Adding third disk as a single disk in a server with an existing RAID1

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Published on 2013-11-12T09:03:57Z Indexed on 2013/11/12 10:00 UTC
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I've got a ProLiant DL360 G5 server (Fedora 13) with two SAS disks in a hardware RAID 1, working fine. Now I hot plugged another SAS disk. I'd like to configure this new hard disk out of my RAID, as a single non-RAID disk (ex. /dev/sdb).

Even after rebooting the server, I can't see the new disk with "fdisk -l". It displays only my hardware RAID, but not the new disk.

[root@myserver]# fdisk -l
Disco /dev/cciss/c0d0: 300.0 GB, 299966445568 bytes                           

        Disposit. Inicio    Comienzo      Fin      Bloques  Id Sistema
/dev/cciss/c0d0p1   *           1         126      512000   83  Linux
/dev/cciss/c0d0p2             126       71798   292422656   8e  Linux LVM

Disco /dev/dm-0: 234.9 GB, 234881024000 bytes
Disco /dev/dm-1: 10.5 GB, 10536091648 bytes
Disco /dev/dm-2: 21.0 GB, 20971520000 bytes
Disco /dev/dm-3: 31.5 GB, 31474057216 bytes
Disco /dev/dm-4: 1577 MB, 1577058304 bytes

However, I can see the new disk using the HP Array Configuration Utility CLI for Linux "hpacucli":

[root@myserver]# hpacucli

=> controller slot=0 physicaldrive all show status

   physicaldrive 1I:1:1 (port 1I:box 1:bay 1, 300 GB): OK
   physicaldrive 1I:1:2 (port 1I:box 1:bay 2, 300 GB): OK
   physicaldrive 1I:1:3 (port 1I:box 1:bay 3, 300 GB): OK

=> controller slot=0 pd all show detail

Smart Array P400i in Slot 0 (Embedded)

   array A

      physicaldrive 1I:1:1
         Port: 1I
         Box: 1
         Bay: 1

      physicaldrive 1I:1:2
         Port: 1I
         Box: 1
         Bay: 2

   **unassigned**

      physicaldrive 1I:1:3
         Port: 1I
         Box: 1
         Bay: 3
         Status: OK
         Drive Type: **Unassigned Drive**

As you can see, I've got two SAS disks in a RAID 1 and the new disk as "unassigned". Is there any way to work with the new disk as another non-RAID single disk?

If relevant, I want to create a new partition in my new disk, format it with mkfs and mount it, but as I can't see it with fdisk, I don't know how to do it.

Thanks!

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