I have a DL360 G5 running WinSrvr2003 with a 3 drive (72GB) SAS Raid 5 array on P400i controller. The single array has two partitions. (OS and a data store) Drive 2 has failed and is off line (Amber lite and internittant beeps) I have replacement drives but cannot find step by step instruction on a hot swap and drive rebuild. Do I just pull the drive and insert the new drive while the system is online and running?
Im am familair with this procedure on Dell Poweredges but not so on the HP Proliant. Does anyone have links to this instruction?
Best Answer
Yes, in this case, you would pull the bad drive and insert the new drive.
HP Smart Array controllers initiate the rebuild process automatically.
This can be done hot, while the system is running.
A description of the HP Smart Array RAID controller technology is available here.