Our only other option would be to use OpenManage to send omconfig commands. If your version of Linux is capable of running OMSA then you can install it and then run the command: [URL] If you can't install OMSA then you can boot to an OMSA live CD/DVD: [URL] OMSA live is a CentOS distro that has OMSA and several other utilities built in. It is installable, but you don't want to install it over your current OS so be sure to select the live or load to memory option during boot. Once inside OMSA live or after you install OMSA in your current OS you should be able to run this command to unblink the drive: omconfig storage pdisk action=unblink controller=0 pdisk=0:1:2 You may need to use omreport to find out what your controller ID and pdisk are. on the pdisk it is controller:channel:driveID Thanks
Hi,  First post - forgive me.  I have a Dell PowerEdge 1950 R3 with the 4x 2.5" SAS/SATA backplane connected to a PERC 6/i. 4x 1TB SATA WD Red drives are fitted configured in a RAID10, and all have been merrily working for 6 months. A drive failed, so we popped it out, and popped in a new one. Rebuild started automatically, and completed in 208 minutes.  All is now well again, except the drive identify / preparing for removal light pattern still flashes on the replaced drive. Array health is reported as optimal, all drives are online, and there's nothing untoward in the PERC logs.  Is this simply a firmware error that may go away on the next reboot? (We can't reboot this machine right now ... don't ask!) but it's making me nervous even though everything is working fine and the logs report a successful rebuild and optimal status.  Thanks for any insights you may be able to give! Lee Product Name    : PERC 6/i Integrated Serial No       : 1122334455667788 FW Package Build: 6.3.1-0003                      Mfg. Data                 ================ Mfg. Date       : 06/24/08 Rework Date     : 06/24/08 Revision No     :  Battery FRU     : N/A                  Image Versions in Flash:                 ================ FW Version         : 1.22.32-1371 BIOS Version       : 2.04.00 WebBIOS Version    : 1.1-46-e_15-Rel Ctrl-R Version     : 1.02-015B Preboot CLI Version: 01.00-022:#%00005 Boot Block Version : 1.00.00.01-0011                  Pending Images in Flash                 ================ None 
PE1950 R3 PERC6/i - Drive Replaced & Rebuilt but still flashing the 
'identify/preparing for removal' pattern?