It's actually quite easy. RAID config is always placed on HDDs too. So, replace riser, then start system w/o having HDDs connected. Update to most recent RAID FW (to avoid any FW issues), then goto F2 BIOS to adjust RAID/SCSI settings for your channels, after that goto RAID BIOS + clear any existing configs (Configuration -> Clear configuration). Finally power off your server + connect your HDDs, then turn it back on and boot. The config should be imported automatically. If not, you should get something like 'NVRAM mismatch' during POST. Then goto RAID BIOS again -> Configuration -> View/Add configuration -> choose config from HDDs -> check if it is as expected -> then exit + save this config.
That's it. Bye, Jens. -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 09:47:05 +0100 > Von: michalwd1979 <[email protected]> > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Replacing reiser in PE2850 - what with RAID config? > Hello everybody, > > I have PE2850 with PERC4e/Di RAID controller. The controller is connected > to split backplane with one SCSI channel dedicated to RAID-1 array and one > to ordinary single SCSI disk. In some time I am going to replace the riser > card (from PCI-X version to PCI-e). > Has anybody done such change? Is it possible to change riser card and not > loose data on RAID array? I heard that there is a possibility to store RAID > config data on disk, but I never tried anything like this. > I would be really glad to opinions and suggestions, I'm sure that there > are many persons much more experienced in this area then me. > > Thanks in advance, > Michael Widlok > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
