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  • 1.  Drive Backplane: Drive Fault Assert

    Posted Jan 21, 2011 08:44 AM

    Hi all,

    Just finished setting up a new server with the following specs:

    VMware 4.1 ESXi 260247

    Intel SC5650BRP

    Intel S5520HCR

    AXX6DRV3GR 6 Drive SAS Hotswap

    4 CONSTELLATION ES 1.1TB, 7200RPM, SATA, 3.5" 32MB

    Intel Raid Controller RS2BL080 with battery backup AXXRSBBU7

    I have performed all Firmware updates, BIOS, BMC, FRUSDR, Hotswap SAS etc.

    Setup RAID 10 in Intel console for the RAID card.

    Install of VMware 4.1 ESXi ran succesfully

    Now on vSphere client for the new host I have a couple asserts/warnings under Health Status

    Storage

    Drive backplane 0 Pri Drv0 Stat 0: Drive fault -  Assert                                          ALERT

    Drive backplane 0 Pri Drv0 Stat 0: Parity check in progress -  Assert                    WARNING

    The only other warning is the Battery on Controller 0 - Learn cycle complete / Battery Status : Charging for the RAID battery card.

    Could anyone let me know what the above drive faults mean? - Ive had the server running for a couple hours with no activity.

    Thanks for your help



  • 2.  RE: Drive Backplane: Drive Fault Assert

    Posted Jan 21, 2011 09:38 AM

    There was a similar issue with ESXi 4.0.x and IBM servers.  It might be worth waiting for the parity check to complete to see if that clears both the warning and the error. vSphere Client displays drive fault alerts when the drive is not present on ESX and ESXi hosts with multi-node IBM systems On some multi-node IBM systems, the BMC firmware reports a drive fault for drive slots when no drive is present. The vSphere Client reports the Drive Fault sensor as being in an Alert state. The same faults are shown in the IBM iLOM interface. Workaround: None. A defect report is filed with IBM to address this issue.



  • 3.  RE: Drive Backplane: Drive Fault Assert

    Posted Jan 24, 2011 04:51 AM

    Thank you for the reply.

    The problem was fixed by using the VMWare host upgrade utility and performing a patch/update host on the specified vmware 4.1 host.

    Upon reboot most of the alerts/warnings disappeared, and are summarised in neater fashion under the diagnostics page.

    All 4 disks show online and there are no warnings.