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Adding Global Hot Spare to Current Raid5 setup in T710
Hello,
I have a T710 setup with 4 SAS HDD's in a RAID5 configuration. They occuppy slots 0,1,2 and 3. I would like to add(introduce) another HDD as a global hot spare for this array. I have added another identical HDD in slot 4. How can I make this a global hot spare? Can I do this through OSMA or do I have to due this in the BIOS?
Thank you
theflash1932
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January 15th, 2012 20:00
"Foreign Configuration Operations......" then Clear.
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January 13th, 2012 23:00
It can be done in the BIOS (CTRL-R BIOS utility for the PERC controllers): Highlight controller, F2, Assign Hot Spare.
It can also be done from the dropdown menus in OMSA: Storage, PERC, Virtual Disks or Storage, PERC, Backplane/Connector, Physical Disks.
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January 14th, 2012 03:00
Hello Flash - thank you for youe reply. I went into the OSMA and the disc shows foreign - the only options from the drop down menu are blink and unblink.....I just want to be careful I do it right so as not to screw up the raid array.......
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January 14th, 2012 15:00
Any time a drive has a configuration on it from another controller/array, its configuration on the disk will be flagged as foreign and wait for you to do something with it. Storage, PERC, Information/Configuration (link at top of the page), Foreign/Clear from the dropdown menu; you don't want to Import it. Once cleared, then you can add it as a HS.
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January 14th, 2012 17:00
From within OSMA I select storage and then the information/configuration at the top, then I get a global proerties with the only selection on the drop down menu to set hot spare protection policy.....when i drill down to the newly inserted disk, the only choices I have are blink and unblink......
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January 15th, 2012 12:00
In OMSA, go to Storage, then PERC, then Information/Configuration ... you want the dropdown menu of available tasks for the controller itself.
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January 15th, 2012 13:00
Ok - followed that and the available choices on the dropdown menu for Controller Tasks are:
Create Virtual Disk........
Reset Configuration......
Export Log........
Set Patrol Read Mode.......
Change Configuration Properties.......
Foreign Configuration Operations......
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January 16th, 2012 01:00
Got it - thank you for your patience :)