How to localize hard drives on a Supermicro 4U server under windows 10

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olivierLA75

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I have a Supermicro 4U server with 40+ HDDs. I used spanned volumes as I don't need data protection. one of the volume is failing and I'm trying to locate the hard drive to replace. is there a way to make the faulty drive blink like in Ubuntu/Linux? any help would be appreciated. thanks!
 

Marsh

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try this

drive=sdb1
while true; do sudo dd if=/dev/${drive} of=/dev/null ; sleep 3 ; done
 
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Fritz

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Why on Earth are you running Windows 10 on a 40+ HDD server?