> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On > Behalf Of m.roth at 5-cent.us > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 15:36 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: [CentOS] megaraid/PERC > > I've got two drives from a now-dead server, they were RAIDed, a mirror, > I'd assume. I need to see if there's anything on them I need to > transfer > to the replacement, so I just shoved them into another Dell server, > with a > PERC 5 controller - I think that's what the dead one had. I fired up > MegaRAID storage manager... but can't see any way to tell it to > recreate > that RAID. Anyone done this? > Recent experience indicates... if the machine had any kind of warranty with Dell, an authorized owner/technician should call Dell before doing ANYTHING more with the drives. <use this info at your own risk> With the dell system I was working with, I was walked through booting into the raid controller software (bios level prior to OS boot) and having THAT reassemble the array. </use this info at your own risk>