Never power down to introduce a hot-swappable drive. Just insert it. After several seconds, it should show on your list of Physical Disks in OMSA. If it shows Ready, then you can configure it in a RAID array (dropdown menu for PERC). If it shows foreign, then that foreign configuration must first be cleared (also from the controller menu).
In the Raid Array, is this where I configure the new HD as an external drive?
Don't think of it as an "external drive" - it is bound to mess you up. It is not an external drive - it is an internal drive. You are just using the drive as an individual/standalone drive, but you must configure it as its own RAID array.
I am not sure what you meant cleared Foreign.
If the drive doesn't show up as foreign, then don't worry about it.
Under Storage, you will find the PERC controller. Under the PERC controller is a Virtual Disks section where you can view configured disks and their members - you CAN create a new Virtual Disk (just another name for a RAID array) from that screen by clicking on the Create Virtual Disk Wizard link above the list of Virtual Disks. However, the actual option to create a new Virtual Disk is under Storage, PERC - click on the PERC, then click on the Information/Configuration link/sub-tab at the top of the page, then select Create/New from the dropdown menu of Available Tasks for the controller.
The PERC 5/6 will take up to 2TB drives, so the size is not an issue. However, speaking of drives, you should not be using desktop/laptop/NAS drives in a server - they should be enterprise-class drives.
If by "external" you mean a "standalone" (internal) drive (not part of a/the RAID array), then yes, it can be configured as a single-disk RAID 0 to be used by itself. This can be done in the CTRL-R utility during POST or from the OpenManage Server Administrator software in the OS.
Download and run to extract contents, then run C:\Openmanage\windows\setup.exe. Choose Custom and make sure that Storage Management is installed. Add yourservernameoripaddress:1311 to IE's Intranet Zone. You must have SP2 installed to run OMSA.
You will find the option under Storage, PERC, Information/Configuration (link at top of page), Create/New from dropdown menu of Available Tasks for the controller.
Thank you and sorry for the delayed response. I did find that OMSA version 5.2.0 is installed already. So at this point do I just insert the new HD on one of the slot, while it is running or do I need to shutdown, insert the new HD and power up? Thank you again
One more question (btw, I will be performing this tomorrow.): you can configure it in a RAID array (dropdown menu for PERC), is that the Virtual Disk area? Also, the drive capacity I am adding in is a 2 TB HD, would that be a problem?
so I can either use the Create Virtual Disk Wizard or go to Information/Configuration link and either ones will allow me to create the RAID 0 for my new internal drive.
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Never power down to introduce a hot-swappable drive. Just insert it. After several seconds, it should show on your list of Physical Disks in OMSA. If it shows Ready, then you can configure it in a RAID array (dropdown menu for PERC). If it shows foreign, then that foreign configuration must first be cleared (also from the controller menu).
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Don't think of it as an "external drive" - it is bound to mess you up. It is not an external drive - it is an internal drive. You are just using the drive as an individual/standalone drive, but you must configure it as its own RAID array.
If the drive doesn't show up as foreign, then don't worry about it.
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Yes, RAID 0 is the only RAID configuration that can take a single drive. You're welcome.
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Under Storage, you will find the PERC controller. Under the PERC controller is a Virtual Disks section where you can view configured disks and their members - you CAN create a new Virtual Disk (just another name for a RAID array) from that screen by clicking on the Create Virtual Disk Wizard link above the list of Virtual Disks. However, the actual option to create a new Virtual Disk is under Storage, PERC - click on the PERC, then click on the Information/Configuration link/sub-tab at the top of the page, then select Create/New from the dropdown menu of Available Tasks for the controller.
The PERC 5/6 will take up to 2TB drives, so the size is not an issue. However, speaking of drives, you should not be using desktop/laptop/NAS drives in a server - they should be enterprise-class drives.
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Yes, both take you to the same place (the link on the Virtual Disks screen is just a shortcut, which points to the one on the Controller screen).
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If by "external" you mean a "standalone" (internal) drive (not part of a/the RAID array), then yes, it can be configured as a single-disk RAID 0 to be used by itself. This can be done in the CTRL-R utility during POST or from the OpenManage Server Administrator software in the OS.
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OMSA:
http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=V1JDD&fileId=3365593125&osCode=WNET&productCode=poweredge-2900&languageCode=EN&categoryId=SM
Download and run to extract contents, then run C:\Openmanage\windows\setup.exe. Choose Custom and make sure that Storage Management is installed. Add yourservernameoripaddress:1311 to IE's Intranet Zone. You must have SP2 installed to run OMSA.
You will find the option under Storage, PERC, Information/Configuration (link at top of page), Create/New from dropdown menu of Available Tasks for the controller.
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Thank you.
In the Raid Array, is this where I configure the new HD as an external drive? I am not sure what you meant cleared Foreign.
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