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If you boot into the ctrl-i and go into view controller status what is the status of the drives on the channels. ONL means they are all online and the letter next to that indicates the raid array they are part of.

Why are all the drives defunct? Did something happen? Go to IBM.com/support and search for serv-raid and go to the software support matrix.

Boot to the ctrl-c or ctrl-a, forget which it is for this blade, and configure your raid array first. Then do the serverguide and skip the raid part since it is already done.

If it happens right from the bios splash screen when you get video. sounds like monitor.

If the OS is up and running all you have to do is remove the failed drive, wait a few minutes so the controller has time to recognize it is removed, then put in the new drive. It should start rebuilding.

Boot to Ctrl-i go into advance functions and copy configuration from drives to the controller.

huh? when you say defaults you mean someone restored to factory defaults? Do the drives show "RDY" or "ONL"?

Does the controller see the drives?

Why not just update the driver? With the 5i you really need to be at the 7.12 driver/firmware/bios

Use DSA. Search for Serv-DSA and get the portable version for your OS. Read the txt file it will give you switches to use so you can import it as a HTML so you can read it. It will list all the hardware stuff.

Your not going to be able to resize anything without both drives installed. Best thing to do is break the mirror and make sure it still boots on the primary drive. Then put in the other drive and see if it will still boot since the other drive also has a OS on it. You might have to do some...

What controller do you have? What driver are you using? Do you have a raid array setup? You really need to provide details if you want people to help you.

Should not be an issue if you want to unplug one of the drives then go into the ctrl-c and break the mirror. Then once you verified that the machine still boots to the OS shut down and put in the other drive then go to disk management and format it.

If you are using the LSI it is best effort but you could boot into Ctrl-C and break the mirror. Go into mirror properties and change them from Yes to No. That should not change anything on the drives themselves so it should still boot to the OS and you then should have another drive available...

Are you using a raid controller card or the on board raid controller? Just unplugging the drive is not a good solution.

If you have a PFA you better plan on getting the drive replaced soon. I would also recommend you update the hard drive firmware. http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?brandind=5000008&lndocid=MIGR-4GSU4F Create the CD with the .ISO file then boot into...

There should be drive activity on all drives. I would right click on the rebuilding drive and mark it defunct and then see if the array will compact. Sometimes what happens is the array has not finished compacting down to a standard raid 5 and when the replacement drive is added in it throws...

5EE is going to take a long time. That is just the nature of it. When a drive fails it then compacts to a standard raid 5. Once you replace the drive it then has to expand and rebuild. I have seen that entire process, compact, expand and rebuild take 3 days. That is the trade off of raid...

Raid manager should show the progress. If you have a blinking amber light and all the other drives have pretty much solid green it is rebuilding. Also are you sure it is a straight raid 5 or is it something like a raid 5E or 5EE?

Yes, you would mark a drive defunct in the raid manager, right click on it, then replace that drive with the larger drive and let it rebuild. Repeat. Once all that is done extend the partition in the OS to include the new space.