Rebuild RAID 10 array

[Glenn Johnson]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 04:50:26PM -0500, Jim King wrote:

> Glenn Johnson wrote:
>
> >I have a 3ware 7500 RAID controller.  I have it set up as a RAID-10.
> >One of disks is labeled "incomplete".  I deleted that disk to make it
> >available and then tried to rebuild the array.  It is not clear to
> >me whether the array should be rebuilt in the BIOS or after the OS
> >loads.  One point in the manual says the array rebuild is started in
> >the BIOS and proceeds after the OS loads.  That specific reference
> >was to RAID-5.
> >
> >Does anyone know if that is the case?  If so, can this happen with
> >FreeBSD (-current by the way)?  I initially thought a rebuild would
> >be done with the BIOS but I am not so sure now.  Does anyone have any
> >experience with this situation?
> >
>
>
> The rebuild starts when you kick it off, whether from the BIOS or the
> web interface to the 3dm management utility.  After you kick it off
> it basically doesn't matter what you do - whether you leave the PC
> sitting in the 3Ware BIOS or you boot an OS the rebuild will proceed.
> You can check the status of the rebuild from 3dm's web interface.

Thanks.  I have been trying to get 3dm going but I have not had any
luck.  I installed it via the port and started the service but I can not
connect to port 1080.

Any clues on that would be much appreciated.

-- 
Glenn Johnson
USDA, ARS, SRRC			 Phone: (504) 286-4252
New Orleans, LA 70124		e-mail: gjohnson at srrc.ars.usda.gov