I have a Proliant dl180 G6 with a P812 Smart Controller showing 4 logical devices, running Windows 2008 R2. I have three HP Storagework D2600 disk Enclosures attached to it.
Enclosure A) 12 x 2TB SATA Drives
Enclosure B) 12 x 2TB SATA Drives
Enclosure C) 12 x 2TB SAS Drives
I would like to decommission enclosure B. You'd think it would be a simple matter. I've decommisioned enclosures on other servers without a problem. On this server I'm getting a strange result. When I remove enclosure B from service and bring up the server, the controller, it shows 0 logical drives instead of 3 logical drives. If I go back to the original setup, I get 4 logical drives. When I leave the enclosure B connected and disconnected another enclosure (as a test), the controller shows 0 logical drives. None of the logical drives have anything shared between them (ie. hot spare drives). Why is this happening? How can I fix this? I don't want to screw up the other two enclosures. Thanks, in advance.
Kevin