RAID 1+0 on PERC 3/Di

[John_O_Todd at Dell.com]

You are correct in that reconfiguring will blow away the RAID array. Below are the steps to create your RAID in the bios. Please back up any data before proceeding.

You can create your RAID 10 from the Adaptec bios by pressing ctrl-a during post and then selecting container configuration utility
>From the main menu select initialize drives, THIS WILL DESTROY ALL DATA!
After initialization select create container
>From the container menu you need to select which channel you want to select drives from and then you will see a list of drives. 
Highlight the drive you want to add to your array and press insert, repeat for all drives you are including. 
When the above is complete press enter and you will see the array configuration screen.
Use the arrow keys to highlight container type and select RAID 10 from the list. 
Set the cache to your preference and then arrow down to done.

John Todd
Complex Systems Technical Support Senior Analyst 
 
      

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Kipp, Jim
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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