Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:51:35 +0300 From: Krassimir Slavchev <krassi@bulinfo.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Smart Array 641 RAID1 disk replace Message-ID: <46CDAD07.3070300@bulinfo.net> In-Reply-To: <200708230908.09215.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <46CC21F9.2070809@bulinfo.net> <200708230908.09215.jhb@freebsd.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Baldwin wrote: > On Wednesday 22 August 2007 07:46:01 am Krassimir Slavchev wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have Smart Array 641 controller with RAID1 with one failed disk on >> FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE. The disks are hotswap. >> Unfortunately I can't find the same model disk and will try to put >> bigger one. The disks have the same parameters except the size. >> >> Do I need to reboot and enter to the bios of the controller and add the >> new disk or it is enough just to insert the new disk on working machine? >> >> Thanks in advance > > This is the ciss(4) device, yes? I believe you should be able to hot-swap > the disk. > Yes, it is the ciss(4) device. I am not sure whether the meta data will be created automatically by the controller or I have to reboot and go to the controller's bios. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGza0GxJBWvpalMpkRAhiOAJwJrmkCbB5XvnZ5wAXG05TiL9CxVgCeNwxc l3QY8JlSX62NdOB1Q3+Mic0= =qjcl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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