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Disk failed part way through 3ware RAID 5 rebuild
I have a 3ware 9650SE RAID controller with a RAID 5 array containing 15 Seagate ST31000340NS disks. After noticing ECC errors in the Port 10 drive I replaced it with a spare and began a RAID rebuild. Part way through the rebuild the Port 5 disk…

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3ware 97504i - Disk mappings/UUIDs change on reboot
I have a 3ware 9750-4i with 36 drives running (4 in RAID 10, rest individual drives, i.e JBOD).
When I reboot, all the drives except for the RAID 10 array, have their UUIDs changed on reboot (it seems random, as I've rebooted a few times and each…

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Unable to access 3ware 3dm2 web interface, failed to start listening socket
I am unable to get to the 3ware 3dm2 web interface. When I attempt to execute 3dm2 from the command line, i get the following error "(0x0C:0x0005): Failed to start listening socket". This was working years ago, but now that I'm trying to access it…

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LSI 3Ware tw_cli and tdm2 segfault with Debian Linux kernels after 3.8
I have notified LSI support, twice, but so far they are unable to reproduce the problem. I wanted to post here to get some unbiased expert thoughts about it and see if anyone else has seen a similar problem.
We manage a number of servers that supply…

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RAID controller won't rebuild RAID-1 array
I have a RAID-1 array on a desktop computer. The RAID controller is a 3ware 7006-2. Recently the controller has been reporting ECC errors from one of the drives. It was able to correct all of those errors, but I figured I better replace the drive…

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Suppress log messages about minor 3ware disk temperature changes on CentOS?
I have a number of CentOS 5 servers which use 3ware RAID controllers.
These servers are bugging my team with messages about minor temperature changes, like this:
Jun 8 12:32:39 HOST smartd[1231]: Device: /dev/twa0 [3ware_disk_01], SMART Usage…

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Rebuilding array on 3ware 9690SA-8I
TL;DR version
RAID10 array working fine
Reboot server as part of maintenance
Array inoperable (no access whatsoever)
Controller logs say a single drive is bad
Remove drive & test - no bad sectors found
Err on the side of caution, replace drive with…

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3ware 9650SE: This Spare unit may replace failed drive of same interface type only
I just added a spare disk to my array:
Unit UnitType Status %RCmpl %V/I/M Stripe Size(GB) Cache AVrfy
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u0 RAID-6 OK - - 256K …

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3Ware 9650SE is rebuilding RAID6 array with two degraded disks?
I have a RAID6 array on a 3Ware 9650SE which is degraded:
tw_cli /c0/u0 show
Unit UnitType Status %RCmpl %V/I/M Port Stripe Size(GB)
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u0 RAID-6 …

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Experience with AMCC 3ware 9650se raid cards? Ours seems dead
We have a 8-port 3ware 9650se raid card for our main disk array. We had to bring the server down for a pending power outage, and when we turned the machine back on, the raid card never started.
This card has been in service for a couple years…

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3ware: Replace failed disk with Spare
I have a 3ware RAID controller running a RAID-10.
I have a disk that currently has a SMART-FAILURE. I've ran a /c0 rescan and the Status will change to OK then back to SMART-FAILURE
> /c0 show
Unit UnitType Status %RCmpl %V/I/M Stripe…

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Supress 3Ware warnings in syslog
I'm trying to suppress the following warnings in my syslog:
Oct 13 04:43:33 Winston kernel: 3w-sas: scsi1: ERROR: (0x03:0x0101): Invalid command opcode:opcode=0x85.
Oct 13 04:43:33 Winston kernel: md: do_drive_cmd: disk0: ATA_OP e0 ioctl error:…

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Saving a 3ware RAID configuration for later use?
I have a 3ware-based (using tw_cli) 24-bay array filled with 2 TB hard drives, used for backup. The plan is to upgrade them to substantially larger drives, but I would like to remove the 2 TB drives and label them so that if the upgrade fails for…

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luks IO error while decrypting keyslot
I'm trying to use cryptsetup to encrypt some partitions, but getting the error IO error while decrypting keyslot.
The command and output is:
root@rescue ~ # cryptsetup --debug --verbose --cipher aes-xts-plain64 --key-size 256 --hash sha256…

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Raid 5 rebuilding epic fail
Someone has asked me to rebuild a faulty raid 5 on a 3ware raid controller. I have 3 drives, all of them is 160 GB. I've gone through the steps,
ie selected the degraded array unit, and then gone over to "Rebuild Array", and inplace of "Degraded" it…

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