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natewilson
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Managing local LSI Logic RAID array from within ESX?

I have an ESX 3.5 host with an LSI Logic (MegaRAID SAS 1078) controller which works great. One of the disks in the RAID array went south, and I'm trying to figure out how to make the controller re-build the array. I have seen downloads for other controllers, to allow them to manage ESX arrays (such as Adaptec Storage Manager). Is there an app like that for LSI Logic controllers?

I thought that when I put in the new disk it would automatically rebuild. But, that didn't happen, it noticed the new disk but didn't rebuild.

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Texiwill
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Hello,

If here is megaraid software from LSI for RHEL3 version of Linux, then it should work within the SC of ESX and you can use that to rebuild your array. I would start by looking on the LSIlogic site for management software and then see if it is available for Linux. I do not know of anything generically Linux for this.


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natewilson
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Thanks for the response.

I ended up rebooting the ESX host, and using the LSI Logic BIOS configuration to add the new disk into the array and re-build.

Their GUI-based array setup tool is quite poor. if anything, the GUI makes it less usable than a decent CLI. Also, I'm still not sure why it didn't rebuild the array when the disk was replaced. This is the default behavior on other RAID controllers I have used.

For future systems, I'll be looking for better controllers.

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