adding disk to PE2950 with Perc 5/i

[Campbell McLeay]

Oops

sorry, that should be 'can't see any way of clearing the config on it'

Campbell
> 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
>> To: linux-poweredge-Lists
>> 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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