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Perc 6/i question adding more drives/arrays
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I have a Dell PE 2950 with a Perc 6/I. The current configuration is a RAID 10 with 6 drives. I need to add 2 more drives to create additional array (raid1) The Perc sees the 2 drives at boot up, has this
Foreign configuration(s) found on adapter. Press any key to continue or 'C' load the configuration utility or 'F' to import foreign configuration(s) and continue.
I am assuming that the drives have a configuration that it wants to import? can I just clear them out and create a new vd? whats the best way to handle this?
thanks
Joe
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I have a Dell PE 2950 with a Perc 6/I. The current configuration is a RAID 10 with 6 drives. I need to add 2 more drives to create additional array (raid1) The Perc sees the 2 drives at boot up, has this
Foreign configuration(s) found on adapter. Press any key to continue or 'C' load the configuration utility or 'F' to import foreign configuration(s) and continue.
I am assuming that the drives have a configuration that it wants to import? can I just clear them out and create a new vd? whats the best way to handle this?
thanks
Joe
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And just to clarify ... hitting 'C' will take you to the same configuration utility.
Also, wanted to mention that you should never power down the server to insert/replace hot-swap drives. Had you done this live, you would have simply gone into OMSA and cleared the foreign config on the controller then configure RAID. You still can, and probably should, do this from the OS if it is up at this point.
Also, wanted to mention that you should never power down the server to insert/replace hot-swap drives. Had you done this live, you would have simply gone into OMSA and cleared the foreign config on the controller then configure RAID. You still can, and probably should, do this from the OS if it is up at this point.
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Yes, installing the VIB for OSMA on the server now. Thank you
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cleared the foreign config, and was able to create a new vd, with no worries.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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