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March 13th, 2007 00:00

Add HD to existing raid array?? Cerc Sata 1.5/6ch

I have the Dell Cerc Sata 1.5/6ch. Also labeled as an adaptec 2620sa.
I hace 3 drives in a Raid 5 array. I have 2 more drives I want to add to it.
 
I looked around in the card's bios, but I could not figure it out.

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March 14th, 2007 16:00

  Sorry you did not tell me you were running XP, I do not think any of the server Openmanage software is going to work under XP. Look for management utilties for the Dell precision workstation series, I think one of them may have used the same controller.
Dell-garys

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March 14th, 2007 16:00

rxtrom,
 
   You have to use an upper level program that can do the job like Dell open manage storage manager, or the CLI.
 
Manual  See the section on the CLI specifically the container reconfiguration command. the Open manage GUI's provide this functionality, but hide the complexity.
 
Dell-GaryS

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March 14th, 2007 16:00

I downloaded the management software for windows xp, I followed the directions outlined in the help menu that accompanied the program. The menu command to expand the array was grayed out. The drive  I want to spread the array to was initialized and detected. I right click on the logical drive and the option is grayed out.
 
Is it a driver problem, firmware problem. I searched for the most recent, and believe I am current.

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