E-Series drives become missing or failed after upgrade to 11.70.1GA
Applies to
- E-Series E3000, E28xx and E57xx platforms
- Certain Toshiba drives. Model Numbers:
- AL15SEB120N
- AL15SEB18EQ
- SANtricity OS 11.70.1GA
Issue
- E-Series SANtricity System Manager reports either some drives as missing and/or system entering invalid configuration because the drives are inaccessible right after upgrading the SANtricity OS to 11.70.1GA.
- E-Series SANtricity System Manager reports invalid drive format detected as seen below.

- Major event log reports event "
224d Drive failed - no response at start of day" indicating the drives are unresponsive.
A:6/20/21, 11:29:32 PM (23:29:32) 2202 224d Drive failed - no response at start of day - Shelf 99, Bay 11 <--CRITICAL
A:6/20/21, 11:29:32 PM (23:29:32) 2201 224d Drive failed - no response at start of day - Shelf 99, Bay 10 <--CRITICAL
A:6/20/21, 11:29:32 PM (23:29:32) 2200 224d Drive failed - no response at start of day - Shelf 99, Bay 9 <--CRITICAL
A:6/20/21, 11:29:32 PM (23:29:32) 2199 224d Drive failed - no response at start of day - Shelf 99, Bay 8 <--CRITICAL
A:6/20/21, 11:29:32 PM (23:29:32) 2198 224d Drive failed - no response at start of day - Shelf 99, Bay 7 <--CRITICAL
A:6/20/21, 11:29:32 PM (23:29:32) 2197 224d Drive failed - no response at start of day - Shelf 99, Bay 6 <--CRITICAL
A:6/20/21, 11:29:32 PM (23:29:32) 2196 224d Drive failed - no response at start of day - Shelf 99, Bay 5 <--CRITICAL
A:6/20/21, 11:29:32 PM (23:29:32) 2195 224d Drive failed - no response at start of day - Shelf 99, Bay 4 <--CRITICAL
A:6/20/21, 11:29:32 PM (23:29:32) 2194 224d Drive failed - no response at start of day - Shelf 99, Bay 3 <--CRITICAL
A:6/20/21, 11:29:32 PM (23:29:32) 2193 224d Drive failed - no response at start of day - Shelf 99, Bay 2 <--CRITICAL
A:6/20/21, 11:29:32 PM (23:29:32) 2192 224d Drive failed - no response at start of day - Shelf 99, Bay 1 <--CRITICAL
