4/15/2023 0 Comments Intel rst raid monitor![]() I saw a whole bunch of interesting and insightful information on my unit. Once I reviewed all the options, I typed the command shown below I fired up the command prompt, navigated to that folder and typed “RAIDCFG64 /?”. Since it lacks any formal documentation, I decided to query it for options. I copied the RAIDCFG64.exe to a new folder on unit called RAIDMGMT. The intent here is to add to the “collective wisdom and knowledge base” and individuals should make their own informed decisions after doing their own due diligence. I am in no way responsible if you attempt these steps and it results in data and/or system loss. Just because it worked for my system does not mean it would work on yours. Should you choose to follow the steps outlined, you do so on your own risk. Now before proceeding further, I should mention the standard disclaimer. So behind the scenes WD is using this utility to recover the system. Lo and Behold, on the recovery USB, under the WDRECOVERY folder, I found RAIDCFG64.exe, the 64 bit version of the utility mentioned in the article above. I wondered what was Western Digital using on its recovery USB. In addition, he gave me the most crucial insight – that “the utility version must match the driver version!” ![]() Although it does not specifically deal with WD Sentinel, the author does talk about a command line tool – RAIDCFG32.exe, that can provide detailed information about your system setup. Was there any command line tool that would be give me detailed information on the RAID? As I continued investigating, I came across this article Managing Intel Rapid Storage from command line on Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 - Ohman Automation Corp. However, before attempting his solution, I wanted some more information on my system. I found it intriguing how DTMtech had used Intel RST drivers to bypass and augment built in functionality. Complete recovery is the only possibility?. While investigating potential causes, I came across this thread Expanding DX4000. Recently while attempting to upgrade my DX4000 to a three disk RAID 5 array, the new drive just sat there and the RAID did not migrate to RAID 5 or do anything! ![]()
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