IBM Server RAID M1015 questions

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ocso

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Dec 11, 2013
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Hi All,

I have couple of questions:

My card is IBM M1015 and I flashed with the latest official LSI 9211-8i IR firmware (17.00.01.00).
My current RAID configuration is the following:
- 1. DRIVE Group
- 1. VIRTUAL DRIVE (RAID1) 2x3TB HDDs
- 2. DRIVE Group
- 1. VIRTUAL DRIVE (RAID1) 2x2TB HDDs

1.) I connected 2x2TB additional HDDs and I would like to add another RAID0 array but MSM does not allow it (according to the specification it support 2 volumes).
Can I delete the 2nd drive group and create a new with 4x2TB HDDs and create 2 independent 2 RAID0 array within the drive group?

2.) If the above is not possible and I flash the card with the official LSI 9240-8i firmware,
can I do the above configuration or can I add more than 2 drive groups?

3.) I would like save the current RAID array configuration from the LSI 9211-8i between firmware flash, is it possible with some tool or in MSM?
I mean the following process:
- save RAID config - flash 9240-8i firmware
- flash 9211-8i firmware back
- load RAID configuration

Thank you in advance!
 
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ocso

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Dec 11, 2013
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Yes I agree, it is strange. I sent an email to LSI support with my questions and they did not help me, they just suggested to talk with IBM support because my card is re-branded (even if the hardware is LSI) and they does not support it. I guess IBM support will say that they cannot help because I am not using the officially supported IBM firmware (current is LSI 9211-8i IR).
The card flashed with IBM firmware did not work for me, Windows 7 said "Device cannot start (Code: 10)", after re-flashed with LSI 9211-8i IR firmware it has been working since that. I have now Windows 2012 installed on Asus Z77 desktop motherboard but I did not have a chance to try with the 9240-8i firmware.
 
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