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April 9th, 2005 16:00
Adding second hard drive to create raid 1 SC1425
I have an sc1425 with a single sata drive, w2k3. If I add a second drive can I build a raid 1 without losing the data? Preferably I would like to have a datacenter tech install the drive and then I would like to use remote desktop to configure it or is it done through the BIOS. This is my first server and I have never even physically seen the machine.
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Message Edited by squorpeeon on 04-09-2005 12:06 PM
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April 13th, 2005 13:00
Hi
u can do only Raid software bcs sc1425 dont support raid hardware, you can add the second hdd and configure it as raid 1 without any problem
thank u
squorpeeon
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April 13th, 2005 14:00
warwizard55
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April 14th, 2005 04:00
Squorpeeon,
For S/W RAID you use the W2003 utilities just like you did before, no Dell utilities are needed.
Warwizard DCSP
Mrmanou
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March 28th, 2012 12:00
Please can you help
We have Dell SC1425 that was working well as RAID 1. Due to power failure and the back up battery being discharged it has lost it RAID Controller. We now also changed the hard drive to a bigger capacity. I understand there is no provision is made in the utility CD by DELL to make the RAID 1. Could someone please let me know how I can install the RAID Controller using Microsoft 2003 64 bits operating system. The server does not have a floppy.
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Manou
theflash1932
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March 28th, 2012 16:00
"I understand there is no provision is made in the utility CD by DELL to make the RAID 1."
I don't know what you mean. The utility cannot simply create RAID by itself, but it can configure it as part of the overall OS installation:
http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04/DriverDetails/DriverFileFormats?DriverId=P8V4X&FileId=2731106265&productCode=poweredge-1425sc&urlProductCode=False
Otherwise, without a floppy, you will need to use nLiteOS.com (or other Microsoft deployment tools) to integrate the driver. Make sure you use this driver if using the U320 SCSI controller; if installing directly from the OS CD, you MUST configure RAID BEFORE attempting to boot to the OS CD:
http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04/DriverDetails?DriverId=6GYXM&FileId=2731108003&DriverName=Adaptec%20U320%20SCSI%20RAID%200%20or%201%2C%20v.2.0.0.3635%2C%20A00&productCode=poweredge-1425sc&urlProductCode=False
Mrmanou
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April 2nd, 2012 01:00
Thank you for your assistance on this matter. The system is up and running. However the OS was "Microsoft 2003 web edition" Is this OS available to download from Dell. The serial number on the chasie of server is get rejected when tried on "Microsoft 2003 64 bits" OS.
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Manou
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April 2nd, 2012 09:00
"Is this OS available to download from Dell[?]"
No OS is downloadable from Dell. 2003 is not downloadable from Microsoft either (except for subscribers of one of their software programs - TechNet or MSDN).
You would need to contact Dell for possible replacement media (which they probably no longer stock) or buy a copy of the media from eBay, or similar.