S5112 problem with Adaptec RAID

Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone has the following error or has ideas on how to
deal with it. The drives work fine when not in RAID configuration or
used with the SIL RAID and do not show diagnostic errors. The errors
start as soon as the drives are configured RAID and repeat irregularly
around 5-15/day.

The drives are 10,000 RPM WD SATA configured RAID 1. I don't see any
data corruption but there might be and it not show up yet.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: aarich
Event Category: None
Event ID: 9
Date: 01/07/2006
Time: 3:15:27 PM
User: N/A
Computer: PMCI-00
Description:
The device, \Device\Scsi\aarich1, did not respond within the timeout
period.

Thanks,

Peter

expat_th- wrote:

Peter,

I don't know anything about your *specific* RAID problem, but I know
that I had to upgrade the firmware in my Maxtor drives for them to work
properly in RAID with my AMCC/3ware controller.

I'd first make certain you have the latest firmware for the drives.

I also had to upgrade my power supply. It takes lots of power to start
at least four drives fast enough for the RAID controller to see them.

I hope this helps!

Jim

I'll look into it.

Thanks,

Peter
Jim wrote:
> expat_th- wrote:
>
> Peter,
>
> I don't know anything about your *specific* RAID problem, but I know
> that I had to upgrade the firmware in my Maxtor drives for them to work
> properly in RAID with my AMCC/3ware controller.
>
> I'd first make certain you have the latest firmware for the drives.
>
> I also had to upgrade my power supply. It takes lots of power to start
> at least four drives fast enough for the RAID controller to see them.
>
> I hope this helps!
>
> Jim

did this work for you? i'm using western digitals... it only occurs
when i try to start the adapted io manager service after i fixed hte
imagepath problem identified by the adaptec support site.


expat_th- wrote:
> I'll look into it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
> Jim wrote:
> > expat_th- wrote:
> >
> > Peter,
> >
> > I don't know anything about your *specific* RAID problem, but I know
> > that I had to upgrade the firmware in my Maxtor drives for them to work
> > properly in RAID with my AMCC/3ware controller.
> >
> > I'd first make certain you have the latest firmware for the drives.
> >
> > I also had to upgrade my power supply. It takes lots of power to start
> > at least four drives fast enough for the RAID controller to see them.
> >
> > I hope this helps!
> >
> > Jim