Smart Array 641 RAID1 disk replace

[John Baldwin]

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.

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John Baldwin