Query: HPE - Add drive to raid array issues

[jwiles]

Having a weird one I've not seen before using Smart Storage Administrator on a HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen10 with a p480i. When trying to add a drive to existing raid array, I'm getting:

" One or more selected drives are connected to mixed mode ports and directly exposed to the OS. These drives will become unavailable to the OS after this operation. "

I don't recall ever getting this before when adding a drive to the array. Is this going to nuke the array, or it just saying I will need to do something else?

[support_s]

System recommended content:

1. HP Integrity rx2660/rx3600/rx6600 Servers - Smart Array P400 Controller: Unable to Add Disk and Extend RAID Volume

2. HPE ProLiant Servers - Hard Drive(s) Not Being Detected/Recognized During POST

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[Torsten.]

The mixed mode is new in Gen10.

The controller automatically expose non-RAID drives "pure" to the OS. Hence the warning.

You need to check if the drive is available for RAID or already in use as a "pure" drive.

[jwiles]

Very cool. That drive we are adding isn't being used at the moment. So I should be good to add to the existing array without any worries?