We had a server problem the other day.
It should have been a routine fix - the RAID controller card had gone bad and needed to be replaced. Not a big deal.
So I put in the new controller card, changed the cable and replaced the battery pack.
I fired the server back up, and checked the drive array in Windows.
Nothing.
I rebooted to make sure the controller card showed up in the POST process.
Then I spent the next two hours wondering why the card showed up in the POST process but not in Windows.
I reinstalled drivers.
I flashed the firmware.
I rebooted 27 times.
I expanded my vocabulary.
I did a rain dance.
Then I got a bright idea – open the case back up and check the connections.
Sure enough, one cable was pointing straight up, dangling in the air.
It works now.
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2 comments:
Maybe a RAID dance instead of a rain dance would have helped.
I usually leave the case open until I've checked that it works. But it always works then. Problems appear only in the times when I put the case back on before testing it - kind of like taking or forgetting an umbrella when there's a chance of rain.
Yeah, I felt as dumb as that time I hot-swapped some printer RAM.
At least this one ended on a happy note!
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