MegaRAID Storage Manager on x3550 M4 with Server 2016 - 672

[@jmonsted]

MegaRAID came from LSI (formerly AMI) who has made the RAID controllers for IBM pretty much forever. The tools aren't specific to IBM/Lenovo. Old IBM servers is generally a good source of cheap LSI RAID controllers, though.

[@DanielTekmyster]

Jesper Monsted i forgot about AMI, wow, brings me back.

[@bwzes03]

Jup, LSI got bought by Avago, and later, Avago got bought by Broadcom.... The latest MegaRAID Storage Manager (MSM) can be downloaded via the Broadcom website, as well as the IBM/Lenovo websites. You can download the latest firmwares there as well. Should you not have an IBM/Lenovo rebranded (OEM-ed) LSI controller, you can check at Broadcom.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Jesper Monsted Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@sdiubw8943f]

You should buy a capture card. That way when you are recording your servers/computers screens, you don't have to configure OBS or another screen capture software to get good quality recordings of a screen. Ooh, also cool outro screen! Good work!

[@l0calnet]

Or you can use IPKVM and screen recording

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi l0calnet Thank You very much! I was sure the sound was bad in this video,, guess my Panasonic "screen recording" is not that good :-/ Thank you for watching! :-)

[@gonace]

I've been crying non stop for years...and MegaRAID Storage Manager is the reason.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi gonace Not happy tears,, I am guessing!! :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@cedricsernissi9674]

Wrong video number in the title at the start of the video :p Nice video, thanks !

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Cédric Sernissi Ahhh the FU€k,, why did I not see that!! :-/ Thank You very much! Thank you for watching! :-)

[@jarsky]

MegaRAID is the old LSI range, not IBM/Lenovo. IBM/Lenovo, along with Dell and Intel and other companies just rebrand the LSI controllers, or build their cards/boards around the LSI RAID chips. MegaRAID Software Manager was originally made by LSI, taken over by avago, then Broadcom. Additionally that is not how you clear a drive. You should be scanning for configurations when you want to import an array. If its just a single disk you want to clean, then just right click on the disk and clean it. You should really only be scanning for foreign configs when youre moving an array to a new card, or you've had some sort of raid failure like a hotspare being marked incorrectly and need to clear and re-import the config. Also just because it says Unconfigured (Good) doesnt mean it doesn't have sector errors. Because it hasn't been attached to this controller before, it will show Good because you removed the configuration and it hasn't failed as far as the card can detect. You should be probing the SMART data, or direct attaching it and using a tool like HD Sentinel to scan the drive.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Jarsky Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@abhishekknegi007]

very informative video

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi abhishek negi Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@muthudiamond]

Good Explanation

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi muthu raj Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@LeeZhiWei8219]

Like I always say I like mortens videos

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Zhi Wei Lee Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@Melody.Rama.]

Thank you

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Kathy Faramarzi You are very welcome! glad you liked the video :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@mememe9519]

Nice video

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi meme me Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@AnkushKumar-bh1bv]

Sir,, i need help you , I want configure second RAID1 In IBM Server X3500m4...can i configure this. With out Any issue...please replay..

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Ankush Kumar I do not know what raid controller you have in your x3500 M4,, but see some of my videos on the x3550 or x3650 M4 and see if you can use some of that. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@AnkushKumar-bh1bv]

Ok sir thanks for reply

[@StefanoBettega]

What about SMART data from the disk? I have an LSI card with megaraid in a server with ESXi at work and passed the controller to a machine on it to be able to manage disks with the program. I don't remember if SMART data are readable in any way, but some error on relocated sectors count could lead to a bad drive working even if it could appear good. Will check on Monday if any data is available. Cheers!

[@StefanoBettega]

Well, just checked today at work on my ESXi Avago controller, but as far as I can see, no SMART data seems to be available in the application. Maybe the on-controller BIOS has more options... BTW in the application you can roughly configure an email advertising when something is going weird...

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Stefano Bettega Thank You very much! glad you liked the video :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@MyPlayHouse]

KZbin is messing up, and climes that I have not replied to this,, sorry for the "disturbance in the force" :-/

[@matthewlandon1697]

Nice video once again. Have you been getting better speeds?

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Matthew Landon Thank You very much! way better,, that will be next video. I did that one yesterday. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@equintar]

This 500GB hard drive has a power consumption that is highest than 1TB sas drive? Realy?

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Eduard Quintana Yes,, same with ram,, a 1GB block uses just about the same as a 16GB block.... Thank you for watching! :-)

[@ahamedsathick]

if get predictive error message on ibm 3650 m4 Server then is it required to replace hdd. incase if needed then how to replace HDD

[@MyPlayHouse]

In a production environment, I would order a replacement (can be used) and replace it when it comes. If you are playing server at home,, I would check my backup,, and start looking for a replacement,, at the right prices.

[@DanielTekmyster]

Check the smart status to be sure it isn't actually bad.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Daniel Tekmyster Thank You very much! If it's bad the server will, give me an predicted failure... and if it has had one,, it would be warning me about that. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@thefreddit]

Some RAID controllers don't actually expose the underlying drive's SMART data. You can get to it when using HP SmartArray controllers using HP tools, but IIRC Lsi/Avago controllers don't expose the raw SMART data.

[@AnshumanSGupta]

Hello sir, I need your help, as I was expanding RAID 5 storage on my server. But I am unable to complete in. Please guide me. Server model x3650 M4 with win server 2012. ..... ....please help me out

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Anshuman S. Gupta Well you are not giving me much to go on :-) Thank you for watching! :-)

[@AnshumanSGupta]

@@MyPlayHouse Do you need more detail ?

[@EAGHOST]

why can you not put internet on your server

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi J&R COMPUTERS 777 You can do that,, it's just WAY safer if they do not have internet access. This server has internet access,, I just do not use it to do stuff on the internet. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@bluefoxtv1566]

I would suggest stress testing the drive before calling it good.

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi BlueFoxTV Thank You very much! Yes,, this is only for my home lab play around with... it's good so far.. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@jvh2092]

Why would you use RAID manager software to check on the status of a drive, instead of proper disk checking tools?

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi Twisted Metal The MEGARAID software do not do much more than read the data from the raid controller and present them to me.. the raid controller will all by it self keep an eye on all the drives, but megaraid it just a way to see it inside windows. Thank you for watching! :-)

[@thefreddit]

Hardware RAID controllers in between the OS and the physical drives = no direct access to drives or SMART. You can only access what SMART data is exposed by the RAID controller, which thus requires the controller manufacturer's tools.

[@EAGHOST]

or google

[@MyPlayHouse]

Hi J&R COMPUTERS 777 The less you install the less can go wrong! Thank you for watching! :-)

[@EAGHOST]

All 8 of my servers have internet explorer