Thanks Patrick. On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 2:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Correct. Reconfiguration is supported by the PERC series of controllers only > (with the exception of the PERC H200). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Tisdall [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 7:26 PM > To: Boyd, Patrick > Cc: [email protected]; linux-poweredge-Lists > Subject: Re: SAS 5/iR raid migration > > Thanks very much Tino & Patrick. > > I am guessing the same goes for the SAS6/iR too. > > On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 3:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> SAS 5/iR does not allow for RAID Level Migration or Capacity Expansion >> (Reconfiguration in OMSA parlance). >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Tino Schwarze >> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 4:12 AM >> To: linux-poweredge-Lists >> Subject: Re: SAS 5/iR raid migration >> >> Hi Ben, >> >> On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:01:19AM +0100, Ben Tisdall wrote: >> >>> I wonder if someone could confirm to me that non-destructive raid >>> level migration (1 => 0) is NOT possible with the SAS5/iR controller? >> >> Such conversion would be very risky, to say the least. (In RAID1, you >> have a copy of each data block on both disks, in RAID0, you distribute >> data blocks evenly: block0 -> disk0, block1 -> disk1, block2 -> disk0, >> block3 -> disk1 etc.) Apart from that, the SAS 5/iR is a rather stupid >> controller with no fancy logic etc, so I guess it's simply not supported. >> >>> >From the lack of that option in VD menu I assume that is the case, >>> unless it's matter of a driver version: >>> >>> Firmware Version 00.10.51.00.06.12.05.00 >>> Driver Version 3.04.03 >>> Minimum Required Driver Version 3.12.29.00 >>> >>> This is OM 6.2 on Fedora 6 (cannot be upgraded to suit unfortunately). >> >> OMSA or OS version shouldn't matter at all. >> >> Tino. >> >> -- >> "What we nourish flourishes." - "Was wir nähren erblüht." >> >> www.lichtkreis-chemnitz.de >> www.tisc.de >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >
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