I have an HP DL380 G5. Originally only had 4 drives in it. I just
installed 8 new drives. Drive in bay 7 does not show a green light
after creating the array. I thought I had a bad drive, so I put a
different one in but it has the same problem. The drive is listed as
ok in the array config utility, but this really bothers me. Out of
warranty, so I probably can’t get much help from HP and I can’t find
any info about this on their website. Any suggestions?
Ken
Hey KeN Etter,
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Any suggestions?[/color]
http://www.555-timer-circuits.com/flashing-led.html
That should solve the LED problem.
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Kim - 4/18/2013 12:44:19 PM
On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:44:48 GMT, “kgroneman” kgroneman@novell.com
wrote:
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Hey KeN Etter,
[color=green]Any suggestions?[/color]
http://www.555-timer-circuits.com/flashing-led.html
That should solve the LED problem.[/color]
Thanks Kim. 
On 18.04.2013 19:03, KeN Etter wrote:[color=blue]
I have an HP DL380 G5. Originally only had 4 drives in it. I just
installed 8 new drives. Drive in bay 7 does not show a green light
after creating the array.[/color]
You sure it’s not a spare? (Yes, asking the obvious, but…)
Massimo Rosen
Novell Knowledge Partner
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On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:38:53 GMT, Massimo Rosen
mrosenNO@SPAMcfc-it.de wrote:
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On 18.04.2013 19:03, KeN Etter wrote:[color=green]
I have an HP DL380 G5. Originally only had 4 drives in it. I just
installed 8 new drives. Drive in bay 7 does not show a green light
after creating the array.[/color]You sure it’s not a spare? (Yes, asking the obvious, but…)[/color]
Absolutely. I recreated the array a few times just to make sure.
Somebody on the HP forums just suggested that it might be the drive
cage back plane. I have one of those on order now.
Ken
Hey KeN Etter,
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Thanks Kim.[/color]
Any time Ken.
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Kim - 4/18/2013 2:44:30 PM
I was thinking a LED flashlight
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Might take awhile. The air traffic controllers are taking a very long
time to get airplanes in the air and on the ground here in the US.
Sequestration is being blamed. I blame something else that rhymes with
ID 10 T’s
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On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:26:01 GMT, Sewermonger
Sewermonger@no-mx.forums.novell.com wrote:
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Might take awhile. The air traffic controllers are taking a very long
time to get airplanes in the air and on the ground here in the US.
Sequestration is being blamed. I blame something else that rhymes with
ID 10 T’s[/color]
The back plane actually arrived the next day. Swapped it out and
problem resolved.
And maybe the government should learn how to make do with less money
and let us keep more of ours. Such a novel concept. …but I better
not go further than that in here…don’t want Susan on my case for
pushing the rules.
How hard was it to replace the backplane? I have a DL385 G2 with the same issue, except on two drives (slots 0 and 1).
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KeN Etterketter@no-mx.forums.novell.com 4/25/2013 8:23 AM >>>
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On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:26:01 GMT, Sewermonger
Sewermonger@no-mx.forums.novell.com wrote:
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Might take awhile. The air traffic controllers are taking a very long
time to get airplanes in the air and on the ground here in the US.
Sequestration is being blamed. I blame something else that rhymes with
ID 10 T’s
[/color]
The back plane actually arrived the next day. Swapped it out and
problem resolved.
And maybe the government should learn how to make do with less money
and let us keep more of ours. Such a novel concept. …but I better
not go further than that in here…don’t want Susan on my case for
pushing the rules.
On Thu, 23 May 2013 14:28:41 GMT, Chris <cmosentine@N0_5pam.vrapc.com>
wrote:
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How hard was it to replace the backplane? I have a DL385 G2 with the same issue, except on two drives (slots 0 and 1).[/color]
Not hard at all. Shut down the server, pull the drives (make sure to
maintain the correct order if you have anything currently loaded on
them), swap the backplane (I don’t think I had to use any tools for
that), put the drives back in, power up. I was getting ready to
repurpose the server - it had nothing installed on it - so I didn’t
have to worry about drive order. Maintaining drive order would be the
only real critical item.
Ken
Chris,
Did you change employers? I was thinking you worked for a
construction company.
Ken