[CentOS] Does anyone know if I can reconfigure a PERC H700 without rebooting?

Mon Aug 22 16:32:35 UTC 2011
m.roth at 5-cent.us <m.roth at 5-cent.us>

Kevin Thorpe wrote:

>  I have a server which is really difficult to restart because
> of usage requirements and the fact that it's in a co-lo
>  rack so miles away. I've added a couple of drives which
> I'd like to bring up and add to LVM but the config I know is in the
> PERC BIOS and requires a reboot.
>
> Can the config be changed in the openmanage suite and if so can someone
> point me in the right direction?

Yes. d/l the LSI MegaRAID software, and you can do pretty much the same
stuff that you can do if you go into the firmware on system boot.

        mark