Re: RAID card replacement

[Clay B Carley <cbc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wow, what do you know?  That is exactly the case.

                          Display Non-Configured Units

 Serial                   Resource
 Number      Type  Model  Name         Capacity  Status
 68-017B75B  6713   030   DPH001           8589  Non-configured
 68-01E3903  6713   030   DPH003           8589  Non-configured
 68-018B8DC  6713   030   DPH002           8589  Non-configured
 68-02921A9  6713   030   DPH006           8589  Non-configured
 68-01E9A68  6713   030   DPH004           8589  Non-configured
 68-0291723  6713   030   DPH005           8589  Non-configured
 68-0709213  6713   030   DPH007           8589  Non-configured

I think I'll wait to fix the disks until after the card swap though.

Thanks everyone!
Clay

Roberto José Etcheverry Romero wrote:
> Wait, did the disks appear as DD00X or DPH00X? if DPH, they were part
> of a raid set and you MUST initialize first before being able to use
> them.
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Clay B Carley <cbc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi DrFranken,
> >
> > This is the only battery that I found on the 2741 card:
> > http://carleynet.net/familypictures/albums/album70/2013_02_09_15_29_13_189.sized.jpg
> >
> > Yes, by first slot, I meant L01.  When attempting to configure any of
> > the other disks, I get something like "Disk is Read/Write Protected".  I
> > may have come across an error message of some sort as well; googling the
> > error I came across some IBM doc that mentioned I could only use the
> > disk in slot L01, especially since this was a "new" install with the
> > battery already being dead.  I'll see if I can find that info again...
> >
> > Everything else checks out that you mentioned.  All of the drives do
> > actually show up in the service tools; and they are all of the same
> > model (no non-IBM drives).  That "Read/Write Protected" message really
> > had me scratching my head the other day though.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Clay Carley
> >
> > DrFranken wrote:
> > > Clay,
> > >       The battery that usually fails is not soldered to the board it's
> > > removable and replaceable (and cheap too!) However there is another
> > > battery there that could have failed (a small 'button' battery)
> > >
> > >       Nonetheless the 2748 is a straight up replacement. Simply do a clean
> > > pwrdwnsys, pull the power plug(s) and swap the cards. The 2748 is a bit
> > > quicker as well.
> > >
> > >       I am curious about your comment about using only the disks in the first
> > > slot. If by this you mean L01 only then there is a problem with the disk
> > > backplane in there. All four slots L01-L04 would be active with ANY of
> > > the supported RAID cards in that machine.  If you are referring to the 6
> > > slots over on the right side (assuming the presence of the expansion
> > > chassis) then that's almost certainly a cabling issue. When that 'side
> > > car' is attached a SCSI cable is routed through to the left side and
> > > connected to the second port (counting from the rear) of the RAID card.
> > > If that cable isn't there, no drives. Also of course there is a power
> > > supply in the side car that must be plugged in as well. I have
> > > encountered a few folks that thought it was a redundant power supply and
> > > not plugged it in.
> > >
> > >       I have also seen some folks load up NON AS/400 drives in there 'because
> > > they fit'. They won't work but report in as an unidentified SCSI device.
> > >
> > >          - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis
> > >
> > > www.frankeni.com
> > > www.iDevCloud.com
> > > www.iInTheCloud.com
> > >
> > > On 2/19/2013 9:41 AM, Clay B Carley wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > Due to the battery being dead on my 2741 RAID card in the old 170
> > > > system, I've ordered a replacement card, a model 2748.
> > > >
> > > > The 2741 didn't allow me to use any disk but what was in the first slot,
> > > > in addition to potentially being slow because of the dead battery.  I
> > > > would replace the battery on the card, but it's welded/soldered to it.
> > > > I'd rather have a replacement card before attempting to de-solder &
> > > > re-solder a new battery & holder to it.
> > > >
> > > > Are there any potential issues to this swap?  I've been impressed with
> > > > the system's ability to quickly & easily roll with hardware changes to
> > > > this point, but this surgery is a little deeper than what I've done to
> > > > it so far.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Clay Carley
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