Server hardware upgrade needed a new 2 TB drive on an IBM X-series server with LSI RAID. Here are the steps followed using the BIOS configuration utility;
- F2 [Diagnostics] at boot, then CTRL+H to enter MegaRAID WebConfig utility
- The default Logical view will display existing configuration of Virtual and Physical drives along with any unconfigured drives at the end
- Click “Configuration Wizard” > Click “Add Configuration > choose Manual
- In the Drives window select the newly added drive and click “Add to Array”
- This drive will now move to the Drive Groups window under a new group
- Click “Accept DG” > click Next
- Click “Add to SPAN” > click Next
- Click Accept
- Click Yes to accept the RAID 0 with single drive configuration as shown > click Accept
- Logical View will display the new disk group initialising
- Save and reboot
The OS will now detect a new drive, format … etc