I've done something very similar on a 2950 with the same PERC 5/i.
I replaced 6 drives in a RAID5 array one at a time and let each rebuild (5
array disks + hotspare).
You will probably want to take each disk offline in OMSA rather than just
pulling them abruptly.
When I was done I was able to crea
I would try using a 9-pin serial cable to connect your laptop to the server.
Then you should be able to establish a serial terminal connection using
kermit and enter the RAID BIOS to configure your array.
The only catch is that serial console output to needs to be enabled in the
BIOS for this to w
I agree with what everyone else is saying on this subject.
I contacted my Dell account manager and they suggested that I post on
http://www.ideastorm.com/
I didn't find an existing thread so I started one:
http://dellideas.force.com/ideaView?id=0877dwTAAQ
-Andy
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