
Any Admin that is too good to move a drive to a caddy will soon find themselves obsolete.
I always tell them NO just dispatch the drive, I dont need a tech to swap a caddy onto a drive
You can definitely hook sata drives up to the mainboard, you'll need a 8087 breakout cable, they aren't individual sata ports. You should be able to boot from it, can't say I've tried it myself though.