I run a server with 2 drives in raid0 configured through BIOS. I just added 2 more drives using hotplug (the server is dell r610 with RHEL 5.4 64bit) and I would like to configure a separate raid0 partition on these drives. I am getting the following error:

/opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -CfgLdAdd r0[32:2, 32:3] -a0

The specified physical disk does not have the appropriate attributes to complete the requested command.

Exit Code: 0x26

All the parameters are correct and there is just no reason why this command could not work, see this (fujitsu is current raid, seagate is the new one I want to create):

/opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -PDList -aALL | egrep 'Adapter|Enclosure|Slot|Inquiry'
Adapter #0
Enclosure Device ID: 32
Slot Number: 0
Enclosure position: 0
Inquiry Data: FUJITSU MBD2147RC       D807D0A4PA101174
Enclosure Device ID: 32
Slot Number: 1
Enclosure position: 0
Inquiry Data: FUJITSU MBD2147RC       D807D0A4PA10115T
Enclosure Device ID: 32
Slot Number: 2
Enclosure position: 0
Inquiry Data: SEAGATE ST9300603SS     FS033SE0TF5K
Enclosure Device ID: 32
Slot Number: 3
Enclosure position: 0
Inquiry Data: SEAGATE ST9300603SS     FS023SE070FK

I also tried to set up the drive as hotspare, also some strange error:

/opt/MegaRAID/MegaCli/MegaCli64 -PDHSP -Set -physdrv[32:3] -a0

Adapter: 0: Set Physical Drive at EnclId-32 SlotId-3 as Hot Spare Failed.

FW error description: The specified device is in a state that doesn't support the requested command.

Exit Code: 0x32

As you can see the disk is in Unconfigured, Good state:

Enclosure Device ID: 32
Slot Number: 3
Enclosure position: 0
Device Id: 3
Sequence Number: 1
Media Error Count: 0
Other Error Count: 0
Predictive Failure Count: 0
Last Predictive Failure Event Seq Number: 0
PD Type: SAS
Raw Size: 279.396 GB [0x22ecb25c Sectors]
Non Coerced Size: 278.896 GB [0x22dcb25c Sectors]
Coerced Size: 278.875 GB [0x22dc0000 Sectors]
Firmware state: Unconfigured(good), Spun Up
SAS Address(0): 0x5000c50005cd20b1
SAS Address(1): 0x0
Connected Port Number: 3(path0)
Inquiry Data: SEAGATE ST9300603SS     FS023SE070FK
FDE Capable: Not Capable
FDE Enable: Disable
Secured: Unsecured
Locked: Unlocked
Needs EKM Attention: No
Foreign State: Foreign
Foreign Secure: Drive is not secured by a foreign lock key
Device Speed: Unknown
Link Speed: Unknown
Media Type: Hard Disk Device
Drive Temperature :30C (86.00 F)