Dell PowerEdge S100 / S300 Linux Software RAID Driver

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The Dell PowerEdge S100 and S300 are software-based RAID controllers that are designed to work with the Linux operating system. These controllers use the dmraid driver to manage the RAID arrays.

To install the dmraid driver, follow these steps:

  1. Make sure that the dmraid package is installed on your system. You can install it by running the following command:
    sudo yum install dmraid

    If you are using a Debian-based system, you can install it by running the following command:

    sudo apt-get install dmraid
  2. Once the dmraid package is installed, you can create a RAID array using the dmraid command. The exact command will depend on the type of RAID array you want to create.

    For example, to create a RAID 1 array with two disks (sda and sdb), you can run the following command:

    sudo dmraid -ay -v /dev/sda /dev/sdb

    This command will create a RAID 1 array with two disks and activate it.

  3. Once the RAID array is created, you can format it and mount it as you would with any other disk.

    For example, to format the RAID array with the ext4 file system and mount it to /mnt/raid, you can run the following commands:

    sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/isw_<RAID-NAME>
    sudo mkdir /mnt/raid
    sudo mount /dev/mapper/isw_<RAID-NAME> /mnt/raid

    Replace <RAID-NAME> with the name of your RAID array.

That’s it! The dmraid driver should now be installed and you should be able to create and manage RAID arrays on your Dell PowerEdge S100 or S300 controller.

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