Questions tagged [3ware]

3ware are SATA and SAS RAID controller cards from LSI

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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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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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