Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 21:01:45 -0600 (MDT) From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: Herve Boulouis <amon@sockar.homeip.net> Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding a raid volume without reboot Message-ID: <20040816205945.Q32601@pooker.samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20040816190122.K30117@ra.aabs> References: <20040816190122.K30117@ra.aabs>
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On Mon, 16 Aug 2004, Herve Boulouis wrote: > Hi list, > > I've a dell poweredge with an embedded adaptec raid controller (aac driver) > and I would like to know if it is possible to add a new raid volume without > rebooting. > > It seems you can create the new volume while the system is running > using the aaccli utility but will freebsd see the new device (/dev/aacd...) > when it is created ? Is creating the missing /dev entries sufficient ? On FreeBSD 5.x, the /dev/aacdX entry will be created as soon as the controller announces it. On 4.x you might need to manually create the node, and that is irregardless of needing a reboot or not. So the short answer is that FreeBSD will see arrays come and go in real time on Adaptec RAID controllers and will do the right thing. Scott
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