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April 2nd, 2020 12:00
Flashing yellow amber lights on new drives (PERC H730P and PowerEdge R930)
Service tag:
PowerEdge R930
PERC H730P
Drives I'm using:
HGST
HDD: 7K1000-1000
HTS721010A9E630
I have 6 drives. Two mirrored for OS and the remainder for a RAID5 volume.
I managed to get the drives recognized once I put them in slots 12 or higher.
Anyway, once I put them in 12-17 or 18-23, I was able to see the drives from lifecycle controller and was able to create virtual drives.
Once I loaded the OS and booted into it (Redhat 7.4), the drives worked (I could access them and write data), but all drives are flashing amber.
Why is this?
I thought I read somewhere the drives I have may potentially be running at half speed or aren't 100% compatible.
Can someone tell me if these drives should work optimally with this controller?
If not, where can I get a list of drives that should work properly with this perc H730P?
DELL-Josh Cr
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April 7th, 2020 12:00
There shouldn't be any risk of them failing faster. You could run a drive self test and make sure they pass, but most likely it just isn't reading the status correctly and the drives are fine.
DELL-Josh Cr
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April 2nd, 2020 17:00
Hi,
If they are non Dell drives they may not work properly. You may want to update the firmware on the controller.
bweddell
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April 7th, 2020 09:00
I had previously completed updates from the Dell bootable ISO. I validated that the H730P is already at the latest version. Any other options beyond replacing my drives, which are functioning properly except for the amber lights?
DELL-Josh Cr
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April 7th, 2020 10:00
No, you either have to replace them or ignore the lights.
bweddell
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April 7th, 2020 12:00
I'm semi-okay with ignoring the lights, but is there additional risk in them failing (or having a short life) since they have amber lights?
bweddell
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April 15th, 2020 09:00
If I decide to replace the drives, should these work in this computer with the PERC H730P?
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-hard-drive-1-tb-sata/apd/d3yv6/storage-drives-media
DELL-Josh Cr
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April 15th, 2020 09:00
That looks like a 3.5” drive and it has 2.5” slots. Try part number 56M6W.