I eventually got RWC2 to see the host, controller and array. The secret is in the hosts file. Thank you for the pointer.
I took delivery of the drives and installed them this evening. I connected with RWC2 and in the Logical tab clicked on Drive Group: 1, RAID 5 and GoTo -> Drive Group -> Modify Drive Group. I selected RAID5 then Next. The 2 drives I wanted to add were displayed; I selected both drives then Next. Checked over the summary then Finish.
Something is happening. Drive lights are flashing rapidly in unison. The machine has slowed dramatically. The vSphere Client shows a huge jump in disk usage.
I am concerned however. So far there is nothing in the log, and Manage -> Show Progress does not show any progress. It has been about 70 minutes since the operation started.
Does this seem normal for this operation?
Thanks,
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David Chapman