Xserve raid admin 1.5.1

can 1.5.1 update troubled my raid??
I've problem with a controller
thanks for any explanation

lun map is reqired but..
what exactly is "LUN map"?
and what is the comand for rapair it? in raid admin 1.5 and raid admin 1.5.1 i can't find anything help

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Xserve RAID Admin Tool 1.5.1 not quite working

I have an Xserve RAID that's currently at firmware 1.3.2/1.26a according to Xserve RAID Admin Tool 1.5.1. However, when I try to upgrade the firmware to 1.5.1 via the RAID Admin Tool 1.5.1, it just doesn't do anything--it accepts the .xfb file and then...nothing. Quitting out of the the Admin Tool and restarting still shows the firmware at 1.3.2/1.26a. Same thing if I shut down and restart the Xserve RAID from the RAID Admin tool. Any tips? There's nothing stored on the RAID system yet (the array hasn't even been created--it's a blank system) and nothing is attached to it either (I've just plugged in the ethernet links to format it first before I start attaching an Xserve G5 to it). Also, even though the lower controller is showing green and I have an ethernet cable plugged into it, I can't get any info out of it nor can I configure it with an IP address. Only the top controller seems to allow some configuration such as IP address.

Okay, I've solved the problem.
Basically, the issue was that the lower controller wasn't seated right despite it showing a green light in RAID Admin. When I went to visually inspect it, I noticed that despite what RAID Admin 1.5.1 claimed, its light wasn't even on, let alone green. And since the lower controller handles slots 8-14 of an Xserve RAID and my slots 8-14 are totally unpopulated (empty) at the moment, it was never noticed. Now that I've reseated the lower controller, everything is visually showing green across the board and the firmware upgrade is proceeding as expected and it has upgraded the firmware from 1.3.2/1.26a to 1.5.1/1.5.1c complete with autorestart of both upper and lower controller modules.
Basic lesson learned: RAID Admin lies. If possible, visually inspect the box itself!
Thanks to all who responded.

XServe, Raid Admin 1.5.1, failed drive not rebuilding

I am using XServe with Raid Admin v1.5.1. One of my drives failed in my RAID 5 array. I replaced it with a new one, but it is not rebuilding automatically. I rebooted and my lower controller is showing as having failed but the drive I am trying to rebuild is on the upper side. When I click on the drive I want to rebuild in the raid admin drive window, it says Warning unknown array, but the other two drives on either side show as Raid ok. Help!

lun map is reqired but..
what exactly is "LUN map"?
and what is the comand for rapair it? in raid admin 1.5 and raid admin 1.5.1 i can't find anything help

Which 750GB drives used in an XServe RAID?

Could somebody with an XServe RAID with 750GB drives please tell me, which drives are used in this configuration? You can look it up in the XServe RAID admin utility, under Arrays and Drives when selecting a drive in "drive" mode.
Thanks a lot,
Floh

ST3750640 NA P
Revision 3.BTF
it is a seagate

Dropped frames on Xserve RAID upgraded w/750GB drives.

I'm capturing in 10-bit uncompressed standard definition 720x480. I just upgraded one side of my Apple XRAID, (connected directly via fibre channel) with seven, 750GB hard drives from Apple, drives designed for the XRAID, (came with there own sleds.)
Current Xserve RAID firmware version is at version 1.5.1/1.51c
Before the upgraded drives, no issues with dropped frames, (drives 1-7) the other side of the same RAID has no problems, (currently running 250GB drives, drives 8-14.) All sleds are populated with drives of the same capacity, (respective to each side.)
The drives were formated using the Xserve RAID Admin software and mounted using Apples Disk Utilities, Journaling turned off. The final formated capacity of the RAID on drives 1-7 is 4.1TB.
When I capture to the drives on the upgrade side, I get dropped frames. When capturing to the other side, no issues, works great. I checked the settings for performance and they are the same for both sides, as follows:
Use Controller Write Cashe - ON
Allow Host Cashe Flushing - OFF
Use Drive Write Cashe - ON
Use Steady Streaming Mode - OFF
Read Prefetch: 128 stripes (8 MB/disk)
My capture box is an AJA I/o and has never given me dropped frames till now, but only on the side of the RAID that has the new 750GB drives. I also have another RAID that uses 500GB drives on both sides and it work just fine as well, (no dropped frames) using the same performance settings in XRAID utilities.
Any suggestion on why these new Apple drives modules are dropping frame would be very much appreciate. Again 7 new 750GB drives from Apple w/sleds having dropped frame issues.

I'm capturing in 10-bit to avoid loss of quality from analog sources like BetaCam SP as well as line 21 must be part of the captured file, because it contains line 21 for captioning. Eight bit has a banding issue that I can't have in the final product and 10-bit doesn't have this issue.
Source quality is maintained completely when working in 10-bit uncompressed, as well as the captioning data that I need, which is stripped out of the captured video latter. Captioning software can read line 21 of the raster area, of the captured file.
Source video is from BetaCam SP, DVC Pro and DVCam.
The RAID is an Apple Xserve RAID, connected via Fibre channel directly, (no xsan.)
I also create high quality QuickTime Streaming files from these source files, the higher the quality of the source video the the better the streaming files look when created.
I have never had any problem capturing till I installed these new drives from Apple.
The RAID is as stated above, is an Apple Xserve RAID, connect via a fibre channel card in a Mac Pro 3.0GHz tower, (no xsan is used, due to connecting directly to the XRAID.)

Raid Admin will no longer discover Xserve Raids

We have 6 Xserve Raids and as of the late I can no longer discover all of them using Raid Admin. I have gone through the reset procedure several times on 2 of the 6, and they are still undiscovered.
Supposedly that resets them to DHCP (no fixed address) and they should be seen in "Add System". Does not happen. I can still see one Xserve and monitor it; but the rest are lost. I know discovery is changed to Bonjour.
All volume mount and properly on their corresponding Xserve and appear to be working fine, but I cannot create, monitor, or do anyhting with them. This is really a mess becaue I am trying to add a 7th and can't discover it to initialize it.
Any suggestions ?

I am able to see a new Xserve-Raid on a cross-connect cable connecting the Raid to a Powerbook. I am able to format it and am sure that when connected to Fibre-Optic channel that I will be able to format the Raid Disk. Thanks for your good advise.
I am not sure I will ever be able to see it (the new Xserve Raid) again to monitor or to change, once it is on our real private network. I guess I don't understand why several of the Xserve Raid's have spontaneously dissappeared from the Raid Admin monitor, never to be found again; even when specifying their assigned address (fixed addresses). The controller must have lost the fixed address and Bonjour cannot detect it anymore.
Has anyone had a similar issue ?

Had to replace Xserve RAID controller and now I get Xsan Admin: ERROR: duplicate LUN label RAID1-Left1

I need some help, I had one of my five Xserve RAID boxes fail. The upper controller card needed to be replaced and so we replaced it. But now only one of my volumes is loading and I am seeing the following error in my Console.
7/18/12 9:23:18.550 AM Xsan Admin: ERROR: duplicate LUN label RAID1-Left1
This raid box holds three LUNs. the left is split into two with one being the metadata / Journal for the main volume and the 2nd being the same for my secondary volume. The right side of this box is the second volume while the remaining 4 RAID boxes are my main volume. Here is the rub, the main volume is using the left1 LUN and the secondary is left2. The left2 is the one that is not working and when I go into the LUN info the WWN number does not match the actual id on the raid box.
HELP!!!!
Thanks,
Kevin Rosenthal

Did you try turning it off and on again? I mean, the full SAN shutdown/startup: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4027
You're probably seeing "duplicate LUN labels" because the MDC has seen two LUNs with the same label but different serial numbers since it has been online. The serial number (which I think is based off the WWN) would have changed when the RAID controller changed. A reboot should fix that specific error message.
If the volume still doesn't start after rebooting, then you would want to check the cvlog for that volume.

How to set up email in RAID Admin?

Using RAID Admin 1.5.1, I need to know how to set up the it up for automatic email notification. Okay I got as far as clicking the Email icon adding my .mac address. Now what do I put under SMTP. It's asking for the "server" and the "from email address". Our company uses a Microsoft Exchange server whether or not that means anything. And what is up with the check box for SMTP Server Authentication?
Thanks for any input. I appreciate it!
jeffrey

Thanks Donald for answering my question. I found the IP Address of our exchange server and I plugged that into the server field. And I plugged my own company email address into the "From Email Address" field. That didn't do it, so I plugged in my network username and password into the authentication fields. I clicked "Send Test Email" again. Still didn't work. But here is the key in case anyone else has problems. At least in my case, I had to click the "OK" button to verify my settings. Once verified, I went back into the email settings and clicked "Send Test Email" again. Voila! A test email ended into my .mac email account right onto my iPhone within 1 minute. I think this is so cool. I can be away from the office (whether I be skiing or golfing) and be notified instantly if one of the components start to fail on our Xserve RAID system. Awesome!!!!!!!

Expanding xServe RAID Array - updated info sought.

I don't want to have to reformat the RAID and I don't want to lose data because...
1) The organization will suffer extended downtime.
2) I don't have ready access to 3TB of empty storage to back up the entire contents of the RAID.
These and Apple's documentation are a few of the many different sources of info on this topic I've sought.
With apologies in advance to William Lloyd, who has answered many of these questions.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/3330193
https://discussions.apple.com/message/3643384
https://discussions.apple.com/message/4543149
My (familiar) situation.
I inherited administration responsibilities for an xServe RAID using the latest firmware (1.5.1).
The xServe is an intel xeon dual 2 GHz, running Mac OS X Server 10.6.8
The RAID had six (sigh) drives in the left controller. None in the right.
When I became admin, one of these six was dead. So I went on eBay and got three refurb ADM's.
--one to replace the dead drive.
--another to expand the RAID 5 to a full seven drives. (from 2.5T to 2.73T)
--a third to put on the shelf as a spare.
Now then.
The replacement drive rebuilt beautifully. Happy 6 drive RAID.
I put in the 7th drive and expanded. It took several days.
I'm at the point of "merging" slices that gives everyone pause about losing data.
Much discussion here about whether this can result in added capacity without destroying data relates to earlier versions of Mac OS X Server and G5 not Intel xServes. So that's a point that I think I could use some clarity on. Can Intel Macs can expand the file system with this slice-merging function without data loss whereas Power PC Macs cannot?
Next, my RAID as I inherited it was one slice. That is to say, one volume. One partition. In RAID Admin under "Arrays and Drives" all the little drives display a [1]. They did when the RAID was degraded to 5 drives. They did when I added the 6th drive replacement. They do now, having used the Expansion function under "Advanced" to add the 7th drive.
So, next question. WAS IT EVER SLICED?
That seems to be a deal-breaker for merging slices without data loss.
For this, I looked in RAID Admin to my Events tab which dates all the way back to 2008.
I see exactly zero mentions of slicing anywhere. Come with me on a journey, won't you?
You'll see my expansion and verification up top.
The drive failure in October 2013.
Other exciting things. But no slicing.
Upper Controller
02/23/14 02:35:56 AM
RAID Set 1 Verify Complete (0)
Upper Controller
02/22/14 10:32:15 AM
RAID Set 1 Verify Started
Upper Controller
02/22/14 02:29:21 AM
RAID Set 1 Expansion Complete (0)
Upper Controller
02/20/14 12:43:43 AM
RAID Set 1 Expansion Started
Upper Controller
02/19/14 09:57:18 AM
Disk 7 Online
Upper Controller
02/19/14 09:56:38 AM
Disk 2 Online
Upper Controller
02/19/14 09:56:20 AM
Disk 2 Failed
Upper Controller
02/19/14 09:53:06 AM
Disk 2 Offline
Upper Controller
02/12/14 03:57:13 PM
Disk 2 Online
Upper Controller
02/12/14 03:56:55 PM
Disk 2 Failed
Upper Controller
02/04/14 03:57:12 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
02/04/14 03:47:55 PM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Upper Controller
01/30/14 12:04:34 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
01/30/14 11:30:56 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405570)
Upper Controller
01/30/14 05:35:42 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
01/30/14 04:20:52 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Lower Controller
01/30/14 04:16:48 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Lower Controller
01/30/14 03:52:39 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Lower Controller
11/19/13 01:26:54 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Lower Controller
11/19/13 01:19:56 PM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Warning
Lower Controller
11/19/13 08:53:21 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
11/19/13 08:53:21 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
11/19/13 08:53:20 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
11/19/13 08:53:20 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
11/19/13 08:53:01 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
11/19/13 08:53:00 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
11/19/13 08:52:59 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
11/19/13 08:52:59 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
11/19/13 08:46:49 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
11/19/13 08:46:49 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
11/19/13 08:46:49 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
11/19/13 08:46:49 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
11/19/13 08:46:25 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
11/19/13 08:46:25 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
11/19/13 08:46:23 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
11/19/13 08:46:23 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
11/17/13 11:05:27 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
11/17/13 10:18:06 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Lower Controller
11/17/13 06:52:08 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Lower Controller
11/17/13 06:37:37 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Warning
Upper Controller
11/14/13 07:27:36 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
11/14/13 07:27:36 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
11/14/13 07:27:36 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
11/14/13 07:27:36 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
11/14/13 07:27:17 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
11/14/13 07:27:17 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
11/14/13 07:27:15 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
11/14/13 07:27:15 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
11/04/13 04:07:31 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Lower Controller
11/04/13 03:59:53 PM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Upper Controller
10/29/13 02:27:01 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
10/29/13 02:19:08 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Warning
Upper Controller
10/20/13 09:17:30 AM
Disk 2 Failed To Recover After Reset. Retrying. RETRY COUNT:0
Upper Controller
10/20/13 09:17:30 AM
Disk 2 Offline
Warning
Upper Controller
10/20/13 09:16:11 AM
Disk 2 Failed To Respond. Retrying. RETRY COUNT:0 LBA:0x1B458
Upper Controller
10/19/13 10:16:20 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
10/19/13 10:01:02 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Upper Controller
09/10/13 11:16:31 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
09/10/13 11:09:49 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Upper Controller
07/02/13 03:30:07 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
07/02/13 02:52:22 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Upper Controller
06/02/13 07:36:14 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Lower Controller
06/02/13 07:15:46 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Lower Controller
06/02/13 12:29:10 PM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405570)
Upper Controller
06/02/13 11:53:54 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405570)
Upper Controller
05/30/13 02:27:02 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
05/30/13 02:18:54 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Warning
Lower Controller
01/31/13 02:16:04 PM
Coprocessor 2 Temperature Problem Occurred
Lower Controller
01/25/13 12:04:09 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
01/25/13 12:03:19 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
01/24/13 11:31:16 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405570)
Lower Controller
01/24/13 10:42:40 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405570)
Upper Controller
01/23/13 08:12:06 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
01/23/13 08:04:44 PM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Upper Controller
01/15/13 12:50:01 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
01/15/13 12:36:31 PM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Lower Controller
01/08/13 09:41:00 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Lower Controller
01/08/13 09:33:59 PM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Upper Controller
01/06/13 11:15:21 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
01/06/13 11:00:28 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Upper Controller
12/31/12 09:30:09 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
12/31/12 09:22:41 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Lower Controller
12/31/12 08:46:42 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Lower Controller
12/31/12 08:32:11 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Lower Controller
12/21/12 11:42:51 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Lower Controller
12/21/12 11:34:19 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Upper Controller
12/20/12 10:01:05 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
12/20/12 09:20:19 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405570)
Lower Controller
12/16/12 10:12:58 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Lower Controller
12/16/12 10:05:23 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Lower Controller
12/09/12 08:06:47 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Lower Controller
12/09/12 08:00:19 PM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Upper Controller
12/06/12 10:04:35 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
12/06/12 09:58:14 PM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Upper Controller
11/17/12 08:10:17 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
11/17/12 08:02:33 PM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Lower Controller
11/15/12 03:33:56 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Lower Controller
11/15/12 03:24:25 PM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Lower Controller
11/15/12 05:16:54 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Lower Controller
11/15/12 05:07:27 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Upper Controller
11/14/12 08:16:42 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
11/14/12 08:03:16 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Lower Controller
11/13/12 09:04:27 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Lower Controller
11/13/12 08:49:25 PM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Upper Controller
11/13/12 02:36:33 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
11/13/12 02:28:47 PM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Upper Controller
11/12/12 09:02:07 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
11/12/12 08:56:46 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Upper Controller
11/12/12 03:40:58 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
11/12/12 02:28:48 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405570)
Upper Controller
11/06/12 12:02:51 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
11/06/12 11:46:30 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Lower Controller
11/06/12 11:24:06 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Lower Controller
11/06/12 11:14:39 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Upper Controller
11/05/12 01:35:07 PM
RAID Controller 1 Online
Warning
Upper Controller
11/05/12 01:35:06 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
11/05/12 01:35:06 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Upper Controller
11/05/12 01:35:03 PM
Disk 6 Online
Upper Controller
11/05/12 01:35:02 PM
Disk 4 Online
Upper Controller
11/05/12 01:35:02 PM
Disk 5 Online
Upper Controller
11/05/12 01:35:01 PM
Disk 2 Online
Upper Controller
11/05/12 01:35:01 PM
Disk 3 Online
Upper Controller
11/05/12 01:35:00 PM
Disk 1 Online
Lower Controller
11/05/12 01:34:44 PM
RAID Controller 2 Online
Warning
Lower Controller
11/05/12 01:34:43 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
11/05/12 01:34:43 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Upper Controller
11/05/12 01:34:39 PM
Enclosure Powered On
Lower Controller
11/05/12 01:34:38 PM
Enclosure Powered On
Lower Controller
11/05/12 10:42:35 AM
Service ID Turned On
Lower Controller
11/05/12 10:42:24 AM
Service ID Turned Off
Lower Controller
11/05/12 10:32:12 AM
Service ID Turned On
Upper Controller
11/05/12 01:43:41 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
11/05/12 01:38:27 AM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Lower Controller
11/04/12 03:06:10 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Lower Controller
11/04/12 02:42:15 PM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405571)
Upper Controller
11/02/12 05:54:11 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Lower Controller
11/02/12 05:51:38 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
11/14/10 01:53:19 PM
Coprocessor Offline
Upper Controller
11/14/10 01:53:17 PM
RAID Controller 1 Restarted
Upper Controller
11/14/10 01:53:17 PM
RAID Controller 1 Offline
Warning
Upper Controller
11/14/10 01:53:17 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Upper Controller
11/14/10 01:53:17 PM
Coprocessor Restarted
Lower Controller
11/14/10 01:52:51 PM
Coprocessor Offline
Lower Controller
11/14/10 01:52:50 PM
Coprocessor Restarted
Lower Controller
11/14/10 01:52:40 PM
RAID Controller 2 Restarted
Lower Controller
11/14/10 01:52:40 PM
RAID Controller 2 Offline
Warning
Lower Controller
11/14/10 01:52:40 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
11/14/10 01:51:08 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
11/14/10 01:51:08 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
11/14/10 01:50:30 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
11/14/10 01:50:30 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
11/14/10 01:31:48 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
11/14/10 01:31:10 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Lower Controller
10/21/10 03:16:53 PM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405570)
Lower Controller
10/21/10 11:57:57 AM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Upper Controller
10/16/10 04:25:11 AM
RAID Set 1 Expansion Complete (0)
Warning
Upper Controller
10/14/10 11:24:27 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
10/14/10 11:24:27 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
10/14/10 11:24:27 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
10/14/10 11:24:27 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
10/14/10 11:24:00 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
10/14/10 11:24:00 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
10/14/10 11:23:58 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
10/14/10 11:23:58 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
10/14/10 07:17:27 PM
Time Synchronization Failure with "time.apple.com" (7405570)
Upper Controller
10/14/10 02:55:08 PM
RAID Set 1 Expansion Started
Lower Controller
10/14/10 02:49:04 PM
Time Synchronized with "time.apple.com"
Warning
Upper Controller
05/18/10 05:48:00 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
05/18/10 05:48:00 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
05/18/10 05:47:41 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
05/18/10 05:47:39 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
05/18/10 05:38:38 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
05/18/10 05:38:38 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
05/18/10 05:38:19 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
05/18/10 05:38:17 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
05/18/10 04:01:45 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
05/18/10 04:01:45 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
05/18/10 04:01:26 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
05/18/10 04:01:24 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
05/18/10 03:52:22 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
05/18/10 03:52:22 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
05/18/10 03:52:03 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
05/18/10 03:52:01 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
01/05/10 07:28:30 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
01/05/10 07:28:30 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
01/05/10 07:28:12 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
01/05/10 07:28:10 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
01/05/10 07:22:29 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
01/05/10 07:22:29 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
01/05/10 07:22:10 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
01/05/10 07:22:08 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
12/18/09 05:58:08 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
12/18/09 05:58:08 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
12/18/09 05:57:49 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
12/18/09 05:57:47 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
12/18/09 05:52:36 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
12/18/09 05:52:36 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
12/18/09 05:52:17 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
12/18/09 05:52:15 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
12/03/09 07:28:01 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
12/03/09 07:28:01 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
12/03/09 07:27:42 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
12/03/09 07:27:41 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
12/03/09 07:22:52 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
12/03/09 07:22:52 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
12/03/09 07:22:34 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
12/03/09 07:22:32 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
11/05/09 06:52:35 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
11/05/09 06:52:35 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
11/05/09 06:52:16 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
11/05/09 06:52:14 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
11/05/09 06:48:11 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
11/05/09 06:48:11 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
11/05/09 06:47:52 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
11/05/09 06:47:50 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
10/19/09 11:07:54 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
10/19/09 11:07:54 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
10/19/09 11:03:57 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
10/19/09 11:03:57 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
10/17/09 03:16:47 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
10/17/09 03:12:54 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
10/08/09 06:25:37 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
10/08/09 06:25:37 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
10/08/09 06:25:17 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
10/08/09 06:25:15 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
10/08/09 06:21:56 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
10/08/09 06:21:56 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
10/08/09 06:21:37 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
10/08/09 06:21:35 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
08/20/09 06:09:41 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
08/20/09 06:09:41 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
08/20/09 06:09:06 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
08/20/09 06:09:04 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
08/20/09 06:07:58 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
08/20/09 06:07:58 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
08/20/09 06:07:39 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
08/20/09 06:07:37 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
08/20/09 06:07:17 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
08/20/09 06:07:17 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
08/20/09 06:06:42 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
08/20/09 06:06:40 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
08/20/09 06:05:35 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
08/20/09 06:05:35 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
08/20/09 06:05:15 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
08/20/09 06:05:13 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
05/22/09 06:08:32 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
05/22/09 06:08:32 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
05/22/09 06:08:31 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
05/22/09 06:08:31 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
05/22/09 06:08:01 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
05/22/09 06:07:59 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
04/23/09 04:33:57 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
04/23/09 04:33:57 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
04/23/09 04:33:28 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
04/23/09 04:33:26 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
04/23/09 04:33:12 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
04/23/09 04:33:12 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
04/23/09 04:32:43 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
04/23/09 04:32:41 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
04/23/09 04:32:32 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
04/23/09 04:32:32 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
04/23/09 04:32:12 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
04/23/09 04:32:10 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
04/23/09 04:31:47 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
04/23/09 04:31:47 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
04/23/09 04:31:27 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
04/23/09 04:31:25 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
04/08/09 01:05:56 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
04/08/09 01:05:56 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
04/08/09 01:05:29 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
04/08/09 01:04:47 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
04/08/09 01:04:47 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
04/08/09 01:04:20 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
01/09/09 10:16:41 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
01/09/09 10:16:41 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
01/09/09 10:16:22 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
01/09/09 10:16:20 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
01/09/09 10:13:10 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
01/09/09 10:13:10 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
01/09/09 10:12:51 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
01/09/09 10:12:49 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
12/22/08 02:59:03 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
12/22/08 02:59:03 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
12/22/08 02:58:36 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
12/22/08 02:55:02 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
12/22/08 02:55:02 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
12/22/08 02:54:35 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
08/14/08 05:09:32 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
08/14/08 05:09:32 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
08/14/08 05:09:13 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
08/14/08 05:09:11 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
08/14/08 05:02:01 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
08/14/08 05:02:01 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
08/14/08 05:01:41 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
08/14/08 05:01:39 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
07/08/08 01:13:28 PM
Error Status Cleared Using Service ID Button
Upper Controller
07/08/08 01:12:49 PM
Power Supply 1 Failed
Upper Controller
07/08/08 01:06:59 PM
Disk 5 Online
Upper Controller
07/08/08 01:06:52 PM
Error Status Cleared Using Service ID Button
Upper Controller
07/08/08 01:06:15 PM
Disk 6 Online
Lower Controller
07/08/08 09:06:57 AM
Error Status Cleared Using Service ID Button
Lower Controller
07/08/08 09:06:19 AM
Power Supply 1 Failed
Lower Controller
07/08/08 09:00:21 AM
Error Status Cleared Using Service ID Button
Warning
Upper Controller
06/22/08 02:35:46 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
06/22/08 02:35:46 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
06/22/08 02:34:32 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
06/22/08 10:29:38 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
06/22/08 10:29:38 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
06/22/08 10:28:24 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
06/18/08 01:07:37 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
06/18/08 01:07:37 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
06/18/08 01:07:37 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
06/18/08 01:07:30 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
06/18/08 01:07:29 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
06/18/08 12:59:35 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
06/18/08 12:59:34 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
06/18/08 12:59:34 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
06/18/08 12:59:28 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
06/18/08 12:59:26 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
06/18/08 12:58:35 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
06/18/08 12:58:34 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
06/18/08 12:58:34 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
06/18/08 12:58:26 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
06/18/08 12:58:24 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
06/18/08 12:50:32 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
06/18/08 12:50:32 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
06/18/08 12:50:32 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
06/18/08 12:50:23 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
06/18/08 12:50:21 PM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
06/09/08 12:43:50 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
06/09/08 12:43:50 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
06/09/08 12:43:31 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
06/09/08 12:43:30 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
06/09/08 12:37:20 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
06/09/08 12:37:20 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
06/09/08 12:36:52 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
06/09/08 12:36:50 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
06/09/08 12:35:51 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
06/09/08 12:35:51 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
06/09/08 12:35:31 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
06/09/08 12:35:30 AM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
06/09/08 12:34:30 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
06/09/08 12:34:30 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
06/09/08 12:34:11 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
06/09/08 12:34:09 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
06/09/08 12:27:59 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
06/09/08 12:27:59 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Upper Controller
06/09/08 12:27:32 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Upper Controller
06/09/08 12:27:30 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Warning
Upper Controller
06/09/08 12:26:30 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre LIP
Upper Controller
06/09/08 12:26:30 AM
RAID Controller 1 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
06/08/08 09:01:38 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
06/08/08 09:01:38 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
06/08/08 09:01:19 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
06/08/08 09:01:17 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
06/08/08 08:24:35 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
06/08/08 08:24:35 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
06/08/08 08:24:14 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
06/08/08 08:24:13 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
06/08/08 08:17:06 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
06/08/08 08:17:06 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
06/08/08 08:16:42 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
06/08/08 08:16:40 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
06/08/08 08:14:13 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
06/08/08 08:14:13 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
06/08/08 08:13:52 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
06/08/08 08:13:50 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Lower Controller
06/08/08 08:05:42 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Lower Controller
06/08/08 08:05:42 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Up
Warning
Lower Controller
06/08/08 08:05:23 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre Link Down
Warning
Lower Controller
06/08/08 08:05:21 PM
RAID Controller 2 Fibre LIP
Warning
Low

Here I am, at the precipice. Would you click Merge?

Xserve RAID lost RAID 5 array on right/bottom controller

I cleanly shut down an Xserve G5 with an Xserve RAID attached and then powered off the Xserve RAID this morning. I replaced a failing memory module in the Xserve and moved the rack 6". I then powered on the Xserve RAID, waited for a couple minutes until it was fully booted, and then booted the Xserve. When it came up, my RAID 50 volume failed to mount. Upon further investigation, it appears that the RAID 5 array on the right hand disks is "gone". In RAID Admin (Disks and Drives tab), the left side array is visible, but all disks on the right side list status as "OK" and Type: as "Spare".
Configuration: Xserve RAID with 14 250 GB disks. Each side was configured with 6 disks in a RAID 5 array and one spare. These were striped using Software RAID on the Xserve into RAID 50 and mounted as a single volume. The RAID firmware is currently 1.5 and the Xserve is running OS X Server 10.4.3.
To summarize today's activities: under Apple's guidance (as this entire system is covered under a Premium Support contract), I swapped the (bottom) controller for the right side, updated firmware (from v1.3/1.20a to 1.5/1.50), multiple resets of both controllers, repeated forced firmware updates, etc.
Also, I swapped the left set of disks for the right set, and the array from the left set now shows up on the right side, and the missing array from the right is still missing with the disks on the left side. I replaced the disks to their original positions with the same results.
RAID Admin's Utility "Recognize Array" will not perform any operations on the rigth side disks and Apple tells me that there's nothing further that I can do with it.
None of this has solved the problem or substantially changed the issue, and the disks on the right side are still missing their associated array. Apple is unable/unwilling to offer any further help except to refer me to 3rd party data recovery services.
Does anyone have any suggestion at all that might possibly recover the missing array? Is anyone aware of any tools that I might use to recreate the RAID 5 array on the right controller? I was hoping that there might exist some low-level tools with which the disks could be recreated into an array by hand? Are there any commercial products that would work on this? Any other ideas?
Many thanks for any suggestions.
- Martin
Xserve RAID (14 250GB disks) on Xserve G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Not sure why you swapped the controllers back and forth
William, I don't think I was clear on this. I swapped the controller with a new controller that I had in a spare parts kit. This was at Apple's request.
really, RAID is not a backup...
I'm well aware, but despite my incessant warnings, users will become lulled in to a false sense of security when something "just works" for a very long time. This array wasn't intended to store valuable data that couldn't be lost, but...
It may be possible for Apple to re-create the RAID set, did you ask AppleCare about the possibility?
Apple has told me more than once that there's nothing else that they can do for me...and yet I keep calling back.
I was surprised that this array was lost when there were absolutely no prior signs of a problem and the system was merely shutdown and restarted cleanly. I'm more surprised and quite disappointed to learn that Apple will do nothing else for me (under a Premium Support contract) to attempt to repair a damaged array. When I asked questions about where the RAID information is stored, I received the answers: "I can't tell you that" and "Apple doesn't release that information". I did not get the feeling that they were working with me, but rather holding my hand while they walked me through published documentation.
I expected that there would be utilities (analagous to filesystem repair utilities) such as RAID Admin's "Recognize Array" that could help repair and recover damaged array data. I think that the lesson that I've leanred today is that I was naive to have expected such a thing without actually having investigated it ahead of time.
Anyway, thanks for your input, William.

Repair Utility for xServe RAID?

We have an xServe with an attached RAID consisting of four 350 GB drives. The drives are set up as a RAID. Due to storms/hot weather (air conditioning failed) the server restarted and the RAID powered down. The xServe is fine but the RAID is not functioning. From RAID Admin the drives all show up and are OK but the array is not showing up. Is there any disk repair utility that would be useful on a RAID?
xServe RAID Mac OS X (10.4.6)
xServe RAID Mac OS X (10.4.6)

The fact that it's showing up as spares is a significant problem. The host won't recognize it until the RAID recognizes the array. There is no separate utility to help you with this, other than RAID Admin.
What firmware version is on the array? If it's 1.5, there's a "recognize array" option that you should try. If it's an older version, I'd tell you it would be nice if you could have gone back in time and upgraded the firmware. Since that's not possible, you should call AppleCare (assuming you have got APS&S for Xserve RAID, or the machine is < 1 year old) and inquire about your options.

Added a 2nd Array on my Xserve RAID, Though it's not appearing in disk utilityt

I have an Xserve RAID unit. Up until now I have just been running 1 side of it with 7 drives on RAID 5 = about 4TB. I recently picked up another identical RAID unit with 7 drives to fill out the right hand bay of the unit doubling our capacity. I have installed these and initialised the array which took about 48 hours, it's now showing as online and green lights all the way.
Now I've gone to make use of the extra space but it is not showing as available in the mounted RAID icon on the desktop, nor will the new array appear in disk utility. When I access server admin however, on the overview screen it shows I have 8TB on offer. Contrary to this in the system profiler the 'Fibre Channel Domain 2' is not reporting any SCSI devices unlike 'Fibre Channel Domain 0' - Not sure this is related.
If anyone can help me gain access to the new found 4TB I would be greatly appreciative.

it is not showing as available in the mounted RAID icon on the desktop
It won't.
The XServe RAID is really built as two independent RAID controllers and drive sets in one enclosure.
The 7 left-most drives are connected to the top controller, and the 7 right-most drives are connected to the bottom controller. They are independent. There's no way to build a single 14-drive array - the best you can do is build two 7-drive arrays.
What you should find is that if you connect the bottom controller to your server, the second array should appear on the desktop, separate and distinct from your existing volume.
If you really need to expand your volume to cover all 14 drives then you'll need to use software RAID 0 (striping) on the server to meld both of the 7-drive arrays into a single logical volume.

Warning lights on XRAID but RAID Admin won't mount it.

I have 3 Final Cut edit suites sharing 2 x 7TB XserveRAIDs.
I had an audible alarm on one of my RAIDs an amber flashing light by the System Identifier Button.
Edit 2 started up fine and my editor was happily working away. I then went Edit 2 to mount the RAID storage - made up of 2 x 7TB XserveRAIDs each split into 2 partitions providing a total of 4 volumes creating my volume based SAN. As I tried to mount the RAIDs using SANmp I had real issues. Eventually got the volumes mounted but then had the greyed out screen of doom when I tried loading up a Final Cut Pro project and had to do a forced shut down.
Edit 2 was still working but I then had similar problems in Edit 1 - not able to mount partitions and unable to load projects.
I tried looking up the RAIDs on the RAID Admin Tool but I'm only seeing 1 RAID when I should be seeing 2. The AID that is mounted is not giving me any errors which makes me think I've lost communication with the RAID with the problem.
Should I just shut the whole system down and hope it starts talking to me again when I fire it up again?
I just want to get on an edit my show.
Thanks.

William: Thanks for your reply, but you seem to be wide of the target here.
RAID Admin can connect to the RAID,
but doesn't see drives?
No. I can run RAID Admin on the Xserve or on a separate laptop, and either way RAID Admin can't find any RAIDs to show in the list of available RAIDs. So it doesn't even get to the stage where it can see any individual drives, since it doesn't find the RAID unit in the first place.
The red light you're seeing, as well as the
fact that Disk Utility can see all the drives
as individuals,
Clarification: Disk Utility is showing symbols for drives, but of course these are really partitions of the RAID, not the individual physical hard drives in the RAID.
indicates that either stuff is set in JBOD mode
... well I'd love to report what mode it's in, but RAID Admin won't show me . However, judging by the fact that there's no part of the file system that's obviously missing, (and also by our original intent when this was set up) I'm 99.9% sure it's in some redundant mode, and 99.8% sure that is simply in default RAID-5 mode.
or something is seriously wrong...
... depending on the meaning of "seriously"!
I'd guess the RAID set (and any data that
was on it) is gone.
... though as I noted in original post, it's in everyday use, including by me, and I've not detected any missing data, aside from a handful of files (out of total approx 2 million files) that return read errors.
Graham
Many Mac OS X (10.3.9) Many

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I'm shooting on the Canon XL H1 at 1080/24p sending the feed from the cameras HD/SDI output to a Panasonic AJ-1200A DVCPRO HD deck. after capture I want to import the footage into FCP thru the blackmagic multibridge extreme onto a 7 terabyte xserve raid.
g5 Mac OS X (10.4.4)

You may check your cache settings on Xserve RAID via RAID Admin tool.
Here is the settings I believe should work for most video captuer cases.
RAID ADMIN 1.5, with 1.5 firmware on Xserve RAID
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I have a new (to me) xServe RAID box and I'm stuck, the stays lights are green the fiber link light is green on the RAID and not lit on the PCI card but shows up as green in the fiber link section of the settings tool but the RAID array doesn't show up in Disk Utility so I can't format the drives.
I set up the disks as Enhanced JBOD using RAIDadmin and I've deleted and created it a couple of times, I'm just not sure what else I should try, I've read the manual but. Can't find any suggestions of what's going wrong.
Thanks

Port 1: Link Established
2Gps
Point to point
Status light green
In the system Profiler I'm not sure what you're asking for, I'm running 10.5.8 standard not server.
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