Set up RAID ( 1+0 ) on DL380 G8 using two HDDs

[harshalpatel]

Hi,

Initially, I had only one HDD with RAID 0 in HP DL380 Gen8
Then I added secondary HDD and tried to setup RAID 1+0 so that secondary HDD can be used as a backup of primary
From ACU, I did not see any option to setup 1+0 but it was showing me option to expand the RAID volume with additional disks so I did it and I was able to select RAID 1 setting on Secondary HDD ( which was not the case initially ) and after the process completion, it showed:

Logical drive 1: Capacity 931 GB
                          Fault Tolerance: RAID 0

                          Physical drive| Box2 Bay1
                          Capacity 931 GB

                          Physical drive| Box2 Bay2
                          Capacity 931 GB

Logical drive 2: Capacity 465 GB (Status: Degraded, Ready for rebuild)
                           Fault Tolerance: RAID 1/RAID 1+0

                           Physical drive| Box2 Bay1
                           Capacity 931 GB

                           Physical drive| Box2 Bay2
                           Capacity 931 GB

Also, when I tried to test the RAID setup and tried to boot from just secondary HDD, I was not able to boot from it
Did I make any mistake in RAID set up? Is there any solution for it?
Can HP experts please help me on this?

Thanks!
Harshal Patel

[xdeetee]

>>Then I added secondary HDD and tried to setup RAID 1+0 so that secondary HDD can be used as a backup of primary...

(This is based on my experience with the G5). Please always backup your data first.  Then go to the configuration screen, and delete Logical drive#1 and Logical drive#2. Return to the menu and select to create a new logical drive. Select the two physical drives, and select to use physical drive#2 as backup, etc. Once again, Please always backup your data first.