Add Drives to Array

Question

We have a r610 with 2 arrays both RAID 1. We have 2 more slots to add to an array. 1 array is 2x146gb drives and 1 array is 2x300gb drives. We want to add 2 more 300gb drives to the 2x300gb array. I read somewhere on these forums that you can install openmanage and increase the size of the array without losing any data. In fact, i have done this one 1 of our r710's. I can't remember exactly how to do it. Can anyone either point me to the doc that says how to do it or outline the steps to do it? The controller is a PERC 6/i I remember i had to install the drives. Then install openmanage on the server 2012 core install (and doing that i had to follow a dell doc). Browse to ip:8080/????? Once in openmange 'reconfigure' option was available. Select the drive(s) and click sync........ Does that ring a bell for anyone?

DELL-Wilson K · Answer

Have you tried update package here? If you haven't tried updating it using the update package please do so. Do let us know the outcome.

carnold5 · Answer

Yes. I tried SAS-RAID_Firmware_F96NR_WN32_6.3.3-0002_X00.EXE in server 2012 r2 core but get The subsystem needed to support the image type is not present. Should the firmware be updated from a hyper-v machine on the core install?

I also downloaded the zip package located on that link but do not remember using that package on our r710 with a 6/i.

EDIT/

I found out how - enable the 32-bit subsystem, then update firmware then disable 32-bit subsystem

carnold5 · Answer

I found it. How do you update the PERC 6/i firmware in server 2012 R2 core?

Lucius-Malfoy · Answer

I did it once on an R610 with advice from Dell Support.

I booted into the raid bios, added a disk and converted from Raid 1 to Raid 5 without losing data.

If you look in the bios, you can see the options before you press GO.

PowerEdge HDD/SCSI/RAID

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