adding disk to PE2950 with Perc 5/i

[Campbell McLeay]

Hi Nick,

Thanks (and apologies for accidentally posting the same message twice!)
The disk appears via the OMSA web utility as a foreign disk, and I can 
see any way of clearing the config on it (I can't do this via the bios 
utility on a test machine either). Do you know if this can be done via 
the OMSA software? Or does it have to be done via controller bios? I 
can't find a way of removing the 'foreign' config. I would rather not 
have to reboot the machine if possible to add this disk.

Regards,

Campbell

Nick_Parrott at dell.com wrote:
> Simple, create a RAID 0 on the disk.. Job done
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
> [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Campbell McLeay
> Sent: 18 December 2007 17:06
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> Subject: adding disk to PE2950 with Perc 5/i
>
> Hi,
>
> We have a poweredge 2950, with a perc 5/i that is configured with an 
> existing RAID 5 array with 5 physical disks in it (so there is one spare
>
> slot on the disk bays). We want to put another disk in the spare slot 
> and configure it in 'JBOD' mode, i.e., just as a plain disk, not part of
>
> any existing array. We have tried (in a test environment) , but the Perc
>
> firmware only allows the disk to be added as a hot spare to an existing 
> array. Does anyone know if it is possible to add a disk in this way?
>
> Regards,
>
> Campbell
>
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