HP LeftHand SAN Solutions Support Document - Service Notes - VSA 7.0 for VMware ESX

When Powering Off A Mirrored Disk And RAID Is Rebuilding, The Mirrored

Disk Is Not Powered Off [NSM 150] (7368)

Scenario

If you try to power off the mirrored disk when RAID is rebuilding, it is not

powered off. However, no message appears to inform you that your request for

power off has been denied.

The Disk Setup panel indicates that the drive is still active, confirming that

the disk has not been powered down.

Workaround

Wait for the RAID to rebuild and then power off the disk.

Changing The RAID Rebuild Rate Does Not Retain The New Setting [IBM

x3650] (5780)

Scenario

If you try to change the RAID Rebuild Rate, the slider returns to the default

setting of High. This setting of High affects other activities on the IBM x3650.

For example, if the system is rebooted, the storage server takes a long time to

start. The long start time means that the icon will continue blinking red in the

Console and, even after the system is up and the storage server started, the

unit’s performance is affected until the RAID rebuild completes.

Workaround

There is no workaround.

Explanation

This inability to change the RAID Rebuild Rate is due to a limitation in the

IBM controller firmware.