September 11, 20205 yr So I have an R510 that is currently my base system with 8 drives. It have an internal hba. I have just bought a R710 which allows for more expansion cards. I have bought an external hba. and all necessary components to turn the R510 into a disk shelf basically. Before I start messing in things though, I had a though and I want to know how to proceed without loosing data. Figured I would ask the pro's in this forum first for some advice. I am to moving any of the drives from where they are at currently. They would though however move from the internal hba to the external hba. I want to make sure i do this all correct as to not screw anything up. Any pointers guys?
September 12, 20205 yr Community Expert As long as both are true HBAs there won't be a problem, there could be if any of then is a RAID controller.
September 12, 20205 yr 8 hours ago, jdiggity81 said: I am to moving any of the drives from where they are at currently. Don't put live disk in new setup, use some spare disk to test first.
September 13, 20205 yr Author 19 hours ago, JorgeB said: As long as both are true HBAs there won't be a problem, there could be if any of then is a RAID controller. So the card that it is currently connected to is lsi 9211-8i in it mode, card it will be attached to will be lsi 9200-16e in it mode. So should not be a problem correct?
September 13, 20205 yr Community Expert 5 hours ago, jdiggity81 said: So should not be a problem correct? Correct.
September 13, 20205 yr I have two LSI HBA, one internal, one external. Makes no difference if drives are moved between these or even to Sata as they are both flashed to IT. Take a screenshot of your array before you start, ideally with the array stopped then if there is any translation issue, you have the id's and slots for all drives.
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