Legacy RAID (PERC2/DC) controller help

[Matt Domsch]

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 02:21:41PM +0000, Doug Eubanks wrote:
>    We have a PE2450 with CentOS (RHEL) 5.3 on it and a PERC2/DC RAID
>    controller in it attached to a Dell PowerVault 210s drive tray.
> 
>    I need to delete the 2 arrays that are on the drive tray without removing
>    the array that's located in the internal server drive bays (it's a RAID 5
>    array).
> 
>    I have the dellmgr utility installed (the one that looks like the
>    controller's BIOS), but I don't understand how I can remove arrays.  I
>    know there's a clear option, but that will delete all the
>    arrays/configuration.

Don't use dellmgr, use the BIOS-level configuration app.  I don't
think dellmgr can delete logical drives in that vintage controller.

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Matt Domsch
Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
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