Legacy RAID (PERC2/DC) controller help

[Doug Eubanks]

That option doesn't exisit, even in the BIOS section of the controller's interface.  I believe you need to have one of Dell's server managers installed, which I don't believe is supported on our OS.

C'est La Vie!

Thanks
Doug Eubanks
admin at dougware.net
919-201-8750
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From: Kurt_Olsson at Dell.com
To: admin at dougware.net
Sent: Tue, 26 May 2009 17:18:35 +0000
Subject: RE: Legacy RAID (PERC2/DC) controller help

                        
    

Under Objects | Logical Drives you will see all virtual  disks/logical drives.  Select the LD by arrowing up/down and then hit the  delete key.  The drives will renumber, but as long as you don’t remove  the first one, you should not have any issues with the server booting.    

     
    
    

From:  linux-poweredge-bounces at lists.us.dell.com  [mailto:linux-poweredge-bounces at lists.us.dell.com] On Behalf Of Doug  Eubanks
  Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 3:33 PM
  To: Domsch, Matt
  Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists
  Subject: Re: Legacy RAID (PERC2/DC) controller help            

     

Hmmm...I  don't remember see the option to delete an array in the BIOS either, but maybe  I overlooked it since I' used to using dellmgr.  I'll check it out.
  
  Thanks for the suggestion!
  Doug Eubanks
  admin at dougware.net
  919-201-8750    
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From: Matt Domsch  [mailto:Matt_Domsch at dell.com]
  To: Doug Eubanks [mailto:admin at dougware.net]
  Cc: linux-poweredge at lists.us.dell.com
  Sent: Fri, 22 May 2009 20:16:38 +0000
  Subject: Re: Legacy RAID (PERC2/DC) controller help
  
  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.
  
  -- 
  Matt Domsch
  Technology Strategist, Dell Office of the CTO
  linux.dell.com & www.dell.com/linux                
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