NickC wrote:
Did you mount the drive after formatting it?
I would concur with this when a drive shows as idle it usually means that it is formatted and ready for use but hasnt been put into service yet.
Telnet to the box
3 ( Storage Configuration)
Select the disk in question
Check that the disk is exported in the way that you want ie RW if not then press 1 repeatedly until it is
set the capacity alarm by pressing 2 repeatedly until it is how you want it.
[ Main Media server ] - Administration Utility - NASLite-M2 x64 v1.62 02-2010
DISK-1 CONFIGURATION MENU
Disk Model: AMCC 9550SX-8LP DISK, v.3.08
Interface: DEVICE-SDA, HOST-4, BUS-0, TARGET-0, LUN-0
Status: DISK IS MOUNTED!
Usage: 14.3T / 1.1G / 14.3T / 0% - ( Size / Used / Free / Used% )
1 - Export Disk-1 [ RW ] (RW, RO, --)
2 - Set Disk-1 Capacity Alarm [ 95 ] (75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 99, --)
* - Set Disk-1 S.M.A.R.T. [ -- ] (ON, --)
* - Run Disk-1 Extended S.M.A.R.T. Self-Test
5 - Check Disk-1 Filesystem
* - Check and Repair Disk-1 Filesystem
7 - Apply Journal to Disk-1 Filesystem
8 - Format Disk-1
9 - Mirror to Disk-1 from [ NONE ]
R - Return To Storage Configuration Menu
Select: >Return to main menu (R then R again)
9 to save config
7 to reboot
The disk should now be available to you
ps Naslite actually has a 16 TB Disk limit which is a limitation on the EXT3 file system, As you can see from the screen print above that is exactly what I have on my Disk-1.
Hope this helps a little. Let us know how you get on.
Doug