Hello,
I have the following setup (this is a test system, with no production data, so data loss is NOT a concern)
Intel DG45ID mainboard,
Intel RS2MB044 RAID controller,
-- 1x OCZ Vertex 2 SSD on a 8087-to-4xSATA cable on the internal port
-- RES2SV240 expander connected by 8088-to-8087 cable to the external port
-- 16x WD Red 30EFRX 3TB drives connected to RES2SV240 by 4x 8087-to-4-SATA cables.
Logically, the system is set up with two identical RAID6s combining 8x WD Red drives per array, plus one RAID0 for SSD, providing readonly CacheCade.
The immediate problem is that the RAID controller starts beeping every reboot, something like one second on then one second off. When the system starts up, and Windows boots, I have to use RAID Web Console 2 to silence the alarm. However, there is no readily identifiable problem with the controller. RAID Web Console 2 lists "Controller condition optimal", "BBU optimal", All drives "Online", and 2x RAID6 arrays "Optimal". Also, no background tasks are running, no rebuild or whatever.
How do I identify what is the problem it beeps about?