Dell PERC

[Noah Dain]

On 9/25/07, Bart Silverstrim <bsilver at chrononomicon.com> wrote:
> Noah Dain wrote:
>
> > next, you need to collect some data for us.
> >
> > run: sudo lspci -v|less
> > and look for something describing your storage system.  for example,
> > the machine I tested hdparm on above shows entries like:
> <snip>
>
> These look correct?  The drives are in a RAID 5 array off the PERC
> controller...
> ********************
> 00:0f.1 IDE interface: Broadcom CSB5 IDE Controller (rev 93) (prog-if 82
> [Master PriP])
>          Subsystem: Broadcom CSB5 IDE Controller
>          Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
>          I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
>          I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
>          I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
>          I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
>          I/O ports at 08b0 [size=16]
>
> 04:08.1 RAID bus controller: Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller
> 3/Di (rev 01)
>          Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0121
>          Flags: bus master, 66MHz, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
>          Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
>          Expansion ROM at fcb00000 [disabled] [size=64K]
>          Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
>
> 05:06.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec RAID subsystem HBA (rev 01)
>          Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge 2400,2500,2550,4400
>          Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 7
>          BIST result: 00
>          I/O ports at cc00 [size=256]
>          Memory at fccff000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
>          Expansion ROM at fcd00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>          Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
>
> 05:06.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec RAID subsystem HBA (rev 01)
>          Subsystem: Dell PowerEdge 2400,2500,2550,4400
>          Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
>          BIST result: 00
>          I/O ports at c800 [size=256]
>          Memory at fccfe000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
>          Expansion ROM at 80100000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>          Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
>
>
> > you also want to look at dmidecode's output to get a better idea of
> > what your system is:
> >
> > sudo dmidecode|less
>
> System Information
>          Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
>          Product Name: PowerEdge 2650
>          Version: Not Specified
>          Serial Number: 41WCT21
>          UUID: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>          Wake-up Type: Power Switch
>
> Does the information I've supplied help at all?

yes.  check this link:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=41WCT21&SystemID=PWE_FOS_XEO_2650&os=WNET&osl=en&catid=&impid=

there are numerous firmware updates available for your type of
machine, including the raid controller and harddrives.  Most look to
be a few years old, though.  You should probably go ahead and bring
all the bios/firmware versions up to date.

If the issue persists, you may need to run the dell diagnostics.

--
Noah Dain
"The beatings will continue, until morale improves" - the Management