Hardware and software failures happen. It may not have been preventable. However: You might have been able to reflash the BMC firmware (unless it is completely unresponsive or non-functional). You could have tried to clear the system NVRAM. As far as the drive goes. It is very important to learn the difference between CLEAR and IMPORT and when to use one or the other. Finally, consumer/desktop/laptop drives should not be used in servers. WD Green, Blue, and Red are all poor choices for use on enterprise RAID systems.
Hi, I was finding that the server was taking a very long time to boot. I plugged in a monitor and found that the Baseboard Management Controller was having a "Communication Failure". I was also finding that the DRAC5 installed in the server was not working at all. I browsed the forums and I read that updating the BMC would fix this issue. I have server 2012 R2 installed on this system so I downloaded the 2.50 update for the BMC (.EXE) and started to install it, the fans ramped up to max speed and then I got a BSOD, when the server rebooted the PERC6 now cannot see my 2TB drive that has windows installed (SATA), it can only see the 300GB SAS drive. Is there a way to get my 2TB hdd working again and to get the BMC to work? Thanks
Dell PowerEdge 1950 BMC Help!