Problem with RAID SCSI on Dell 2450 - please help!
I am having some problems starting up my server. I just got it, and this is what happens upon startup:
PowerEdge 2450/667
Embedded server management firmware revision 5.24
!!***** System backplane error *****
One 667 MHz Processor, Processor Bus: 133MHz, L2 cache: 256 KB Advanced
Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 3/Si, BIOS V2.1-3 [Build 2951]
(c) 1998-2000 Adaptec, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
<<< Press <Ctrl><A> for SCSI Select(TM) Utility! >>>
Waiting for Array Controller #0 to start .
Array Controller started
Controller monitor V2.1-3, Build 2951
Controller kernel V2.1-3, Build 2951
Controller POST operation successful
No Logical Drives Found
BIOS not installed!
Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSI BIOS v25305
(c) 1999 Adaptec, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
<<< Press <Ctrl><A> for SCSI Select(TM) Utility! >>>
No boot device available –
Strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility
Alternatively, F1 – reboot does nothing besides reboots and brings me to the same screen. F2 – setup just leads me to the BIOS. There is little to configure in here, but if I change the SCSI/RAID Controller from RAID Enabled to SCSI Enabled (I know it’s not suppose to be like this, but I did it just to see what happens) then I get this readout:
PowerEdge 2450/667
Embedded server management firmware revision 5.24
!!***** System backplane error *****
One 667 MHz Processor, Processor Bus: 133MHz, L2 cache: 256 KB Advanced
Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSI BIOS v25305
(c) 1999 Adaptec, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
<<< Press <Ctrl><A> for SCSI Select(TM) Utility! >>>
No boot device available –
Strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility
If I run the SCSI Select(TM) Utility it finds 0-zero drives
any help would be more than greatly appreciated!
Thanks
-Joe
PowerEdge 2450/667
Embedded server management firmware revision 5.24
!!***** System backplane error *****
One 667 MHz Processor, Processor Bus: 133MHz, L2 cache: 256 KB Advanced
Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 3/Si, BIOS V2.1-3 [Build 2951]
(c) 1998-2000 Adaptec, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
<<< Press <Ctrl><A> for SCSI Select(TM) Utility! >>>
Waiting for Array Controller #0 to start .
Array Controller started
Controller monitor V2.1-3, Build 2951
Controller kernel V2.1-3, Build 2951
Controller POST operation successful
No Logical Drives Found
BIOS not installed!
Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSI BIOS v25305
(c) 1999 Adaptec, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
<<< Press <Ctrl><A> for SCSI Select(TM) Utility! >>>
No boot device available –
Strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility
Alternatively, F1 – reboot does nothing besides reboots and brings me to the same screen. F2 – setup just leads me to the BIOS. There is little to configure in here, but if I change the SCSI/RAID Controller from RAID Enabled to SCSI Enabled (I know it’s not suppose to be like this, but I did it just to see what happens) then I get this readout:
PowerEdge 2450/667
Embedded server management firmware revision 5.24
!!***** System backplane error *****
One 667 MHz Processor, Processor Bus: 133MHz, L2 cache: 256 KB Advanced
Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSI BIOS v25305
(c) 1999 Adaptec, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
<<< Press <Ctrl><A> for SCSI Select(TM) Utility! >>>
No boot device available –
Strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility
If I run the SCSI Select(TM) Utility it finds 0-zero drives
any help would be more than greatly appreciated!
Thanks
-Joe
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This is the message indicating its using the weird addon card for the perc3 that adds raid capabilities
"Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 3/Si,"
If its the raid controller you should get to a point where it is searching for logical drives on the controller (arrays) and you hit either ctrl-m or ctrl-h or ctrl-g (its displayed on the screen) to get into the raid-bios and configure an array.
Tex
I have 3 <a href='http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/specs/scsi/st318404lc.html'>seagate cheeta st318404LC</a> 9.1gb hard drives installed
I have tried taking all of them out besides one, tried different orders of the drives, and still the same thing. (all SCSI Drives, no IDE). These drives are attached to a backplane board that automatically sets the drive ID and termination. (however, i am getting that "System backplane error")
I looked up the documentation for the <a href='http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/pe2450/en/index.htm'>Dell Poweredege 2450 Server</a>. Everything IS connected correctly
the RAID Controller hardware key is in place, and so is the RAID controller DIMM (as they were from the beginning).
Lights on the hard drive:
1 Drive online indicator light off
2 Drive activity indicator green light on
3 Drive failure indicator light off
I never get to a point in the startup where i can configure the RAID bios
I tried doing a <a href='http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?releaseid=R81212&c=us&l=en&s=gen&cs='>Firmware Upgrade</a> and a system BIOS upgrade. but i keep getting the same type of results
There is no OS currently installed. I have tried installing Fedora Core 3, but it fails to find any drives as well.
hope this can help someone help me
If there are drives attached to the RAID controller and yes you have one....
No OS will see a drive until you go into the RAID CONTROLLERS bios and create a array and setup a LOGICAL drive. I told you how to normally do that with that line of controllers. Follow the Dell Docs if it's differant.
That young grasshopper is your goal.
Create an array in the raid controller. Then proceed as normal.
Tex
Mark
I'm listening to all the posts around and don't see a lot of fixes that pertain to it being a hardware problem. I'm referring to " no logical drive" and bios not installed,, in my case, it was indeed a simple hardware fix: 1. remove drive 0 and drive 1. step2. replace daughter card that connects to backplane. mike paget you rock.