adding disk to PE2950 with Perc 5/i

[Campbell McLeay]

Thanks, that did the trick!

Regards,

Campbell

Nick_Parrott at dell.com wrote:
> Hi Campbell,
>
> You should be able to do this in OMSA (although in some of the earlier
> versions of both OMSA and the PERC 5 firmware, I know that the option
> simply isn't there..) - Try looking here;
>
> Highlight the PERC 5
> Click on the "Information/Configuration" link
> Check for "foreign" related options in the drop down
>
> If not, and you cannot find the option elsewhere to clear/import a
> foreign config, you need to update OMSA and/or PERC 5 fw.
>
> In PERC BIOS, it's always available, hit F2 while highlighting the
> controller, go to Foreign Config > Clear / Import
>
> Regards,
>
> Nick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Campbell McLeay [mailto:campbell.mcleay at hostway.co.uk] 
> Sent: 19 December 2007 13:11
> To: Parrott, Nick
> Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists
> Subject: Re: adding disk to PE2950 with Perc 5/i
>
> 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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