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LSI is a manufacturer of enterprise storage and networking components.

LSI is a manufacturer of enterprise storage and networking components.

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LSI MegaRaid warning: Patrol Read can't be started

We run a HyperV server on RAID-6 (the OS is Windows Server 2008 R2). The hardware is LSI MegaRaid SAS 8704EM2 controller, with 4x 1TB WesternDigital SATA drives. The server is up & running on this hardware for 4 months already. Every week however,…
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Disk wipe preferences

I manage a pool of systems that are loaded with software and sent to potential customers for evaluations which often land sensitive information on the drives. Before shipping them back, they typically like a standard wipe to be run to clean out the…
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Are PCIe v2 RAID controllers backward compatible with PCIe V1?

I am looking to add a PCIe V.2 RAID controller (LSI SAS 9280-4i4e) to an older Intel server (SR2500) which has PCIe V.1 slots. Does anyone have any experience with using RAID controllers designed for PCIe V.2 in a PCIe V.1 server?
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Very poor SCSI hd performance on IBM x336 with LSI 1030 RAID1

I'm experiencing very poor performance on an IBM x336 server with dual 73GB 15k hard drives on a U320 controller, LSI 1030. We're getting maybe 3.5MB/sec max (per HD Tune utility). It should be over 100MB/sec at least, I would think (another x335…
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Is it possible to show empty slots using StorCli?

I have been searching for a while but I couldn't find any way to show "empty/available/free" drive-slots connected to a LSI card using storcli. I don't even know if the hardware supports it. I appreciate any help. Thank you guys!
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Changing SATA/SAS and SSD/HDD mix capabilities on a raid controller

We are currently facing the challenge of replacing disks in a raid 1 configuration of a standalone server. The server is quiet old and uses 10k SAS HDD drives together with a Fujitsu D2616 (based on LSI SAS2108). One of the two drives failed.…
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System slowdown by RAID controller fading away?

May system runs on a RAID 5 on a RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 2108 [Liberator] (rev 05) Since about a week the system becomes very slow. I get messages on the commant line like this (taken from syslog) Jan 17 18:16:12…
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Debian - Installation of LSI MegaRAID SNMP AGENT

My OS is : Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.9 (jessie) Release: 8.9 Codename: jessie I succeded to install the MegaRaid Storage Manager and I can use StorCli. # dpkg --install lib-utils2_1.00-9_all.deb without…
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How to add a hotspare with storcli to a LSI MegaRAID controller?

I have a LSI MegaRAID controller. I pulled out a failed drive and replaced it with a good one. I didn't run any special storcli commands before this, I just swapped the drives. Unsure if that was a mistake. It shows up as UGood: 32:8 26 UGood …
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Is RAID 170 a Proprietary RAID Config or a Combination of Traditional RAID Configs?

I acquired a Cisco c240 M4 with twenty-four (24) 800 GB SATA SSD. I requested the engineers configure the disks in two separate RAID 10 arrays (18 + 4), plus with a hot spare for each. The LSI MegaRAID Storage Manager was installed and I used it to…
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MegaRAID: what does "Is VD emulated: No" mean

When executing "MegaCLI -LdInfo -LdAll -a0", some of my servers report a property "Is VD emulated: No", and some report "Is VD emulated: Yes". I could not find an explanation for this setting, or how to change it. The storcli program allows to "set…
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Diagnosing system which persistently recognises SATA drives but refusing to recognise SAS drive or its replacement?

I've done a fair bit of troubleshooting but I'm completely at a loss what could be going on. Hardware / platform Supermicro X10SRi-F motherboard EVGA 850W G2 PSU (one of the highest rated for power quality at Jonnyguru.com) 128GB Crucial DDR4…
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How do I clear the "foreign configuration" status on a LSI RAID controller using storcli on windows?

I have a windows server with an LSI controller, and storcli installed. We just added 4 spare drives to the server, and the controller is detecting two of the drives as "foreign". How do I clear this "foreign" status from those two drives using…
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Cannot create new RAID with LSI3008 after initial setup

I have a LSI 3008 Raid Controller on my server mainboard, and 6 HDDs installed. 4 of them in RAID10 and 2 in RAID1. Now I'm trying to add 2 more HDDs with 2TB each, and after installing them into the machine I enter the LSI config utility. Now all…
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LSI MegaRAID Bios - Loop where I have to delete Virtual Drive because of Preserved Cache

My server crashed tonight. I suspect the disks being full. I have four SSDs of the same kind connected to a LSI MegaRaid 4-port controller. The disk in slot 1 seems to be troublesome. I guess I could get it replaced. The problem I am running into…
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