Re: twe driver?

[John Eisenschmidt <jweisen@eisenschmidt.org>]

You should be able to do it from the 3ware console in the firmware.
Not elegant (have to bring system down), but whatever gets the job
done I suppose.

It *should* auto rebuild in background if set to do so in the bios.

Rumor has it that L. V. Lammert (lvl@omnitec.net) said:
> I have a Escallade 6410 configured as RAID 5 with 4x40 drives. One of the
> drives died, so I replaced it. Reconfigured the array in BIOS, no problem.
>
> The problem IS that the twe driver apparently is not 'seeing' the 'ready
> for rebuild status'! Tried 3Ware support - they suggested upgrading the
> 6410 BIOS. No Joy.
>
> I know 3Ware has been flakey in support, .. but does anyone have a way to
> get the twe driver to rebuild the array (if I understand the linkage
> between the BIOS and driver correctly)?
>
>          Lee
>
> ============================================
>     Leland V. Lammert                                lvl@omnitec.net
>        Chief Scientist                         Omnitec Corporation
>    Network/Internet Consultants              www.omnitec.net
> ============================================

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