Dell PERC Question (Server Down)
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@scottalanmiller said in Dell PERC Question (Server Down):
@BRRABill said in Dell PERC Question (Server Down):
I did a few Google search. It seems like other places (including Adaptec) also say rebooting a rebuilding array is perfectly safe.
Of course they do, you are reading their marketing.
I've done it many times over the years and never once had a failure. Yes it is a risk, but it is also adding downtime waiting for a rebuild to happen.
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Do you mean that the OMSA can't manage the PERC?
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Does this not work for the iDRAC?
http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20438108/
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@scottalanmiller said in Dell PERC Question (Server Down):
Do you mean that the OMSA can't manage the PERC?
The iDRAC is not OMSA they are different.
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OMSA can do things.
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Right, using OMSA in the Dom0 should work fine for working with the PERC. Unless I've missed something.
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@scottalanmiller said in Dell PERC Question (Server Down):
Right, using OMSA in the Dom0 should work fine for working with the PERC. Unless I've missed something.
Yes, but my point was you claimed to use iDRAC.
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I was going to log into the iDRAC and get a screen there to show the difference, but for some reason it is not pulling an address..
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You people need to quit making me work!
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@JaredBusch said in Dell PERC Question (Server Down):
@scottalanmiller said in Dell PERC Question (Server Down):
Do you mean that the OMSA can't manage the PERC?
The iDRAC is not OMSA they are different.
The OMSA was in reference to managing via the Dom0.
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@JaredBusch said in Dell PERC Question (Server Down):
@scottalanmiller said in Dell PERC Question (Server Down):
Right, using OMSA in the Dom0 should work fine for working with the PERC. Unless I've missed something.
Yes, but my point was you claimed to use iDRAC.
I claimed both, but as two separate means of doing it.
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That is what I was saying, that the iDRAC is pretty powerless with storage.
I'll work on getting OMSA on the XS.
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@scottalanmiller said
No, I missed it. How slow was it?
So is somewhat slow speed OK for booting/updating off USB2?
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@JaredBusch said in Dell PERC Question (Server Down):
You people need to quit making me work!
And after a long drive!
So sorry!
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@BRRABill said in Dell PERC Question (Server Down):
@scottalanmiller said
No, I missed it. How slow was it?
So is somewhat slow speed OK for booting/updating off USB2?
Sure, what difference does the boot speed make realistically?
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@BRRABill said in Dell PERC Question (Server Down):
That is what I was saying, that the iDRAC is pretty powerless with storage.
Did my link about that not work?
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@scottalanmiller said
Sure, what difference does the boot speed make realistically?
I was theorizing ... none.
And the initial update is a PITA, but that's a one time thing.
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@scottalanmiller said
Did my link about that not work?
Oh ... OK I just took a look.
You do remember you are talking to Mr. GUI, right?
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@BRRABill said in Dell PERC Question (Server Down):
@scottalanmiller said
Sure, what difference does the boot speed make realistically?
I was theorizing ... none.
And the initial update is a PITA, but that's a one time thing.
If it ads ten minuets or something, sure. That could be a conceivable issue for a lot of systems. That's a ten minute risk. But generally it's like an extra 10 - 60 seconds kind of thing. Hard to have that end up being a risk, especially when we are talking it only coming up during a pretty major event. It's not like an old server without virtualization that would reboot weekly. These tend to stay up for a season.
