q77 raid capacity expansion?
I'm trying to expand a RAID5 volume with an additional disk on my Q77-based motherboard, but I get no Add Disk option in the Intel RST application.Isn't this supposed to be supported? (I'm looking at...
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And my environment is:Windows 8 x64Gigabyte Q77M-D2H motherboardRAID5 with 3x WD RED 3TBAdding another WD RED 3TB
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It seems Intel RST was just updated to 12.5.0.1066 (Intel Driver Update Utility still reports 12.0 as "current").I have installed 12.5 but still no Add Disk option.
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According to chat with Intel Support earlier today, the inability to do Add Disk is caused by how the RAID option ROM has been integrated/configured in the motherboard BIOS. So apparently I will have...
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Can you add the disk using the option ROM? I have an Asus P8Z68-V and I haven't experienced any issues thus far, I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2 and can also add a disk to a RAID-5 array that way...
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I have looked in the ctrl+I (option ROM) menus, but there I can only create/delete RAID volumes and do some verification and stuff.Do you see Add Disk as a top-level choice in the option ROM?My option...
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I can create a RAID-5 volume using the operating systems disk management. Here is the RAID-5 I created in Server 2008 R2.
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Yes, it is indeed baffling. Here's a screenshot of how the IRST GUI looks for me:One thing that may be different between our systems is that I'm booting from the RAID5 array (see System Volume: Yes in...
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Hi Mike,Yeah, I'm not booting from the RAID-5 but I am booting from a pair or Intel 520's configured as a RAID-0, I was searching online too and its been an issue as far back as RST version 9. I looked...
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Hey I was just thinking about this, on the disk that you want to add to the array, do you have the option somewhere to "mark as spare" or "reset to available"? maybe if you can set it as a spare or...
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Hello all, I've been keeping the RST software up to date on our server since we bought it in 2010, and currently have version 11.7.0.1013 installed and running. However, the new version of the...
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The new Intel RST(e) drivers of the v12 series are mainly designed for the upcoming Intel 8-Series Chipsets and do not support any Intel ICH7/8/9/10 SATA Controller. Which is the chipset of your...
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Thanks Fernando, That clears it up. So the most up to date RST software for my machine is already installed and there is probably no point in looking for further updates unless for some reason there...
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Mark Sinkinson schrieb: That clears it up. So the most up to date RST software for my machine is already installed and there is probably no point in looking for further updates unless for some reason...
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Ok, thanks again. That deals with this issue.
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I tried "mark as spare" and "reset to available" a couple of times but no improvement.I opened a support ticket at Gigabyte's site 1.5 days ago but no answer yet.
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Hello all, if you do not get an option to add a disk in the RAID ROM then your computers were customized by your system manufacturers.
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Hi Michael, Are you saying that the RAID ROM setup that you access with Ctrl+I at boot-time should normally offer the Add Disk command? Can you point to any screenshot or documentation to what the RAID...
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