[X-Unix] Hardware RAID Setup

[Stroller]

On 12 May 2010, at 19:36, Martin McCormick wrote:

> This is a new Mac Pro with a hardware RAID card. It came with 2
> 1 TB disks and I am trying to set them up as a raid 1 mirroring
> configuration.
>
> raidutil list raidsetinfo

What model of RAID card is it?

I haven't dealt with RAID on Macs, but I would have assumed the o/s- 
shipped tools were for manipulating *software* RAID arrays, which are  
supported on the built-in disk controllers without requiring a 3rd- 
party expansion card.

I would have expected that one might need to install 3rd-party  
drivers / userspace utilities in order to use the drives of a hardware  
RAID card. However this would make booting from the RAID array, uh,  
interesting, so maybe not.

Certainly more information about the make & model of hardware RAID  
card would help.

Stroller.