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Subject: RE: Adaptec 2410SA Raid and Hot swapping
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> > > Hey,
> > >
> > > I have a couple Adaptec 2410SA Raid cards (aac driver) and I was=20
> > > wondering if anyone has had any luck with being able to hotswap=20
> > > drives in FreeBSD 6?
> > > If the Adaptec card is no good for hot swapping under FreeBSD,=20
> > > what's the recommended brand?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Daniel
> >
> > I've 2230SLP which hot-swapped no problem under FBSD 5.4=20
> and I doubt=20
> > it'll have issues with 6.x . Though performance write speed=20
> is very bad!
> >
> > Tamouh
> >
> Did you use the aaccli tool to initiate/powerdown the drives=20
> and rebuild the array?

Nope, didn't need to do. Just removed the hot-swap drive, replaced it. =
The controller picked-up the new drive and rebuilt the RAID. This was =
RAID-5.

The aaccli tool stopped working with the latest card firmware, so now =
there is no way to manage the card from within FreeBSD.