UCS C200 M2 failed to boot

[Helmi Muzammil]

Hi All,

My Cisco UCS C200 failed to boot. after checked i found that the problem is the raid controller, the card may not functioning correctly.

the raid controller type that used is LSI MegaRAID 9260-4i

can i replace that controller card with different type such as LSI MegaRAID 9260-8i

If can, what should i do? are there any concern?

Thanks for your kindness

[Robert Burns]

Can you log into the CLI of your ESX host and get the following outputs:

ls -alh /vmfs/devices/disks

esxcfg-volume -l

Thanks,

Robert

[Helmi Muzammil]

Hi robert,

i have seen that only one VD shown in the CIMC (picture as attached).

the following is output from " ls -alh /vmfs/devices/disks " and " esxcfg-volume -l " :

ls -alh /vmfs/devices/disks
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          512 Apr 11 14:21 .
drwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          512 Apr 11 14:21 ..
-rw-------    1 root     root            0 Apr 11 14:21 mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L1
-rw-------    1 root     root            0 Apr 11 14:21 mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L2
-rw-------    1 root     root         1.8T Apr 11 14:21 naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76
-rw-------    1 root     root       896.0M Apr 11 14:21 naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76:1
-rw-------    1 root     root         4.0G Apr 11 14:21 naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76:2
-rw-------    1 root     root         1.8T Apr 11 14:21 naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76:3
-rw-------    1 root     root         4.0M Apr 11 14:21 naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76:4
-rw-------    1 root     root       250.0M Apr 11 14:21 naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76:5
-rw-------    1 root     root       250.0M Apr 11 14:21 naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76:6
-rw-------    1 root     root       110.0M Apr 11 14:21 naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76:7
-rw-------    1 root     root       286.0M Apr 11 14:21 naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76:8
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           20 Apr 11 14:21 vml.0000010000766d68626133323a303a31 -> mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L1
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           20 Apr 11 14:21 vml.0000020000766d68626133323a303a32 -> mpx.vmhba32:C0:T0:L2
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           36 Apr 11 14:21 vml.0200000000600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df764d5239323631 -> naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           38 Apr 11 14:21 vml.0200000000600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df764d5239323631:1 -> naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76:1
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           38 Apr 11 14:21 vml.0200000000600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df764d5239323631:2 -> naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76:2
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           38 Apr 11 14:21 vml.0200000000600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df764d5239323631:3 -> naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76:3
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           38 Apr 11 14:21 vml.0200000000600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df764d5239323631:4 -> naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76:4
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           38 Apr 11 14:21 vml.0200000000600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df764d5239323631:5 -> naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76:5
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           38 Apr 11 14:21 vml.0200000000600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df764d5239323631:6 -> naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76:6
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           38 Apr 11 14:21 vml.0200000000600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df764d5239323631:7 -> naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76:7
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           38 Apr 11 14:21 vml.0200000000600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df764d5239323631:8 -> naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76:8
~ # esxcfg-volume -l
VMFS3 UUID/label: 4f25cb6a-af581825-2cef-ccef48b49537/datastore1 (1)
Can mount: Yes
Can resignature: Yes
Extent name: naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76:3     range: 0 - 1901567 (MB)

~ # 

what's your suggest Robert ?

Thanks,

Helmi

[Robert Burns]

Next run this command:

chmod 775 naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76*

then gather the output from:

esxcfg-volume -l

Robert

[Robert Burns]

Lastly mount the volume:

esxcfg-volume -M 4f25cb6a-af581825-2cef-ccef48b49537/datastore1 (1)

You should be able to see the datastore on the host after this.

Robert

[Helmi Muzammil]

Hi Robert,

I also get some message error

/dev/disks # esxcfg-volume -M 4f25cb6a-af581825-2cef-ccef48b49537/datastore1 (1)

-ash: syntax error: "(" unexpected

/dev/disks #

Thanks,

Helmi

[Helmi Muzammil]

Hi Robert,

I have typed the command, but there is some problem :

~ # chmod 775 naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76*

chmod: naa.600605b003a9485016b84af929b2df76*: No such file or directory

Thanks,

Helmi

[Robert Burns]

Change to the appropriate folder...

cd /vmfs/devices/disks

then re-execute the command

Robert

[Helmi Muzammil]

Hi Robert,

I also get some message error

/dev/disks # esxcfg-volume -M 4f25cb6a-af581825-2cef-ccef48b49537/datastore1 (1)

-ash: syntax error: "(" unexpected

/dev/disks #

Thanks,

Helmi

[Robert Burns]

Try it like this:

esxcfg-volume -M 4f25cb6a-af581825-2cef-ccef48b49537/datastore1 \(1\)

Robert

[Helmi Muzammil]

Hi Robert,

You're right man!!  i can see my datastore in esx and that's working well right now..

Thanks for your attention

Thanks for your help

Thanks for your kindness

Cheers

Helmi

[Robert Burns]

Happy to Help Helmi!

Glad to hear the RAID controller swap was successful.

Let us know if you need anything else.

Regards,

Robert