Jacob Bresciani wrote:
> R605 is a power edge server model I think.The Perc6/i is a Dell rebranded
> raid controller, it's actually an LSI in disguise. Try downloading the
> Megaraid utilities from LSI and using them to see the status of the card.
Hmmm, I think I see the Linux/CentOS megaraid load as it comes up to the
install screen (before I get to look at partitioning).
>
> Also, when you boot the R605, you should be able to get into the Perc's
> firmware for drive creation/maintenance. You might want to check there to
> see how it thinks things are configured and it hasn't decided the 750G drive
> is a hotspare or something (a hotspare wouldn't show up to the OS).
As far as I can tell, it doesn't think it's a hot spare. Using the firmware
configuration utility, it sees the physical drive, and that's it.
>
> I'm assuming all the drives are connected to the Perc6/i controller. Drives
> connected to the Perc controller won't necessarily show up to the BIOS.
Yeah - five (I think) hot swap drive bays in the front of the box, all on an
SAS backplane.
mark
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