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PowerEdge 2950. Need advice to add 1TB SATA drive.
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I have a PowerEdge 2950 with PERC 5/i. The firmware version is 5.2.2-0072. The PERC configuration shows controller 0. Controller 0 has 2 physical SAS drives. The 2 physical drives are used to create one virtual drive. The virtual drive is used as the C: drive. The drives work great.
I want to add a 1 TB SATA drive which will act as a stand alone D: drive. I had planned to add the SATA drive under controller 1, but when I run the PERC configuration utility, I do not see controller 1.
What do I need to do to add a 1 TB SATA drive?
Waterdog7
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January 2nd, 2015 09:00
Your solution worked. The 1 TB drive is identified as drive E:. The drive is formatted, and I was able to copy files to the E: drive. Many thanks.
theflash1932
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January 2nd, 2015 09:00
Looks fine.
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January 2nd, 2015 07:00
Well, first, you only have (and need) ONE controller, so why are you looking for controller 1 (a second controller)?
Second, the PERC does NOT support non-RAID, so you must configure a single disk as RAID 0 for it to be seen/used by the OS. Highlight the controller on the VD MGMT screen, F2, Create/New (be sure to check the Advanced/Initialize boxes). The disk must first show up on the PD MGMT screen as Ready.
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January 2nd, 2015 08:00
Never Import or Clear unless you know what the ramifications are - you can erase or corrupt your data choosing the wrong one.
You want to CLEAR the foreign configuration in this case, then the drive will show up as Ready.
Waterdog7
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January 2nd, 2015 08:00
OK, now I understand that the I TB drive can be added to controller 0 as a RAID 0 drive.
The 1 TB physical disk shows up on the PD MGMT screen as "FOREIGN".
On the VD MGMT screen, the option to "CREATE VD" is greyed out. I did not do an import. Should I import?
Waterdog7
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January 2nd, 2015 09:00
The 1 TB drive is formatted, and appears as drive E. Many thanks.
Waterdog7
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January 2nd, 2015 09:00
I cleared the foreign configuration, and the drive showed up as READY.
Next I went to Create VD. Here is the configuration that I selected. I did not press OK. Wanted to post the configuration before I press OK. Do you see any obvious errors in my configuration?