RAID 1+0 on PERC 3/Di

[Kipp, Jim]

Ahh, that is what I was looking for. Thanks!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick_Boyd at Dell.com [mailto:Patrick_Boyd at Dell.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 10:15 AM
> To: Kipp, Jim
> Cc: linux-poweredge at lists.us.dell.com
> Subject: RE: RAID 1+0 on PERC 3/Di
> 
> If you need to blow away the OS you should use the installation
utility.
> This is essentially a live CD with a trimmed down copy of OMSA. You
can
> download it here:
>
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&
>
releaseid=R146318&SystemID=PWE_FOS_XEO_2650&servicetag=&os=WNET&osl=en&d
>
eviceid=10655&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=7&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&
> libid=36&fileid=204270
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kipp, Jim [mailto:jkipp at ingdirect.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 8:59 AM
> To: Boyd, Patrick
> Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists
> Subject: RE: RAID 1+0 on PERC 3/Di
> 
> I hate to ask this. But how do I configure RAID with OMSA? I am
> connected to srv admin console via https. The current setup is RAID1
on
> channel 0 (2 disks) and RAID5 on channel 1 (3 disks). I need to "Reset
> Configuration" which would blow these volumes and start over.  The
real
> dumb question is If I reconfig everything, wouldn't that blow away the
> OMSA software as well? Then how would I reconfigure?
> 
> Again, sorry for these questions, I could not find info on this on the
> dell web site or google
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Patrick_Boyd at Dell.com [mailto:Patrick_Boyd at Dell.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 4:25 PM
> > To: Kipp, Jim; linux-poweredge at lists.us.dell.com
> > Subject: RE: RAID 1+0 on PERC 3/Di
> >
> > You probably can, I'm just not sure how of the top of my head.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kipp, Jim [mailto:jkipp at ingdirect.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 3:09 PM
> > To: Boyd, Patrick; linux-poweredge-Lists
> > Subject: RE: RAID 1+0 on PERC 3/Di
> >
> > Thank you. I can't do it from the RAID config util on boot up?
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Patrick_Boyd at Dell.com [mailto:Patrick_Boyd at Dell.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 1:48 PM
> > > To: Kipp, Jim; linux-poweredge at lists.us.dell.com
> > > Subject: RE: RAID 1+0 on PERC 3/Di
> > >
> > > The PERC 3/Di does allow for a RAID 10 which is what you described
> (a
> > > stripe over mirror sets). The easiest way to do this would be to
use
> > > OMSA or the CDU utility.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com
> > > [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Kipp, Jim
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 12:43 PM
> > > To: linux-poweredge-Lists
> > > Subject: RAID 1+0 on PERC 3/Di
> > >
> > >
> > > Is it possible to set up a RAID 1+0 on a PE 2650 with a PERC 3/Di
> > card?
> > > Sorry, I don't have much experience with Dell hardware. The server
> has
> > 4
> > > equal sized drives. So I would be looking to stripe the 2 mirror
> sets.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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