RAID

[Charles Steinkuehler]

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Luke-Jr wrote:
> On Saturday 17 June 2006 19:50, you wrote:
>> Is "Dell's utility thing" the BIOS RAID configuration setup, or something
>> else?   
> 
> A proprietary "Dellmgr" program they have on their website.
> 
>> If the BIOS utility doesn't see all the disks, you've probably got something
>> really basic wrong (ie: loose cable, bad HDD, etc). 
> 
> I haven't actually looked in the BIOS, as that means rewiring my keyboard and 
> monitor, and isn't that adequate a solution for most people who would be 
> using RAID (as BIOS defeats the point of hot-swapping stuff)

Um...OK.  It would still make a decent data point for testing.  I'm not
real trusting of Dell's linux applications.

If you're running headless, have you re-directed the BIOS console to a
serial port?  You shouldn't need to have a KB/Monitor hooked up to
access BIOS setup if it's a recent Dell server machine (ie: the ones
that typically come with PERC hardware RAID controllers).

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Charles Steinkuehler
charles at steinkuehler.net
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