jdiggity81 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 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? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 As long as both are true HBAs there won't be a problem, there could be if any of then is a RAID controller. Quote Link to comment
Vr2Io Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment
jdiggity81 Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 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? Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 5 hours ago, jdiggity81 said: So should not be a problem correct? Correct. Quote Link to comment
Decto Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 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. Quote Link to comment
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