Features CERC SATA RAID 2 PCI SATA 6ch

[Patrick_Boyd at Dell.com]

This controller does allow for reconfiguration. The easiest way to do
this would be to use OMSA to do the reconfigure operation, as I'm not
sure how to do it in the BIOS or arcconf.

OMSA:
	1) Add your new drive
	2) Launch OMSA GUI
	3) Select "CERC SATA 6Ch" controller
	4) Select "Virtual Disks"
	5) Select "Reconfigure..."
	6) Select the new drive from the list
	7) Hit Next
	8) Hit Next
	9) Hit Reconfigure

Now the drive will start reconfiguring.

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
[mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Matthias Saou
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 7:13 AM
To: linux-poweredge-Lists
Subject: Re: Features CERC SATA RAID 2 PCI SATA 6ch

Frederik wrote :

> I've got a PowerEdge 700 with the following SATA RAID controller:
> 
> 0000:02:01.0 RAID bus controller: Adaptec AAC-RAID (rev 01)
> 	Subsystem: Dell CERC SATA RAID 2 PCI SATA 6ch (DellCorsair)
> 	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 177
> 	Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
> 	Expansion ROM at fe100000 [disabled] [size=32K]
> 	Capabilities: <available only to root>
> 
> ( 0000:02:01.0 0104: 9005:0285 (rev 01) )
> 
> This controller works fine with the Linux aacraid module, and I can
use 
> Adaptec's arcconf utility with it. There are currently three 120 GB
disks 
> attached in RAID 5.
> 
> Would it be possible to connect a fourth sata disk to this controller,

> and extend the RAID 5 array so I get 120 GB of extra capacity, of
course 
> without having to reinitialize the array? How would I do that in 
> practice? Any pointer to documentation of this specific controller
would 
> be welcome.

I can't be sure, but given my experience with that card's BIOS, I
really doubt it can do that. It's really very limited.

Matthias

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