Like I said, even the same model number can come in several variations - problems can arise from using non-Dell drives (no Dell PN listed on the drive) mixed with Dell drives. Yes ... the S300 supports non-RAID/JBOD, so if it has assigned the drive a non-RAID configuration, then deleting it should make it available to use in the array.
I have a Poweredge server with a PERC 6i hotswap card that started complaining about a drive about to fail. I replaced the drive with an identical model.In OMSA under "Drives" it shows the drive as ready, but under "Virtual Drive" it shows degraded and only the original two drives assigned. None of the options show anything to make the drive part of the array as a replacement.How do I get it to accept the new drive as a replacement and rebuild the array to protected status? While the system is up, after all we did buy hotswap.
Replacing disk drive Raid-5, Hotswap