FAULTED Drive to many errors: But Drive Tests Good?

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snowmirage

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This afternoon I was alerted to a degradation on my volume after rebuilding my server this past weekend.

I'm running FreeNAS 9.2.1.5-RELEASEx64 (80x1d35)
Intel Celeron G530 2.4GHZ CPU ( its what I had .... :( )
24GB RAM
My volume consists of
2TB x 7 in RAIDZ2
+
500GB x 6 in RAIDZ2


Started digging around found the following after searching the forums for a refresher on some of the commands.

Code:
[root@freenas8] ~# zpool status -v
  pool: BetoriaCloud
state: DEGRADED
status: One or more devices are faulted in response to persistent errors.
        Sufficient replicas exist for the pool to continue functioning in a
        degraded state.
action: Replace the faulted device, or use 'zpool clear' to mark the device
        repaired.
  scan: none requested
config:

        NAME                                            STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
        BetoriaCloud                                    DEGRADED     0     0     0
          raidz2-0                                      DEGRADED     0     0     0
            gptid/d34eb1ac-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/d45cdd91-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45  FAULTED      7    51     0  too many errors
            gptid/d5784fe6-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/d75ecda8-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/d94132db-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/da6201f9-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/daf3db54-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45  ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2-1                                      ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/db69757e-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/dbce23db-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/dc2ffede-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/dc8887a5-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/dce7465d-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/de4e0c23-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45  ONLINE       0     0     0

errors: No known data errors


Code:
[root@freenas8] ~# gpart list
Geom name: da8
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 255
fwsectors: 63
last: 15124991
first: 63
entries: 4
scheme: MBR
Providers:
1. Name: da8s1
   Mediasize: 988291584 (942M)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 32256
   Mode: r1w0e1
   attrib: active
   rawtype: 165
   length: 988291584
   offset: 32256
   type: freebsd
   index: 1
   end: 1930319
   start: 63
2. Name: da8s2
   Mediasize: 988291584 (942M)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 988356096
   Mode: r0w0e0
   rawtype: 165
   length: 988291584
   offset: 988356096
   type: freebsd
   index: 2
   end: 3860639
   start: 1930383
3. Name: da8s3
   Mediasize: 1548288 (1.5M)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 1976647680
   Mode: r0w0e0
   rawtype: 165
   length: 1548288
   offset: 1976647680
   type: freebsd
   index: 3
   end: 3863663
   start: 3860640
4. Name: da8s4
   Mediasize: 21159936 (20M)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 1978195968
   Mode: r1w1e2
   rawtype: 165
   length: 21159936
   offset: 1978195968
   type: freebsd
   index: 4
   end: 3904991
   start: 3863664
Consumers:
1. Name: da8
   Mediasize: 7743995904 (7.2G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Mode: r2w1e4

Geom name: da8s1
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 255
fwsectors: 63
last: 1930256
first: 0
entries: 8
scheme: BSD
Providers:
1. Name: da8s1a
   Mediasize: 988283392 (942M)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 40448
   Mode: r1w0e1
   rawtype: 0
   length: 988283392
   offset: 8192
   type: !0
   index: 1
   end: 1930256
   start: 16
Consumers:
1. Name: da8s1
   Mediasize: 988291584 (942M)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 32256
   Mode: r1w0e1

Geom name: da5
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 255
fwsectors: 63
last: 3907029134
first: 34
entries: 128
scheme: GPT
Providers:
1. Name: da5p1
   Mediasize: 2147483648 (2.0G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r1w1e1
   rawuuid: d2f614fe-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 2147483648
   offset: 65536
   type: freebsd-swap
   index: 1
   end: 4194431
   start: 128
2. Name: da5p2
   Mediasize: 1998251364352 (1.8T)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r1w1e2
   rawuuid: d34eb1ac-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cba-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 1998251364352
   offset: 2147549184
   type: freebsd-zfs
   index: 2
   end: 3907029127
   start: 4194432
Consumers:
1. Name: da5
   Mediasize: 2000398934016 (1.8T)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r2w2e5

Geom name: da6
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 255
fwsectors: 63
last: 3907029134
first: 34
entries: 128
scheme: GPT
Providers:
1. Name: da6p1
   Mediasize: 2147483648 (2.0G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r1w1e1
   rawuuid: d43dd3c1-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 2147483648
   offset: 65536
   type: freebsd-swap
   index: 1
   end: 4194431
   start: 128
2. Name: da6p2
   Mediasize: 1998251364352 (1.8T)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r0w0e0
   rawuuid: d45cdd91-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cba-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 1998251364352
   offset: 2147549184
   type: freebsd-zfs
   index: 2
   end: 3907029127
   start: 4194432
Consumers:
1. Name: da6
   Mediasize: 2000398934016 (1.8T)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r1w1e2

Geom name: da0
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 255
fwsectors: 63
last: 3907029134
first: 34
entries: 128
scheme: GPT
Providers:
1. Name: da0p1
   Mediasize: 2147483648 (2.0G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r1w1e1
   rawuuid: d56a20e1-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 2147483648
   offset: 65536
   type: freebsd-swap
   index: 1
   end: 4194431
   start: 128
2. Name: da0p2
   Mediasize: 1998251364352 (1.8T)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r1w1e2
   rawuuid: d5784fe6-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cba-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 1998251364352
   offset: 2147549184
   type: freebsd-zfs
   index: 2
   end: 3907029127
   start: 4194432
Consumers:
1. Name: da0
   Mediasize: 2000398934016 (1.8T)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r2w2e5

Geom name: da1
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 255
fwsectors: 63
last: 3907029134
first: 34
entries: 128
scheme: GPT
Providers:
1. Name: da1p1
   Mediasize: 2147483648 (2.0G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r1w1e1
   rawuuid: d6db7091-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 2147483648
   offset: 65536
   type: freebsd-swap
   index: 1
   end: 4194431
   start: 128
2. Name: da1p2
   Mediasize: 1998251364352 (1.8T)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r1w1e2
   rawuuid: d75ecda8-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cba-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 1998251364352
   offset: 2147549184
   type: freebsd-zfs
   index: 2
   end: 3907029127
   start: 4194432
Consumers:
1. Name: da1
   Mediasize: 2000398934016 (1.8T)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r2w2e5

Geom name: da2
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 255
fwsectors: 63
last: 3907029134
first: 34
entries: 128
scheme: GPT
Providers:
1. Name: da2p1
   Mediasize: 2147483648 (2.0G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r1w1e1
   rawuuid: d8bbf775-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 2147483648
   offset: 65536
   type: freebsd-swap
   index: 1
   end: 4194431
   start: 128
2. Name: da2p2
   Mediasize: 1998251364352 (1.8T)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r1w1e2
   rawuuid: d94132db-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cba-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 1998251364352
   offset: 2147549184
   type: freebsd-zfs
   index: 2
   end: 3907029127
   start: 4194432
Consumers:
1. Name: da2
   Mediasize: 2000398934016 (1.8T)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r2w2e5

Geom name: da3
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 255
fwsectors: 63
last: 3907029134
first: 34
entries: 128
scheme: GPT
Providers:
1. Name: da3p1
   Mediasize: 2147483648 (2.0G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r1w1e1
   rawuuid: da4548e0-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 2147483648
   offset: 65536
   type: freebsd-swap
   index: 1
   end: 4194431
   start: 128
2. Name: da3p2
   Mediasize: 1998251364352 (1.8T)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r1w1e2
   rawuuid: da6201f9-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cba-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 1998251364352
   offset: 2147549184
   type: freebsd-zfs
   index: 2
   end: 3907029127
   start: 4194432
Consumers:
1. Name: da3
   Mediasize: 2000398934016 (1.8T)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r2w2e5

Geom name: da4
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 255
fwsectors: 63
last: 3907029134
first: 34
entries: 128
scheme: GPT
Providers:
1. Name: da4p1
   Mediasize: 2147483648 (2.0G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r1w1e1
   rawuuid: dadb1db3-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 2147483648
   offset: 65536
   type: freebsd-swap
   index: 1
   end: 4194431
   start: 128
2. Name: da4p2
   Mediasize: 1998251364352 (1.8T)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r1w1e2
   rawuuid: daf3db54-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cba-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 1998251364352
   offset: 2147549184
   type: freebsd-zfs
   index: 2
   end: 3907029127
   start: 4194432
Consumers:
1. Name: da4
   Mediasize: 2000398934016 (1.8T)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 4096
   Stripeoffset: 0
   Mode: r2w2e5

Geom name: ada0
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 16
fwsectors: 63
last: 976773134
first: 34
entries: 128
scheme: GPT
Providers:
1. Name: ada0p1
   Mediasize: 2147483648 (2.0G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 65536
   Mode: r1w1e1
   rawuuid: db5bd394-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 2147483648
   offset: 65536
   type: freebsd-swap
   index: 1
   end: 4194431
   start: 128
2. Name: ada0p2
   Mediasize: 497960295936 (463G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 2147549184
   Mode: r1w1e2
   rawuuid: db69757e-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cba-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 497960295936
   offset: 2147549184
   type: freebsd-zfs
   index: 2
   end: 976773134
   start: 4194432
Consumers:
1. Name: ada0
   Mediasize: 500107862016 (465G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Mode: r2w2e5

Geom name: ada1
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 16
fwsectors: 63
last: 976773134
first: 34
entries: 128
scheme: GPT
Providers:
1. Name: ada1p1
   Mediasize: 2147483648 (2.0G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 65536
   Mode: r1w1e1
   rawuuid: dbc0d449-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 2147483648
   offset: 65536
   type: freebsd-swap
   index: 1
   end: 4194431
   start: 128
2. Name: ada1p2
   Mediasize: 497960295936 (463G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 2147549184
   Mode: r1w1e2
   rawuuid: dbce23db-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cba-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 497960295936
   offset: 2147549184
   type: freebsd-zfs
   index: 2
   end: 976773134
   start: 4194432
Consumers:
1. Name: ada1
   Mediasize: 500107862016 (465G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Mode: r2w2e5

Geom name: ada2
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 16
fwsectors: 63
last: 976773134
first: 34
entries: 128
scheme: GPT
Providers:
1. Name: ada2p1
   Mediasize: 2147483648 (2.0G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 65536
   Mode: r1w1e1
   rawuuid: dc238e64-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 2147483648
   offset: 65536
   type: freebsd-swap
   index: 1
   end: 4194431
   start: 128
2. Name: ada2p2
   Mediasize: 497960295936 (463G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 2147549184
   Mode: r1w1e2
   rawuuid: dc2ffede-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cba-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 497960295936
   offset: 2147549184
   type: freebsd-zfs
   index: 2
   end: 976773134
   start: 4194432
Consumers:
1. Name: ada2
   Mediasize: 500107862016 (465G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Mode: r2w2e5

Geom name: ada3
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 16
fwsectors: 63
last: 976773134
first: 34
entries: 128
scheme: GPT
Providers:
1. Name: ada3p1
   Mediasize: 2147483648 (2.0G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 65536
   Mode: r1w1e1
   rawuuid: dc7ee555-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 2147483648
   offset: 65536
   type: freebsd-swap
   index: 1
   end: 4194431
   start: 128
2. Name: ada3p2
   Mediasize: 497960295936 (463G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 2147549184
   Mode: r1w1e2
   rawuuid: dc8887a5-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cba-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 497960295936
   offset: 2147549184
   type: freebsd-zfs
   index: 2
   end: 976773134
   start: 4194432
Consumers:
1. Name: ada3
   Mediasize: 500107862016 (465G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Mode: r2w2e5

Geom name: ada4
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 16
fwsectors: 63
last: 976773134
first: 34
entries: 128
scheme: GPT
Providers:
1. Name: ada4p1
   Mediasize: 2147483648 (2.0G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 65536
   Mode: r1w1e1
   rawuuid: dcd5cac3-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 2147483648
   offset: 65536
   type: freebsd-swap
   index: 1
   end: 4194431
   start: 128
2. Name: ada4p2
   Mediasize: 497960295936 (463G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 2147549184
   Mode: r1w1e2
   rawuuid: dce7465d-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cba-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 497960295936
   offset: 2147549184
   type: freebsd-zfs
   index: 2
   end: 976773134
   start: 4194432
Consumers:
1. Name: ada4
   Mediasize: 500107862016 (465G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Mode: r2w2e5

Geom name: da7
modified: false
state: OK
fwheads: 255
fwsectors: 63
last: 976773134
first: 34
entries: 128
scheme: GPT
Providers:
1. Name: da7p1
   Mediasize: 2147483648 (2.0G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 65536
   Mode: r1w1e1
   rawuuid: ddae409f-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cb5-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 2147483648
   offset: 65536
   type: freebsd-swap
   index: 1
   end: 4194431
   start: 128
2. Name: da7p2
   Mediasize: 497960295936 (463G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Stripesize: 0
   Stripeoffset: 2147549184
   Mode: r1w1e2
   rawuuid: de4e0c23-95d8-11e4-9954-08606e799c45
   rawtype: 516e7cba-6ecf-11d6-8ff8-00022d09712b
   label: (null)
   length: 497960295936
   offset: 2147549184
   type: freebsd-zfs
   index: 2
   end: 976773134
   start: 4194432
Consumers:
1. Name: da7
   Mediasize: 500107862016 (465G)
   Sectorsize: 512
   Mode: r2w2e5

[root@freenas8] ~#


It appears da6 has the faults from the GUI I found the serial number and was smart enough to note the location of each drive by serial number when I built the server this weekend. I had taken a 7th 2TB drive from my desktop that was working fine and rarely used to increase the array size. So happens this is the drive that appears to have failed...

Before shutting down the server and pulling the drive I did some searching and tried to get some info from smartctl.

Code:
[root@freenas8] ~# smartctl -a /dev/da6
smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE-p4 amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

Smartctl open device: /dev/da6 failed: INQUIRY failed
[root@freenas8] ~#


Hmm no such luck... when I rebuilt the FreeNAS server I used the beloved IBM M1015 which I flashed to IT mode (all the 2TB disks are on this controller, the others are directly on the ASUS motherboard). Had a hunch I might need to specify the type (-d option) in smartctl. After some google fu it appeared others using the card with SATA drives had it working with "smartctl -d sat"

Code:
[root@freenas8] ~# smartctl -a -d sat /dev/da6
smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [FreeBSD 9.2-RELEASE-p4 amd64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

Read Device Identity failed: scsi error medium or hardware error (serious)

A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, add one or more '-T permissive' options.
[root@freenas8] ~#


No luck there either...

Checked the serial of the drive it was just about to expire under warranty, following the mfg guide for RMAing a drive I ran seagates recommended drive test. Which passed.... ran it twice even...

Could someone help me understand FreeNAS kicking back a FAULTED disk that isn't DEFECTIVE and replaceable according to the mfg? I understand hard drives for the most part, they don't usually just "fail" its my understanding that an unreasonable amount of the disk becomes unusable / unreadable / unwritable. Is FreeNAs / ZFS just being super sensitive in this case? Is there anything that can be done to test the disk in Freenas? I haven't had to look this close at a hard drive since windows XP days. I seem to recall utilities that would "repair" the drive, if I remember correctly they would search find the bad sectors mark them "DO NOT USE" or something to that effect?

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
 

Ericloewe

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Don't trust those utilities too much.

What you should trust is smartctl, which clearly states the drive is in such bad shape it won't even spit out its SMART data.

Just to make sure: Did you flash the M1015 to P16 IT mode? If so, RMA the drive without a second thought, clearly stating SMART isn't working.

If you feel like tinkering, move the drive to one of the motherboard's SATA ports to see if the problem persists.

As for "repairing" the drive, think about it: The drive is failing and it's likely it'll keep growing bad sectors. Marking currently bad sectors won't help for those about to fail.
 

snowmirage

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Thanks for the insight, I agree, guess my past years of customer service work had me thinking the first thing they'll do when I RMA is run the tool they told me to and tell me I was wrong and the drive is fine... hopefully they're smarter than that.

I did flash the M1015 to IT mode... following the instructions....

here http://www.servethehome.com/ibm-serveraid-m1015-part-4/
 

cyberjock

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The output from smartctl tends to make one of the two possible:

1. The disk has detached itself from the system (if its not listed in camcontrol devlist its detached)
2. The disk is so defunct it won't respond to SMART commands.

In either case, it may or may not be the disks' fault. You'll have to troubleshoot to rule out things like bad cabling, power, etc.
 
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