Snap 4100 Help

csandbach · 06-05-2007, 02:06 PM

I inherited a snap 4100 from a friend, he said it was working, i noticed the cpu fan had stopped spinning so i changed it, he gave it to me with no drives in so i have found 2 lying around, i have downloaded the dell assist.exe to set it up, my problem is the system boots, each of the drive led's go down in sequence then the system light flashes twice quickly every second, and i cant locate it via the assist, is it because i only have 2 drives in? they are setup as masters. Any help would be appeciated.

Chris.

Hallis · 06-05-2007, 02:37 PM

What is the capacity on the drives? I cannot remember 100% but i BELIEVE the 4100 stores the OS on flashram like the 4000. But if it doesnt then that is your problem. And if so you'll need a drive image to fix it.

blue68f100 · 06-05-2007, 04:45 PM

Sys LED blinking quickly twice is normal for startup, performing a disk check. It should do this till it comes on line. If they drives are freshly installed give the unit 10 min to install the OS and start the formatting of the drives. After about 10 min you should be able to connect to the server and complete the setup.

Triple flashing reflects disk activity, System is shutting down.

Phoenix32 · 06-05-2007, 06:57 PM

The CPU fan is temp controlled...

Do a full (4 flash) hard reset (see the FAQs)

The drives need to be formatted and setup (by the system). Give it about 10 to 15 minutes, then try finding it with assist.

csandbach · 06-06-2007, 12:59 AM

I dont get any disk activity lights whilst the system light is flashing, as in dirsk one and 2, i thought that perhaps whilst it is formatting it would light the disks access lights up, also i noticed the network light flashes an awful lot, is this normal?

csandbach · 06-06-2007, 06:30 AM

Success, got it all up and running with raid 5! only problem is when i try to upgrade to the latest os it says something about file being too long :s

blue68f100 · 06-06-2007, 06:40 AM

Are you able to connect to the server?
Ok, is this a Snap or a Dell?
if a Dell a flag need to be changed before you can install the Snap OS.

If you can connect, go to the admin page (http://ipaddress) and click on the snap appliance logo. It should give you a popup with the HW & SW vitals. Please post.

If you can not get on line remove the HD's. and boot the snap. then try connecting to the admin page.

Hallis · 06-06-2007, 06:44 AM

I love the easy ability to swap hard drives on the flashram units. But i guess the only one that it's a REAL pain to swap drives in is the 1100 since it's a single disk unit. on the 2200 you can get away with swapping one at a time and booting to let the OS move over onto the new drive.

If you get tired of that 4100 you can probably get a handsome ammount for it on ebay. They seem to bring an abnormally high price.

Shane

06-05-2007, 02:06 PM	#1
csandbach Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: mk Posts: 6	Snap 4100 Help I inherited a snap 4100 from a friend, he said it was working, i noticed the cpu fan had stopped spinning so i changed it, he gave it to me with no drives in so i have found 2 lying around, i have downloaded the dell assist.exe to set it up, my problem is the system boots, each of the drive led's go down in sequence then the system light flashes twice quickly every second, and i cant locate it via the assist, is it because i only have 2 drives in? they are setup as masters. Any help would be appeciated. Chris.

06-05-2007, 02:37 PM	#2
Hallis Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Dallas, Tx Posts: 469	Re: Snap 4100 Help What is the capacity on the drives? I cannot remember 100% but i BELIEVE the 4100 stores the OS on flashram like the 4000. But if it doesnt then that is your problem. And if so you'll need a drive image to fix it. __________________ Snap Servers: 1100 - 1x300gb Seagate Baracuda (SnapOS Version 3.4.807) 2200 - 2x80gb Maxtor (one dead) (SnapOS 4.0.860)

06-05-2007, 04:45 PM	#3
blue68f100 Thermophile Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,135	Re: Snap 4100 Help Sys LED blinking quickly twice is normal for startup, performing a disk check. It should do this till it comes on line. If they drives are freshly installed give the unit 10 min to install the OS and start the formatting of the drives. After about 10 min you should be able to connect to the server and complete the setup. Triple flashing reflects disk activity, System is shutting down. __________________ 1 Snap 4500 - 1.0T (4 x 250gig WD2500SB RE), Raid5, 1 Snap 4500 - 1.6T (4 x 400gig Seagates), Raid5, 1 Snap 4200 - 4.0T (4 x 2gig Seagates), Raid5, Using SATA converts from Andy Link to SnapOS FAQ's http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=13820

06-05-2007, 06:57 PM	#4
Phoenix32 Thermophile Join Date: May 2006 Location: Yakima, WA Posts: 1,282	Re: Snap 4100 Help The CPU fan is temp controlled... Do a full (4 flash) hard reset (see the FAQs) The drives need to be formatted and setup (by the system). Give it about 10 to 15 minutes, then try finding it with assist. __________________ ~ 6 x Snap 4400 (SATA Converted) 2 x Snap 4500 (SATA Converted) 1 x Snap 110 5 x Snap 410 3 x Snap 520 2 x Sanbloc S50 Drives from 250GB to 2TB (PATA, SATA, and SAS) GOS v5.2.067 All subject to change, day by day......

06-06-2007, 12:59 AM	#5
csandbach Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: mk Posts: 6	Re: Snap 4100 Help I dont get any disk activity lights whilst the system light is flashing, as in dirsk one and 2, i thought that perhaps whilst it is formatting it would light the disks access lights up, also i noticed the network light flashes an awful lot, is this normal?

06-06-2007, 06:30 AM	#6
csandbach Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: mk Posts: 6	Re: Snap 4100 Help Success, got it all up and running with raid 5! only problem is when i try to upgrade to the latest os it says something about file being too long :s

06-06-2007, 06:40 AM	#7
blue68f100 Thermophile Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,135	Re: Snap 4100 Help Are you able to connect to the server? Ok, is this a Snap or a Dell? if a Dell a flag need to be changed before you can install the Snap OS. If you can connect, go to the admin page (http://ipaddress) and click on the snap appliance logo. It should give you a popup with the HW & SW vitals. Please post. If you can not get on line remove the HD's. and boot the snap. then try connecting to the admin page. __________________ 1 Snap 4500 - 1.0T (4 x 250gig WD2500SB RE), Raid5, 1 Snap 4500 - 1.6T (4 x 400gig Seagates), Raid5, 1 Snap 4200 - 4.0T (4 x 2gig Seagates), Raid5, Using SATA converts from Andy Link to SnapOS FAQ's http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=13820 Last edited by blue68f100; 06-06-2007 at 06:48 AM.

06-06-2007, 06:44 AM	#8
Hallis Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Dallas, Tx Posts: 469	Re: Snap 4100 Help I love the easy ability to swap hard drives on the flashram units. But i guess the only one that it's a REAL pain to swap drives in is the 1100 since it's a single disk unit. on the 2200 you can get away with swapping one at a time and booting to let the OS move over onto the new drive. If you get tired of that 4100 you can probably get a handsome ammount for it on ebay. They seem to bring an abnormally high price. Shane __________________ Snap Servers: 1100 - 1x300gb Seagate Baracuda (SnapOS Version 3.4.807) 2200 - 2x80gb Maxtor (one dead) (SnapOS 4.0.860)

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